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NEW DELHI: Professional boxing in India is all set to get a massive fillip as the national capital will host an AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) fight night on June 11 featuring former World Championship bronze-medallist Vikas Krishan, who would be assured of an extra shot at Olympic qualification through this. The middleweight World No.6 in International Boxing Association rankings will square off against Kenya’s Nickson Abaka, a former World Milliary Games bronze-medallist who is now playing his trade in the APB. “This bout has been made possible by Neeraj Goyat (a pro boxer who is a part of the Professional Boxing Organisation of India (PBOI)). Competing in this bout would make me eligible for the final Olympic Qualifiers in Venezuela in July, where pro boxers from all over the world would be participating,” Vikas told PTI. Goyat currently holds the WBC Asia Boxing Council’s welterweight title. The bout featuring Vikas is scheduled just a night before the Asian silver-medallist, along with eight other Indian boxers, heads to the AIBA) World Olympic Qualifiers in Baku, Azerbaijan. (PTI)
