Published 12:22 IST, November 3rd 2019
WATCH: Mary Kom singing the 'What's Up' song is winning hearts
A video of India's star boxer MC Mary Kom, fascinating audiences with her performance of 'What's Up' by the US rock band 'Four Non-Blondes' is going viral
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India's star boxer and six-time world champion MC Mary Kom apart from being a fabulous boxer is also a fantastic singer. Recently, Mary Kom revealed a side of herself to the world that many of her fans did not know existed. A video of the six-time world boxing champion, fascinating audiences with her performance of 'What's Up' by the US rock band 'Four Non-Blondes' in New Delhi is going viral on the internet. The performance took place on Thursday, ahead of the 7th Edition of the 'Made in Northeast' Conclave in New Delhi. In the video, posted on Instagram by East Mojo, audiences can be seen enjoying the melodious singing and the boxer herself looked like she was having a blast.
Here's the video:
Mary Kom in Boxing's athlete ambassadors group for Olympics
Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom has been included in a 10-strong athlete ambassadors group to represent boxers in the build-up to next year's Tokyo Olympic Games by the IOC's Task Force for the sport, adding to the iconic pugilist's innumerable achievements. Mary Kom will represent the Asian bloc in the group, which also comprises the likes of Ukrainian legend Vasyl Lamachenko (Europe), a two-time Olympic and world gold-medallist who now plies his trade in the professional circuit, and five-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold-winner Julio Cesar La Cruz (Americas) among others.
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Mary Kom's illustrious career
The 36-year-old Indian recently surpassed herself as the most successful boxer in the history of the world championships when she claimed her eighth medal, a bronze, at the marquee event's latest edition in Russia. She is also an Olympic bronze medallist in the 51kg category besides being a five-time Asian champion and a Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-medallist. "One female and one male ambassador per region will take on the role of engaging with the boxing community both in-person and digitally," the IOC said in a statement."They will also help the Boxing Task Force (BTF) take into account the athletes' voice in all areas of its planning for the qualification events and the boxing tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020," it added. Boxing has been in administrative turmoil after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped the International Boxing Association (AIBA) of the rights to conduct the Olympic competition earlier this year, taking complete control of even the qualifying process.
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11:24 IST, November 3rd 2019