agence france-presse
Manchester, Dec 19: Boxer Vijender Singh continued his remarkably dominant run in the professional circuit, notching up a third successive knockout triumph by thrashing Bulgaria’s Samet Hyuseinov in less than two rounds here Saturday.
Barely 35 seconds into the second round of what was to be his maiden six-round contest, Vijender cornered Hyuseinov with a flurry of combination punches to force the referee into stopping the bout and give the Indian a win via technical knockout.
The former Olympic and World Championships bronze medallist thus continued his unbeaten run since making his debut in October, all three of his wins being knockouts in under three rounds. “I practice a lot when I am sparring so that helps me finish it off early in actual contest,” Vijender said after the bout.
With a sizeable crowd in attendance to cheer him, Vijender walked in to the beats of ‘Singh is King’ and made sure that the song resonated well after he was done with the job inside the ring.
For all his tall talk before the bout, Hyuseinov looked intimidated the moment Vijender stepped in the ringh. While the Indian moved around confidently and had the Bulgarian on the backfoot with his telling jabs and piercing left uppercuts, Hyuseinov seemed clueless n whether to go all out or stick to counter-attack. He remained in that confused state as Vijender closed out the tie.
