Bridgetown: India's woman boxer M C
Mary Kom on Saturday claimed a historic fifth successive World
Championship title, beating Steluta Duta of Romania 16-6 in the final
here.
Mary
Kom, who competed in the 48kg category, had defeated Alice Kate Aparri
of Philippines 8-1 in semifinal on Friday to assure herself of at least a
silver in the sixth edition of the competition.
The
former Khel Ratna awardee from Manipur thus remained the only boxer to
have won a medal in each edition of the World Championship.
Duta had defeated Kazakhstan's Nazgul Boranbayeva 10-5 in the semifinal.
