April 26, 2024
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Vijender Singh announces the date of his next professional bout.

Vijender Singh next fight likely to be in December.

Pro boxer turned Vijender Singh next fight will likely to take place on 23rd December,2017 .This news was confirmed by Singh in an event at Delhi.He claimed this will be the biggest bout until now in his professional career.

“As far as my future plans are concerned, I can only say that my next fight will take place on December 16,” Singh said during a session of the 112th AGM of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Must read : Differences between Amateur and Pro boxing

He also talked about the difference between dealing with the government and with private boxing promoters.

“When you are an amateur boxer, you have to deal with many layers of government, like the sports ministry, SAI, the boxing federation, etc. Whereas, once you turn pro, you don’t have to worry about finance and other things. All that is taken care of by the agents,” the Beijing Olympic bronze medalist said.

Remember Vijender has faught 9 professional bouts until now with a 100% win record and currently holds WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title and WBO Oriental super middleweight title. Here are the summary of the fights.
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
9 Win 9–0 China Zulpikar Maimaitiali UD 10 5 Aug 2017 India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Mumbai, India Retained WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title;
Won WBO Oriental super middleweight title
8 Win 8–0 Tanzania Francis Cheka TKO 3 (10), 1:36 17 Dec 2016 India Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi, India Retained WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title
7 Win 7–0 Australia Kerry Hope UD 10 16 Jul 2016 India Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi, India Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title
6 Win 6–0 Poland Andrzej Soldra TKO 3 (8), 2:00 13 May 2016 United Kingdom Macron Stadium, Bolton, UK
5 Win 5–0 France Matiouze Royer TKO 5 (6), 1:10 30 Apr 2016 United Kingdom Copper Box Arena, London, UK
4 Win 4–0 Hungary Alexander Horvath KO 3 (6), 1:02 12 Mar 2016 United Kingdom Echo Arena, Liverpool, UK
3 Win 3–0 Bulgaria Samet Hyuseinov TKO 2 (4), 0:35 19 Dec 2015 United Kingdom Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
2 Win 2–0 United Kingdom Dean Gillen KO 1 (4), 3:06 7 Nov 2015 Republic of Ireland National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
1 Win 1–0 United Kingdom Sonny Whiting TKO 3 (4), 2:08 10 Oct 2015 United Kingdom Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK

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