The Vijender Singh juggernaut rolled on without a glitch as the Indian boxing star took less than 10 minutes to successfully defend his WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight title with an emphatic Technical Knockout win over Tanzania’s Francis Cheka here today.
Vijender landed the winning blow in the third round of what was to be a 10-round contest to leave on the former World Champion Cheka dazed and a packed Thyagraj Stadium delirious.
Photos from @boxervijender‘s clinical TKO win over Francis Cheka.#NightOfTheChampions
(via @IOSBoxing) pic.twitter.com/eFZlJCMv7V— ScoopWhoop News (@scoopwhoopnews) December 17, 2016
“I trained hard in Manchester for two months for this. I thank all my coaches for the effort they put in. Cheka talked so much, but I did not believe in verbal power, I believed in my punch power,” Vijender said after the bout.
Vijender dedicated the win to the army.
Here’s how his fans and well-wishers reacted to a mighty impressive win.
Congratulations Tau @boxervijender .
Cheka ka Theka le liya. Everybody should drink Chikoo Shake in honour of your win.#NightOfTheChampions pic.twitter.com/fZDa1W7Hss— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 17, 2016
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There’s no stopping vijender singh.
You are the real king of RINGThnx fr making INDIA proud once again#NightOfTheChampions pic.twitter.com/TvrzpSYmVy— divya (@diyavardhan) December 17, 2016
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With PTI inputs