India's Mary Kom (in Red) is declared winner in the final bout of women's flyweight boxing at the Asian Games in Incheon on October 1, 2014. Photo: PTI
Boxer Mary Kom holds the Tricolor as she celebrates her 'golden' win in women's flyweight (48-51kg) category at the Incheon Asian Games. Photo: PTI
Mary Kom defeated Vietnam's Le Thi Bang in the semifinal match at the Asian Games in Incheon on September 30, 2014. Photo: PTI
In this Aug. 22, 2012 file photo, India's London Olympic bronze medal winner in boxing M.C. Mary Kom speaks at an event celebrating her victory, in Bangalore. The cricket-crazy country has been improving in the Olympic sport of boxing due to more exposure in international competition. Photo: AP
Mary Kom kisses her child after winning her round of 16 bout against Kim Yeji of Korea in Incheon on September 27, 2014. The 31-year-old champion is a mother of three, including twin sons She is married to K. Onler Kom. Photo: PTI
Boxers Mary Kom and L.Sarita Devi practice during a training camp for the upcoming Incheon Asian games, in New Delhi on September 09, 2014. While Mary Kom won the first boxing gold for India, Sarita Devi lost a controversial bout against the Korean opponent Jina Park and she refused to accept the bronze medal awarded to her. Photo: Sandeep Saxena
Mary Kom, a five-time world champion, had won several medals in the 46 and 48 kg categories. She was forced to shift to this category and gain weight two years ago after the world body decided to allow women’s boxing in only three weight categories -- the lowest one being 51 kg. Photo: Special Arrangement
Reel 'Mary Kom' Priyanka Chopra with the real Mary Kom during a promotion of her biopic in Mumbai. Kom co-wrote an auto-biography called Unbreakable in the year 2013, which was made into a Hindi movie the next year. Photo: PTI
Mary Kom celebrates her bronze medal in boxing of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. Photo: PTI
President Pranab Mukherjee felicitates Olympic bronze medalist boxer M.C. Mary Kom during a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi on August 18, 2012. Photo: R.V. Moorthy
In this June 14, 2012 Mother of three Mary Kom, otherwise known as "Magnificent Mary", practices hard for the Olympic Games. Although she had a keen interest in athletics from childhood, it was the success of Dingko Singh that inspired her to become a boxer in 2000. She started her training under the close eye of M. Narjit Singh, Manipur State Boxing Coach at Khuman Lampak,Imphal. Photo: AP
Mary Kom receives Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award from the then President of India Pratibha Patil at the Sports and Adventure Awards 2009 presentation function in New Delhi on August 29, 2009. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt
Boxer Mary Kom with her twin sons Rechungvar and Khupneivar at an event in Mumbai. Mary Kom was awarded Arjuna Award in 2003; Padma Shree in 2010 and Padma Bhushan in 2013. Photo: PTI