TIL Desk Sports/ Six-time champion MC Mary Kom will have to settle for a bronze medal in the ongoing Women”s World Boxing Championships after losing her semi-final bout of the 51-kg flyweight category to second-seed Busenaz Cakiroglu of Turkey in a split 1:4 verdict on Saturday.
In a fiercely contested bout, third-seed Mary Kom delivered timely punches and looked on course of winning her first gold in the 51-kg division. However, Busenaz, who is a European Championships and European Games gold medallist, emerged better of the two as she used her agility and reach much better than the 36-year-old Indian and won the bout.
The judges” points at the end stood at 29-28, 27-30, 28-29, 28-29, 27-30 in Busenaz”s favour and Mary Kom bowed out of the competition. This is the eight Worlds medal for the Indian pugilist, as she adds a bronze medal to her previous tally of six gold and a silver.

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