Ulaanbaatar, (Mongolia): Indian boxers created a sensation at the 6th Asian Women's Boxing Championships at Ulaanbaatar by winning 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 bronze Medals thereby also getting the Runners Up Trophy. China were adjudged the overall winners.
Mary Kom in the Olympic weight category of 51 kgs defeated twice World Champion & Asian Games 2010 Gold Medalist Ren Cancan of China on points 14:8. At the end of Round 1 Mary was leading by 2:1 which increased to 7:3 by the end of Round 2 and to 11:6 by the end of Round 3 and 14:8 by the end of Round 4. Magnificent Mary was simply unstoppable today and she has proved her mettle by taking sweet revenge on her Asian Games 2010 loss to Ren Cancan.
In the 60 kgs which is another Olympic Games weight category, former World Champion in 2006 Sarita Devi defeated last Asian Championship Gold Medalist Chorieva Mavzuna of Tajikistan on points 16:9. At the end of Round 1 Sarita was leading by 5:1, which increased to 9:3 by the end of Round 2 and becane 13:5 by the end of Round 3 and ended Round 4 with a final score of 16:9. Sarita had beaten current Asian Games Gold Medalist and former World Champion Cheng Dong of China in the semifinals yesterday by a large margin of 26:15. In the last World Championships at Barbados, Cheng Dong had lost a very close bout to Katie Taylor of Ireland and had to settle for the Silver then.
In the 48 kgs Pinki Jangra lost a very hard fought clsoe bout to Bolortuul Tumurhuyag of Mongolia on points 22:24. It was the local crowd support and cheering which helped the Mongolian girl to edge ahead in the final tally although Pinki had put up a gallant fight.
In the 54 kgs Sonia Lather fought bravely but lost on points 8:12 to Ke Jia Luu of China and had to settle for the Silver medal.
In the 69 kgs Monica Saun lost to Dong Mei Wang of China on points 10:13. Monica fought courageously and was close on the heels of the Chinese boxer but experience helped the Chinese boxer to win the Gold and Monica the Silver.
In the third Olympic Weight category of 75 kgs Pooja Rani lost to the World Champion and Asian Games Gold Medalist Jinzi Li of China on points 8:15. In the first two Rounds Pooja was close at 2:4 and 5:8 points but then Jinzi Li with her experience pulled ahead strongly to win the Gold and pooja got the Bronze. Pooja had defeated Mongolia's strong medal hope and Asian Games 2010 Silver Medalist Undram Erdenesyol by huge margin of 28:6 in the quarterfinals.
By Indian Sports News Network
