Vijender Singh, 2008 Beijing Olympics Bronze medalists, signed a lucrative deal for multiple years in London.
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| Vijender Singh poses after signing a multi-year promotional agreement with Queensberry Promotions. (Image courtesy: Queensberry Promotions) |
Vijender Singh, the face of Indian amateur boxing, has now turned professional. The announcement for this lucrative deal was signed at a star-studded media conference in London on Monday.
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Vijender, the 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medallist, has signed a multi-year promotional agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports & Entertainment. It will see the talented middleweight fight a minimum of six times in the first year as he looks to herald in a new era for Asian boxing. He will miss the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
And once a boxer turns professional, he cannot compete at an amateur level (unless they're part of The International Boxing Association's pro boxing competetion APB). What this means is Vijender won't be able to compete at the Olympics.
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Queensberry has to its credit of promoting over 40 professional boxers including 20 Champions and boasts of names like Hamed, Bruno, Tyson, Calzaghe, Benn, Collins, Eubank, Khan and Hatton.
Arguably one of India's most successful amateur boxers ever, a sensational career has seen Vijender win Silver at the 2006 and 2014 Commonwealth Games; bronze at the 2006 Asian Games, 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2009 World Amateur Championships and 2010 Commonwealth Games; Gold at the 2010 Asian Games, and rated as the world's number one middleweight in 2009.
His Bronze medal victory in Beijing was a landmark event in India's rich sporting history as it was the nation's first ever boxing medal in the Games and he is credited for the incredible surge in boxing's popularity in his home country since.
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