Press Trust of India
Liverpool, March 11: He has been nothing short of sensational so far and Indian boxing star Vijender Singh would look to ensure that his winning streak remains intact when he takes on Hungarian Alexander Horvath in his fourth professional bout here Saturday.
The former Olympic and World Championships bronze-medallist would be stepping in to compete in his first fight of the year after three knock-out wins last year. But tomorrow (Saturday), he would be squaring off against his most experienced rival so far who has resorted to bizarre antics like dining on snake blood in the name of preparations.
Horvath has a decent record of winning 5 out of 7 fights and has 31 rounds under his belt to count for experience. Vijender has been training for 10 hours a day to prepare for the contest, which was originally scheduled for last month but was delayed owing to technical issues.
“I need to continue my unbeaten record and it’s important that I put on a commanding performance against Horvath and then next at Harrow to keep on course for my title shot and my homecoming,” Vijender said.
“Horvath is a good solid opponent for, maybe he will give me a few new tests, he has done more rounds than me and has a bit more experience, but will that compete with the power that I have and when I start landing my shots I don’t believe that he’ll be standing around for too long,” added the 30-year-old.
The 20-year-old Horvath, on the other hand, was no less confident about his own chances. “I don’t think Vijender is a strong opponent in front of me. He has a record of three wins while my record is five wins so I have an edge over him.”