Knockout king Vijender Singh’s maiden title defence is just a fortnight away and the champion is putting final touches to his training ahead of another mega show at home. The WBO Asia Pacific Super middleweight champion will be fighting Francis Cheka on 17 December at Thyagaraj Sports Complex in Delhi.
The 30-year old Haryana boy secured his maiden Asia Pacific title with a win against Australian Kerry Hope in July this year, and will be defending it for the first time since.
Vijender Singh, who has a record of seven out of seven wins with 6 KO’s, has been setting up the “perfect game plan” with his trainer Lee Beard.
I have to win and win in good fashion, so that means a knockout. I don’t know how far he is willing to go, how much he is willing to take. I am very well aware of the kind of challenge that lies ahead of me. Cheka is very experienced but I am also putting in double the efforts. Lee and I have a perfect game plan in place to make sure that I have an answer to every punch, every hit that Cheka has to throw at me. We have been working on my punches and training for almost two months now. I am very confident that my plan against him will work out well.Vijender Singh
Francis Cheka too is going through some grilling training sessions and following a regime of 40-round workout sessions, said reports. His trainer has put him on a routine to match up to Vijender’s punches.
Commenting on a recent statement that Francis Cheka made – regarding how he would teach the Haryana lad a boxing lesson – Vijender said:
I think he is kind of overlooking me. He is going to have the answers in the first 2-3 rounds of our fight on 17 December. I will show Cheka what his place is; he can’t come to my country and challenge me for my own title. I think he doesn’t know about me very well, maybe I should ask his well-wishers to give him more information about me.
Meanwhile, Singh’s trainer Lee Beard said: “I believe Vijender is going to perform very well on the night and produce another great display showing how smart he is as a fighter – and he will win in style.”
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