“I think I beat Mary didi because I have been an active camper and she was coming back after a break. So, I managed to catch her off-guard,” she said.
Women's boxing will be making its debut in three weight categories at the CWG two years after the breakthrough in the London Olympics.
The other boxers who were selected in the women's squad are former World Championship silver-medallist L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Pooja Rani (75kg).
The 24-year-old Jangra is an Asian Championships silver-medallist and had first burst into the scene by beating Mary Kom at the 2009 National Championships.
“I am the youngest child in the family and initially when I started boxing after being inspired by my brother, my parents were very protective of me. But eventually they came around,” said Jangra.
Mary Kom dropped from Indian boxing squad for CWG
New Delhi: In a stunning turn of events, five-time World Champion and Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom was today left out of the three-member Indian women's boxing squad for the Commonwealth Games to be
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