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Vijender Singh’s unbeaten run ends, loses to Artysh Lopsan in ‘Combat on Send’


The unbeaten run of superstar Indian boxer Vijender Singh within the skilled circuit ended on Friday evening after he used to be defeated via his Russian opponent Artysh Lopsan within the ‘Combat on Send’ right here.

Vijender, a bronze medallist on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Video games and who had grew to become skilled in 2015, entered the bout with a 12-Zero file however misplaced.

Within the opening around, Vijender used to be wary in his manner because the Russian outplayed the Haryana boxer and used his peak to perfection.

The Russian, who used to be combating his 7th bout, out-punched Vijender at the rooftop of the ‘Majestic Satisfaction On line casino’ send at the waters of the Mandovi River, which ended in a heart-break for the partisan crowd.

The referee, after one minute and 9 seconds within the 5th around, declared the Russian because the winner because the eight-round recreation resulted in a knockout.

In the second one around, the 26-year-old Lopsan gave an exhibition of his elegance all the way through and paired Vijender’s oodles of revel in. He had higher exchanges and made optimal use of his punches — hooks and directly punches — and drained the Haryana boxer.

The Indian endured to stand stiff festival because the 6 ft 4 inches tall Russian controlled to squeeze each ounce of his opponent’s power.

Vijender used to be visibly and in addition seemed drained within the subsequent two rounds as he used to be steadily punched via the Russian, who used to be a tad higher at the given day.

Within the co-main match, seasoned campaigner and pugilist Neeraj Goyat defeated his rival Sandeep Kumar within the welterweight department via a knockout.

Within the different fights of the night time, Chennai’s Sabari J out-punched Amey Kalambe 60-54 within the light-weight class.

Then Haryana’s Kuldeep Dhanda suffered by the hands of Digari Mahesh from Uttarakhand within the tremendous light-weight class.

Karthik Satish Kumar gained towards Jayapal Jaganadhan within the light-weight class.

Dharmendra Grewal used to be declared because the unanimous winner towards Ashish Ahalawat within the cruiserweight class.

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