mary kom was the first woman boxer to be honoured with the rajiv.
who is the first woman boxer to be honoured with the rajiv?
mary kom
chungneijang mary kom hmangte (born 1 march 1983) is an indian olympic boxer from manipur. she is the only woman to become world amateur boxing champion for a record six times, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the seven world championships. nicknamed "magnificent mary", she is the only indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 summer olympics, competing in the flyweight (51 kg) category and winning the bronze medal. she had also been ranked as no. 1 aiba world women's ranking light flyweight category. she became the first indian woman boxer to get a gold medal in the asian games in 2014 at incheon, south korea and is the first indian woman boxer to win gold at the 2018 commonwealth games.
mary kom
annie newton









































annie newton was london’s first and principal woman boxer, claimed during her time to be “the greatest woman boxer in the world."









































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newton was the niece of ‘professor’ andrew newton, lightweight boxing champion (1888-1890) and boxing instructor.









































she was unwell as a child. following a visit to her uncle’s gymnasium he was shocked by her pale appearance and began to train her to improve her health, which she later claimed saved her from an early death. he taught her to punch the bag and later, “for his amusement”, to spar.
annie newton