Iconic Indian woman boxer Mary Kom has been named as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) ambassador for Women’s World Championship. 
•    She is one of the eight ambassadors for the upcoming World Championship of AIBA scheduled from May 19 to 27, 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan. 
•    The AIBA-appointed ambassadors for the World Championship also include Nicola Adams (Great Britain), Marlen Esparza (US), Adriana Arauja (Kazakhstan), StanimiraPetrova (Bulgaria) and Khadija Mardi (Morocco). 
•    The female officials chosen as ambassadors are KheiraSikiYakoub (Algerian) and Jennifer Huggins (Canada). 
•    About MC Mary Kom Her full name is MangteChungneijang Mary Kom and belongs to Kom tribal community of the north-eastern state of Manipur. She is nicknamed Magnificent Mary. 
•    She is Five-time World Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won gold medal in each one of the six world championships. 
•    She had won a bronze medal in 2012 London Olympics in the flyweight (51 kg) category and was only Indian woman boxer to qualify for this category. 
•    She is also first Indian woman boxer to get a Gold Medal in the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon, South Korea. 
•    Her Autobiography is named Unbreakable 
•    For her precious contribution to the sport of boxing (sports), she has been conferred with Padma Bhushan (2013), Padma Shree (2010) and Arjuna Award for Boxing (2003).