Ahead of the final against China's Ren Cancan, Mary Kom predicted: "If she is world champion, then I am also world champion. It's going to be an easy final."
She duly defeated her Chinese opponent 14-8 to avenge a semi-final defeat at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
MC Mary Kom is mixing up her normal preparations for London 2012
The five-time world champion has moved to the city of Pune from her usual base in Patiala, Punjab to be with British coach Charles Atkinson for a month.
"I wanted to train alone... away from all the distractions," said the fighter. "I have been going through the same routine for the last 10-11 years. For the Olympics, one has to break away from the mould."
"Today was not my lucky day," she said after losing to Argentina's Pamela Paoloa Benavides in the quarter-finals. "Before the bout I had a minor ankle injury. The world championships are the qualifiers for the Olympics so that is the main tournament and I will do my best for my country there."
Mary Kom also added her voice to a recent debate about whether women boxers should wear shorts or skirts at next year's Games: "The tennis players wear skirts and the badminton players are wearing skirts so why don't the boxers wear skirts?"
She outpunched Pinki Jangra 13:9 to secure the flyweight title at the Indian Championships in Bhopal. She later revealed how she deals with the pressure of representing a country with over a billion inhabitants.
"If I think about the millions of hopes resting on me, it will be difficult to box under those circumstances," she said. "When I am in the ring I just think of the bout and the opponent."
Mon 09 May 11: Mary Kom has won gold at the Asian Cup Women's Boxing Tournament in Haikou, China.
The decision to compete was a tough one because her three-and-a-half-year-old son was due to undergo heart surgery.
After seeing his wife beat North Korea's Kim Myong Sim to the title, Omler Kom said: "It was an emotional decision for her to leave before our son's surgery but she promised me she would get the top spot, and I am happy that she did".
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Mon 28 Dec 10: MC Mary Kom has told the Times of India that she will retire after the London Olympics.
"I can look upon it as a sacrifice for two more years, but not after that. Soon my children will wear their first school uniforms and I don't want to miss it," she said.
Wed 24 Nov 10: Mary Kom has suffered an upset at the Asian Games but still leaves with a bronze medal.
She cruised through the qualifying round by defeating Chieh Meng Ping from Taiwan 16-2 but lost her semi-final to China's Cancan Ren 11-7.
Sat 18 Sep 10: MC Mary Kom has rewritten the record books by winning a fifth consecutive world title, beating Steluta Duta 16-6.
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Indian boxer MC Mary Kom wins her fifth consecutive world title at the Women's World Boxing Championships in Barbados
Fri 17 Sep 10: MC Mary Kom out-punched Alice Appari 8-1 (One India) to secure her place in the final. She will go up against Steluta Duta of Romania who beat Kazakhstan's Nazgul Boranbayeva 10-5.
Wed 15 Sep 10:Mary Kom beat Wales' Lynsey Holdaway 9-2 (Express India) in the quarter-final and will face Alice Appari of the Philippines in Friday's semi-final.
Tue 14 Sep 10: MC Mary Kom is looking good for a fifth consecutive world title after progressing to the quarter-finals of the World Women's Boxing Championships in Barbados with a thumping win over Australian Jenny Smith (India Blooms).
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