Zulpikar trains 10 hours a day to knock-out Vijender in Battleground Asia

WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion Vijender Singh is all set to face WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion and Chinese number 1 boxer Zulpikar Maimaitiali for a double title fight on the August 5 at the NSCI stadium, Mumbai.

Both the boxers are giving in their hundred per cent to be declared as the ultimate ‘King of Asia’. As Vijender continues to train harder every day with his trainer Lee Beard,  Zulpikar, on the other hand, is training for 10 hours a day to match up to Vijender. He says, “I take every bout seriously and try to push myself to the limit every time. Vijender will be one of the rivals that I beat, I know his traits and I am preparing accordingly, I am putting in 10 hours every day into training to make sure Vijender is knocked out in the first two or three rounds itself. On August 5, Vijender will actually face his toughest opponent in his pro boxing career.”

This will be Vijender’s third fight in the country, and Zulpikar expects the country to come out in complete support for his opponent. However, Zulpikar does not seem to be troubled by this. He says, “Fighting abroad is not fresh to me and I respect the audiences, hoping they will like our fight. I hope they won’t feel bad when their favourite boxer is getting beaten up by me.”

Indian champion Vijender holds a record of seven knock out wins since his pro-boxing debut. But Zulpikar is confident that this would be Vijender’s first loss. He says, “The pressure will be on him. It will be worse to lose to someone as young as me. He is considered the king of boxing in India, so he has started feeling like a king, it’s time I get him down onto the ground,” he concludes.