Boxing: Mary Kom begins Olympics journey with win

Five-time World Champion Mary Kom started her London campaign with a bang after beating Poland’s Karolina Michalczuk 19-14 in only the second women’s boxing match in Olympics history. After a close first round which ended at 3-3, Mary Kom took the fight to her opponent and closely outfought her opponent 5-4 in the second round. But the Indian had found her rhythm by then and went on the attack in the third round, comprehensively winning it 7-3 and going into the final round with a lead of 15-10. [caption id=“attachment_405854” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Image courtesy: IABF[/caption] Maybe by then the Polish 32-year-old had already lost the match mentally. The fourth round ended 4-4 too, but the bout had been won and Mary Kom will now play Maroua Rahali of Tunisia in the 51kg category quarterfinal at 6.30 PM on August 6th. If she wins that match, then she will be assured of a bronze medal.