India’s Vijender Singh outpunched Tanzania’s Francis Cheka to defend his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title at the Thyagaraj Stadium in New Delhi.

Undefeated in seven professional bouts so far, the 31-year-old Indian took just three rounds to retain his unbeaten streak since turning professional.

Vijender started dominating from the first round after defending the early punches from his opponent to lead 3-1 before landing seven punches to Cheka’s three in the second round.

The third round witnessed the Haryana boxer completely dominating the contest as the referees ruled the bout in Vijender’s favour by a technical knockout.

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Indian boxing star Vijender Singh on Tuesday said that he is well prepared to face Tanzanian Francis Cheka as he bids to defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title.

Olympic 2008 bronze medallist Vijender, who is on a highly impressive 7-0 unbeaten record, sounded confident during the pre-bout face-off against 34-year-old Cheka, the former World Boxing Federation (WBF) champion.

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“I am very confident ahead of my title defence. Since the last seven-eight weeks I have been training and it was good. I am well-prepared and ready to show him who is the best,” Vijender said at the event held at a city hotel.

“I won this title with so much pride in front of my people, with their support and love, and I am not going to let it go that easily.”

Both the pugilists were involved in a war of words ahead of the bout to be held at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in the national capital.

Cheka termed Vijender inexperienced and claimed that his record of 43 fights with no less than 17 knockout wins will give him advantage.

“Vijender has little experience in pro boxing. He is like a child who has just gotten into the professional ring and doesn’t know what all challenges will he face,” Cheka said through a translator.

“I have been preparing very hard for this, this is like a whole new challenge for me, and I am all geared up and set to take him down. My punches will knock out Vijender in the early rounds in front of his home crowd.”

The African champion also said that he will be fighting in Asia for the first time and wishes to win over new fans through the win on Saturday.

Vijender replied: “He thinks I am a beginner in the professional ring, I will just wait for 4 more days and show him what a child’s punch feels like.”

“I only let my punches do the talking. For me boxing and performance matter.”

Apart from this bout, the boxing event also has five other undercard fights following up to the main bout. IOS Boxing Promotions has brought in Pardeep Kharkera (67kg), Kuldeep Dhanda (61kg), Dharmender (91kg), Deepak Tanwar (67kg)) and Rajesh Kumar (61kg).

Neerav Tomar, Promoter, IOS Boxing Promotions, said that they faced a lot of hardships in putting together this event due to the demonetisation.

“Having committed sponsors early on helped in overcoming the difficulties,” he said.

IANS

Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will defend his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title against former world champion Francis Cheka on December 17 at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex.

Cheka, the current Intercontinental Super Middleweight champion, is expected to provide the toughest test of Vijender’s professional career. He is Vijender’s most experienced opponent till date.

Cheka won the Intercontinental Super Middleweight title in February this year against Geard Ajetovic of Serbia.

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The 34-year-old from Tanzania is a veteran of 43 fights with 32 wins, 17 of them knockouts. He has faced some of the top super-middleweight boxers in the world, including WBA World Champion Fedor Chudinov of Russia and WBC International Champion Matthew Mecklin of the UK.

He has racked up 300 rounds under his belt over the 16 years he has spent in the professional arena. In contrast, Vijender has so far fought only 27 rounds in his fledgling professional career.

Vijender made an explosive start to his professional career by blowing away his first seven opponents. The Haryana pugilist currently has a record of seven wins out of seven bouts with six knockouts.

The Indian claimed the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title at the Thyagaraj Stadium in July this year by defeating Australian Kerry Hope.

The win over Hope also put Vijender Singh in the top 10 of the WBO rankings.

“I am ready to give this kid a lesson in boxing. I will come to India. No turning back. No surrender. I have heard a lot about this Indian boxer and there’s a lot of hype around him, I just can’t wait to be the one to put him in his place,” Cheka said in a statement.

“I know he trains in Manchester, but it will be a great fun to beat the Indian lad in his own country and take away his title. If you see my record, I have a total of 17 knockouts, I have played way more rounds than he has, I am sure I will be able to knock him out in the first round itself,” he added.

“I have seen his previous fights, he has fought absolutely nobody so far and I am sure he will get rid of facing me in the ring. The day he will meet me in the ring, he won’t have a reply for anything I throw at him and once I start landing my punches at him it be will game over for India’s golden boy. There’s no doubt in my mind that I will knock out Vijender.”

After defeating Hope, Vijender has been training in Manchester for his title defence next month.

“Cheka is a highly experienced boxer, he has many bouts under his belt, but none of this demotivates me. I am training harder to match up to his level and hoping for another win. Once again my fight will be at my home ground, just like last time the support that I got from the crowd was overwhelming and I am sure there will be more people who will come out to support me,” Vijender said.

“I am confident of my win. I feel my stance is becoming better with every training session that I am undergoing. My trainer also feels that my punches are stronger than before and he has also put me under high intensity training. It’s a matter of my title this time, I am sure of protecting my title with as much pride as I won it. I am going to leave no stone unturned to make sure my title stays with me.”

Vijender’s trainer Lee Beard is also confident that his ward will win.

“We have been working on Vijender’s strength and power in the gym and he is punching a lot harder. I can already see the benefits of the high intensity training sessions we have been putting him and everyone will see an even better Vijender on December 17,” he said.

“Of all the fighters I have trained, he is one of the best when it comes to learning; he is an extremely quick learner. He will be prepared and ready to defend his title in style.”

IANS