Mumbai,-In an act of great gesture, Vijender Singh has offered to return his WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title to Chinese Zulpikar Maimaitiali in lieu of peace at the Indo-China border.<\/p>\n
Vijender, a double champion in pro boxing, has urged India and China to maintain peace at the border.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old Olympic bronze medallist\u2019s grew in stature last night by not just outslugging Maimaitiali in a close bout to annex the dual WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title, but by also urging for peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo India-China friendship (I dedicate my title), because tension on the border is not good, because I see on social media, news, it keeps getting on and on and that\u2019s not good. I give this title to people, peace, it\u2019s all about friendship, Hindi-Chini bhai bhai,\u201d Vijender said during a media interaction.<\/p>\n
Vijender\u2019s comments came in the backdrop of the stand-off between India and China.<\/p>\n
He won the thrilling 10-round bout by one of the closest unanimous decisions 96-93 95-94 95-94 to maintain his unbeaten streak at the professional boxing.<\/p>\n
The bonhomie between the two boxers was evident as Zulpikar hugged Vijender and made him wear his cap. Vijender also returned the gesture by offering his belt to the Chinese boxer.<\/p>\n
Vijender said, \u201cHe (Zulpikar) gave me that cap, he said I asked him for the cap and he gave it to me, I simply gave him the belt but he couldn\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Beijing Games bronze medallist admitted that he did not expect the fight to go down the wire.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fight was really good, I didn\u2019t expect (it will go all the way), it was 10 rounds, at times the Chinese products last a little long, it was an amazing fight and fun! The fight was tough and a lot of blood oozed out, but finally win was ours, it was nice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
During the fight, the southpaw hit Vijender below the belt and the Indian said that he was disturbed by it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you have seen, 3-4 times he (Zulpikar) hit below the belt and that disturbed me, that was a foul and the refree gave him a warning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s painful and it disturbed your game, you have planned in the mind and when you get that kind of below the belt punches, that distracts you. He is young kid, strong kid, but it\u2019s all about winning,\u201d said Vijender, who was floored on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n
Asked if he was confident of winning, the Indian said, \u201cI am a positive person and I never think of losing, it\u2019s all about scoring and rounds, the first six rounds were so good, my coach (Lee Beard) was saying it\u2019s going round to round and winning every round (was important).\u201d<\/p>\n
Vijender also said he wants to challenge for the world championship soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust pray for me, one day I will be a world champion. I would like to thank everyone who came for this fight. It was great to see you all,\u201d he signed off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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