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Olympic boxing: Mary Kom goes down fighting,
takes bronze
Wednesday August 08, 2012 08:15:47 PM,
IANS
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London: India's M.C.
Mary Kom had to settle for the bronze as she went down fighting in
her 51 kg semifinal bout to Britain's Nicola Adams at the Olympics
here Wednesday.
Buoyed by the presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron and
star professional boxer Amir Khan, second-seed Nicola put on a
flawless performance beating the Indian 11-6 at the packed ExCel
Arena.
From the start of the bout, Mary Kom struggled to cope up with the
Briton's speed. She came under pressure in the first round, having
to fend off Nicola's powerful punches.
A couple of times the 29-year-old Indian, a mother of twins, was
pinned in the corner and took some major blows losing the first
round 1-3.
The second round was closer as both boxers tried to assert their
dominance. However the five-time world champion found it difficult
to get her way around the quick Briton, who narrowly edged the
round 2-1.
Mary Kom, who had to switch two weight categories to get to 51kg,
tried her best to reduce the deficit in the third round but had no
answer to the speed of Niocla. The British fighter, who beat the
Indian in the World Championships in China, made full use of her
height advantage.
Mary Kom struggled as the Nicola displayed some clever boxing,
causing the Indian massive problems. But to the credit of the
newly crowned bronze medallist, she stuck it out and lost the
third by a whisker.
The final round went pretty much in similar fashion as Mary Kom
found it hard to cope with Nicola's superior size. With time
running out the Indian went hell for leather but fell short and
lost the round 2-3.
Niocla next faces World Champion Ren Cancan of China in the
finals.
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