MC Mary Kom and Seema Poonia bag Silver medals in Strandja Memorial Boxing tournament at Sofia in Bulgaria

February 26, 2018 11:54 AM

MC Mary Kom and Seema Poonia bag Silver medals in Strandja Memorial Boxing tournament at Sofia in Bulgaria

Indian stars Seema Poonia and MC Mary Kom have settled for Silver medals after losing in the final of 69th Strandja Memorial Boxing tournament at Sofia in Bulgaria yesterday. While Mary Kom lost to Bulgarian Sevda Asenova in the 48-kilogram title bout, Seema went down to Russian Anna Ivanova in the 81 kg final.  Overall, it was a fruitful outing for the Indian women, who ended up with two silver and four bronze medals in one of the oldest boxing tournaments in Europe. Laisharam Sarita Devi (60 k...

MC Mary Kom storms into final of Strandja Memorial boxing

February 24, 2018 6:14 PM

MC Mary Kom storms into final of Strandja Memorial boxing

In Boxing, MC Mary Kom stormed into the Finals of the Strandja Memorial Tournament at Sofia in Bulgaria yesterday, while Vikas Krishan and two other male boxers entered the semifinals.  In the Women's 48 kg category, five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom, targetting her third successive international gold medal, defeated China's Ye Jiali to make the summit clash. However, former world and Asian champion L Sarita Devi bowed out in the 60 kg section with ...