Vijender books quarters berth
Guangzhou, Nov. 17: Star pugilist Vijender Singh saved the best for the last round to outpunch Yu Ting Yang of Chinese Taipei 9-4 and storm into the 75kg quarterfinals of the boxing competition in the Asian Games here on Wednesday.
World number one Vijender was finding it hard to break into his opponent’s defence initially and was trailing 1-2 at the end of the second round before running away winner with a flurry of punches.
“My opponent tried to use his better height to his advantage by employing shell guard and I was finding a bit difficult to break it. Honestly, my heart beat was up after trailing in the second round,” Vijender said after his bout.
“But once I did break his defence in the third round I was able to score freely,” said the Olympic and World Championships bronze-medallist.
Earlier in the day, Vikas Krishan (60kg) advanced to the pre-quarterfinals after beating Thailand’s Saylom Ardee in his opening round bout. Suranjoy Singh (52kg) had also reached the pre-quarters on Tuesday.
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