{"id":26815,"date":"2016-04-26T13:42:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26815"},"modified":"2016-04-26T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T13:42:35","slug":"boxing-vijender-singh-accepts-pakistan-origin-amir-khan-s-challenge-to-fight-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26815","title":{"rendered":"Boxing: Vijender Singh accepts Pakistan origin Amir Khan\u2019s challenge to fight in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26634\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vijender-Singh-Indian-Pro-Boxer.jpg\" alt=\"Vijender Singh Indian Pro Boxer\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vijender-Singh-Indian-Pro-Boxer.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vijender-Singh-Indian-Pro-Boxer-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Manchester: Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh today accepted the challenge of British boxing ace of Pakistan origin Amir Khan for having a fight in India. Amir Khan who has been training intensively for his much-anticipated WBC title contest against Mexico&#8217;s Saul &#8216;Canelo Alvarez want to fight against Vijender Singh soon in India.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on Amir Khan&rsquo;s challenge Vijender said &ldquo;I accept the challenge of Amir Khan and I am sure this fight will be a big boost to boxing in our country. As we both fight in different weight categories so will have to see whether Amir gains or I have to lose weight. I have started my professional boxing career last year only and have made only 4 appearances in the pro ring. It might take me just one more year when I will be ready to fight against Amir Khan. I am sure this fight will attract international limelight and attention. Currently I am focusing on my next fight scheduled for 30 April against Matiouze Royer at Copper Box Arena&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>However, a fight with Vijender is at least a year or two away. India&rsquo;s pro boxer just has four bouts under his belt whereas Amir has 34. Neerav Tomar, CEO and MD of IOS Boxing Promotions said &ldquo;Technically Amir Khan boxes in middleweight (72.5kg) while Vijender in super middleweight (76kg). &ldquo;Of course a fight is definitely possible but may be next year or 2018. Either Amir has to gain weight or Vijender needs to lose some. For Amir with his body structure I am not sure whether he can. Ditto Vijender. Thus, it is very much possible, but the technicalities exist.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-26634\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vijender-Singh-Indian-Pro-Boxer.jpg\" alt=\"Vijender Singh Indian Pro Boxer\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vijender-Singh-Indian-Pro-Boxer.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Vijender-Singh-Indian-Pro-Boxer-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Manchester: Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh today accepted the challenge of British boxing ace of Pakistan origin Amir Khan for having a fight in India. Amir Khan who has been training intensively for his much-anticipated WBC title contest against Mexico&#8217;s Saul &#8216;Canelo Alvarez want to fight against Vijender Singh soon in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[5898,15676,466,16225,13101,16223,16224],"class_list":["post-26815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-copper-box-arena","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-matiouze-royer","tag-pro-boxing-news","tag-vijender-singh-vs-amir-khan","tag-wbc-title"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boxing: Vijender Singh accepts Pakistan origin Amir Khan\u2019s challenge to fight in India - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=26815\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boxing: Vijender Singh accepts Pakistan origin Amir Khan\u2019s challenge to fight in India - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester: Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh today accepted the challenge of British boxing ace of Pakistan origin Amir Khan for having a fight in India. 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