In November 2017, India’s M C Mary Kom won the gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championship, 2017 held at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. She was declared winner in Light Flyweight (48 kg) category. She beat North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi by a 5-0 margin to clinch the gold medal. The gold is Mary’s first in the 48kg category, but fifth overall in Asian Boxing Championships. The five-time world champion and London Olympics bronze medallist returned to the 48-kg weight category after five years of competing in 51kg, which was made an Olympic category in 2012.