Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will battle for his maiden title of his professional career in front of his home crowd as his WBO Asia belt fight is scheduled in New Delhi in June.
DNA had reported in December last year that Vijender’s debut fight in India will be a title fight and that the bout will be held in New Delhi.
“I am already excited. My first title fight, that too in front of my own people, in my own country. It cannot get better than this. I have no idea who my opponent is going to be but I am sure I will carry on the way I have so far” Vijender said.
The venue for the fight is likely to be the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. Officials of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) will touch down in India to inspect the stadium on February 22.
The WBO delegation will include the body’s first vice-president John Duggan, chairman officials Michael Pernick and referee Mark Nelson. They will be accompanied by Vijender’s UK promoters, Queensberry Promotions’ chief Francis Warren and Benjamin Murphy, the broadcasting head of Boxnation, the official broadcasters of Vijender’s bouts in the UK.
“It’s the next level for him,” Vijender’s India promoters, IOS Boxing Promotions’ managing director Neerav Tomar said. “He will fight for the WBO Asia title in June and a team of WBO officials will recce for venues in Delhi. The first venue to be checked out will be the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.”
The 29-year-old Vijender, who has remained unbeaten so far in his three-fight-old professional career since making his pro debut in October last year, is due to enter the ring for his next fight on March 12 in Liverpool. The opponent for that fight is yet to be known.