<table style="width: 133px; height: 174px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="133" align="left" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/sep/mary-kom.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">M C Mary Kom</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Four-time world champion India's M C Mary Kom sounded a warning to her rivals with a 10-1 thrashing of Lungo Vesenne Natalie of Sweden in the first round of the 48-kg category in the World Women's Boxing Championship at the Garfield Sobers gymnasium here.<br /><br />In the 54-kg weight category, Priyanka Chaudhary fought extremely well but lost to the more experienced Asian Champion Zhang Qin of China 6-10. <br /><br />Mary Kom, who narrowly beat Natalie in an exhibition bout in Sweden last year, measured her opponent in the first round Thursday, leading 2-0. <br /><br />She came into her own in the second round when she let loose a flurry of punches to lead 6-0. The Indian continued her domination, consolidating her lead to 8-0 after the third round and finished off 10-1 after the fourth and last round.u00a0 Mary Kom, 27, will next take on Australian Jenny Smith in the pre-quarter finals today.

Indian archers aim high

Four-time world champion India's M C Mary Kom sounded a warning to her rivals with a 10-1 thrashing of Lungo Vesenne Natalie of Sweden in the first round of the 48-kg category in the World Women's Boxing Championship at the Garfield Sobers gymnasium here

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