Vijender Singh looks set for his next professional bout with the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) sanctioning a fight between him and Chinese Zulpikar Maimaitiali in the first week of August in Mumbai.
Vijender is the current WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight champion while Zulpikar owns the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion title.
Neerav Tomar, Promoter IOS Boxing Promotions said: "We are happy to know on WBO's decision sanctioning Asia's biggest battle between Vijender Singh and Zulpikar Maimaithiali. The sanction is in place and we can now move forward with Zulpikar's team SECA to finalise terms and locking the date and venue in Mumbai."
Both the WBO title holders are number one boxers in their respective countries and also hold unbeaten records, having not lost a single bout since their debuts in the pro circuit. With this fight though both the boxers will put their respective titles at stake and it will be a double title fight.
The boxer that wins the bout will take home his defended title along with the opponent’s title, by the end of the bout he will have two belts on his name.
Vijender, who recently retained his WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title entered professional boxing in the year 2015 and has 8 wins under his belt with 7 of them being won by KO and 1 by Unanimous Decision.
He has played a total of 30 rounds, a few more than his next opponent.
The 22-year-old Chinese number 1 boxer Zulpikar Maimaitiali, currently holds the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion Title. He has fought 8 bouts with 24 rounds under his belt.
Zulpikar has won 7 bouts with no less than 5 KO wins and one draw. The Chinese boxer made his debut in the year 2015, and won the WBO Oriental Title last year in July by defeating Thomas Mashali of Tanzania by TKO.
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