Mary Kom not to retire

Mary, 35, won gold on debut at the Commonwealth Games in Australia last week, complementing a trophy cabinet packed with five amateur world championship titles and an Olympic bronze from London 2012. 

But India’s most accomplished pugilist, feted at home as “Magnificent Mary”, says the best is yet to come and has rubbished suggestions she could be close to hanging up the gloves. 

“I have never talked about retirement, they were just rumours. Even I was shocked when I heard about my retirement,” Mary told reporters in New Delhi as India’s boxing team returned from the Gold Coast.