Indian Boxing Legend Mary Kom has made an enormous assertion that she has not retired from Boxing but and was misquoted. The pugilist has quashed the media stories which claimed that she has hung her boots from the game.
“I haven’t announced retirement yet and I have been misquoted. I will personally come in front of the media whenever I want to announce it. I have gone through some media reports stating that I have announced retirement and this is not true,” Mary Kom stated as quoted by ANI.
Media stories quoted the Indian pugilist at an occasion in Dibrugarh of saying her retirement from the game however she has clarified her assertion. “I was attending a school event in Dibrugarh on 24 January 2024 wherein I was motivating children and I said “I still have hunger of achieving in sports but the age limit in Olympics doesn’t allow me to participate though I can carry on with my sport. I am still focusing on my fitness and whenever I will announce retirement I will inform everyone,” Mary Kom added.
Media stories cited that she has retired and would do one thing associated to boxing. “If I say from my coronary heart, I’m nonetheless hungry to do one thing. I nonetheless wish to compete and characterize the nation. But I’m not with the ability to compete this yr due to the age restrict.
“But I will still try to do something relating to boxing. (I) May go to pro but don’t know yet what I will do. I still have the spirit to play one to two years or even four years. I could not compete this year due to the age bar, I missed a lot of competitions. I had a major injury, an ACL and after recovery, I missed a lot of competitions like Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships,” the stories quoted.
As per the International Boxing Association (IBA) guidelines, athletes above 40 can’t take part in Olympic Games. The Indian star is presently 41 years previous and was born on twenty fourth November 1982. She is the one feminine boxer to have received six world titles. Mary can also be the one boxer, male or feminine to win eight World Championships. She is without doubt one of the most embellished boxers within the historical past of ladies’s boxing.
