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India's boxer MC Mary Kom punches a bag during a training session at Balewadi Stadium in Pune, about 118 miles from Mumbai. Mary Kom was the face of the campaign to get women's boxing into the Olymipcs and the Indian mother of two will be competing at the world championships in China in May aiming to book her spot at the London Games in the 51kg category. 

India's boxer MC Mary Kom listens to her coach during a training session at Balewadi Stadium in Pune. 

India's boxer MC Mary Kom exercises during a training session at Balewadi Stadium in Pune. 

India's boxer MC Mary Kom (R) fights during a training session at Balewadi Stadium in Pune.

Reuters reports that Mary Kom has sparred with male boxers to prepare for competing in a higher weight class:

While Indian hopes are high that Mary Kom will return with the Olympic gold medal, she remembers being greeted with scepticism when she started out on her career in the ring.

"When I started boxing, people laughed at me and said, 'What can women do in boxing?'" she said. "I took it as a challenge. If men can do it why can't women? And I became a world champion before my marriage.

"When I got married, they doubted if I can win again after marriage. I took it as the second challenge and proved myself."

Mary Kom returned to the ring after she started her family and it was not long before the doubters were back on her case.

"Again after I had my kids, people would say, 'Now she has kids, how can she fight?' I won two more world championships and silenced them."