Boxing legend, Mary Kom has often made headlines with her strong performances inside the ring. However, earlier, in 2025, Mary grabbed a lot of attention for her personal life. For the unversed, Mary was married to the love of her life, Onler. However, their relationship hit a rough patch, and they got divorced after 18 years of marriage. In 2025, the boxing legend confirmed that she and Onler were parting ways. In a recent interview, Mary opened up about her painful divorce.
Mary Kom reveals how things changed between her and Onler post her injury before the 2022 Commonwealth Games
In a recent interview with PTI, Mary Kom revealed what went wrong in her marriage to Onler. She shared that everything was fine when she was competing and had very little involvement in finances. However, after her career-ending injury that occurred just before the 2022 Commonwealth Games, things changed. During that tough phase, Mary realised that she was living a lie and the man she had trusted was not who she believed him to be. She highlighted that several attempts were made to resolve the matters between her and Onler, but nothing changed, and thus she sought a divorce. She was quoted as saying:
“Things were fine till I was competing and had very little involvement in my finances, but when I got injured before the 2022 Commonwealth Games, I realised I was living a lie. I was bedridden for several months and needed a walker after that. It was then that I realised that the man I had trusted was not what I believed him to be. I did not want it to be a spectacle for the world, so I sought a divorce after several attempts to resolve it between us. He transferred my properties to his name, took crores in loans, and mortgaged my land.”
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