Unperturbed by his opponent’s spectacular observe file and recommendation to take retirement, Indian boxing ace Vijender Singh on Saturday mentioned he’ll enter a brand new part in his skilled profession together with his upcoming battle towards Ghana’s Eliasu Sulley.
Olympic bronze medalist Vijender, who has been coaching in Manchester for over a 12 months now, mentioned he was battle-ready.
“This is just a stepping stone into a new era in my professional boxing career,” Vijender mentioned.
Sulley comes into the bout, named the Jungle within the Rumble, on the again of eight knockouts to his identify.
“I’ve watched his previous bouts and know what he does best but I’m not worried because knockout no.9 has Vijender Singh’s name written all over it,” Sulley mentioned.
“His stature doesn’t bother me, I know the crowd will be behind him at the fight, but I know how to silence them all.”
“Vijender has not been in form, I noticed his final battle, I believe it is time for him to retire. This battle will probably be a farewell to him from my facet, with a knockout in fact,” said Sulley.” Vijender, who was calmly his opponent had little so as to add.
“He is forgetting that I have previously dealt with 12 of such boxers in a row who had almost the same things to say to me but we all know how those fights turned out.” The battle will happen in Raipur on August 17.
Vijender mentioned, “Everything my opponent is saying is all talk, I am not bothered and it shows that he has not done his background check. I will turn the tables on the knockout and cannot wait to get into the ring with him.” Jungle in The Rumble will probably be held on the Balbir Juneja Stadium.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
