Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom defeated Nikhat Zareen in an intense trial bout here on Saturday to make the Indian team for next year’s Olympic qualifiers in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a bout which had very few clear punches, Mary Kom prevailed 9-1 to make the squad, but tension was palpable inside the boxing hall owing to the bitter row triggered by Zareen’s public demand for a trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boxing Federation of India President Ajay Singh had to step in to control the situation after A P Reddy, claiming to represent the Telangana Boxing Association vociferously protested the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“How will boxing grow amid this kind of politics,” he later told reporters after being asked to leave the ringside by Singh and pacified by a disappointed Zareen herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bitterness creeped into the buildup to the bout when it was insinuated that the onus was on Mary Kom to agree for the trial even though it was a call that the federation had to take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other results, two-time world silver-medallist Sonia Lather was upstaged by a swift-moving Sakshi Chaudhary. Lather, also an Asian medallist, couldn’t cope with Chaudhury’s relentless attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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