Khaleej Times

Trainer confident of Vijender’s win

- IANS

new delhi — India’s profession­al boxing ace Vijender Singh’s trainer Lee Beard is confident of his knockout win against African middleweig­ht champion from Ghana Ernest Amuzu on December 23 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

As the fight nears the intensity of Vijender’s training is increasing day by day and Lee Beard is very impressed with the hard work Vijender is putting in.

“He is training very hard in India from the last sometime, he has been sparring 10-12 rounds daily with 3-4 different guys and also putting the strength and condition to work hard also,” Beard said on Tuesday.

“We know about the opponent, and we have been working on the technical part of the game planning. We have run a few tests on him and he looks in good shape

We know about the opponent, and we have been working on the technical part of the game planning Lee Beard

for the fight,” he added. Talking about Vijender’s opponent, Beard said: “You know Ernest Amuzu has got a good record, and he is a strong fighter who has had a lot of fights but Vijender is an amazing boxer and always focused on the strategies planned by us.

“Vijender has boxed off many tough fighters who have had a different style of boxing, but southpaw is a bit more difficult to fight & he has fought less opponents of southpaw. But he is good at every technical style boxing.” —

 ?? AFP file ?? India’s Vijender Singh (left) throws a punch at China’s Zulpikar Maimaitial­i during their title bout in Mumbai. —
AFP file India’s Vijender Singh (left) throws a punch at China’s Zulpikar Maimaitial­i during their title bout in Mumbai. —

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