Mary Kom to skip World Championships and Asian Games to make approach for children
Olympic bronze medallist boxer MC Mary Kom has determined to skip the World Championships and the Asian Games to be held later this yr to offer extra publicity to children. The six-time world champion desires to give attention to her preparations for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
The IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships is scheduled to be held from May 6 to 21 in Istanbul, Turkey whereas the 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2022 Asian Games will start on July 28 and September 10 respectively.
In a communication to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), Mary Kom mentioned, “I would like to withdraw to give opportunities to the younger generation to make a name for themselves on the international stage and get exposure and experience of major tournaments. I would like to focus on the preparation for the Commonwealth Games only.”
The choice trials for all 12 classes of the world championships will begin from Monday and can finish on Wednesday. The trials may also embody Asian Games weights divisions, that are the identical as IBA.
However, for the remaining two Asian Games weight classes, 51kg and 69kg, trials might be performed individually from March 11-14 thereby giving extra time to boxers of closest weight classes to additionally take a shot on the trials for the Asian Games.
WE RESPECT HER DECISION: BFI
“Mary Kom has been the torchbearer for Indian boxing since the last two decades and has inspired countless boxers and sports persons across the world. We completely respect her decision and it is a testimony of her champion character to make way for the other boxers,” BFI president Ajay Singh mentioned in an announcement.
“We are delighted that we have such a good bench strength and are looking forward to the younger generation to make the nation proud and I hope and wish Mary all the best with her preparations for the CWG,” he added.
National campers, together with the individuals of the Tokyo Olympics, who did not compete within the National Championships, might be eligible for the choice trials.
The choice committee, comprising the BFI president or his nominee alongside an professional panel of reputed veteran boxers, will guarantee a clean conduct of the trials as all of the bouts might be video recorded.
The Asian Games choice trials for males might be held in May, whereas, for the Commonwealth Games, trials for each women and men might be performed in June.
