Who is the most successful woman boxer in world championships?

Even though the previous decade wasn’t as good as the one before it for Mary Kom, she was still able to earn a lot of plaudits for women’s boxing in India. Mary was crowned World Amateur Boxing Championship in her weight category on four occasions in the first decade of this century – in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2008. She added two more World Championships gold medals in the last decade, the first in 2010 and the most recent at New Delhi in 2018. In the process, she became the only woman to be crowned champion for a record six times.

Women’s boxing was included for the first time in Olympics in 2012 and Mary ensured she competed in London. She ended up with a bronze medal, losing out to eventual gold medalist Nicola Adams in the semi-final.

India’s only other boxer who has won a medal at the Olympics, Vijender Singh (won bronze in the 2008 Beijing Games) turned professional in 2015. He’s got an unbeaten 12-0 record with eight knockouts so far and it would be interesting to see how his career pans out.

 

Picture Credit : Google