By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 05th December:- In the first-ever Professional Boxing match between India and
Pakistan-Indian Army’s Suresh Kumar, Indian pro boxer and the title winner of 1st Indian
Professional Boxing League is all set to take on his Pakistani contender
Muhammad Bilal in the ring. Christened ‘The Fight to Unite’ the historic fight
will be held on 29th February, 2020 at Auckland, New Zealand.
The details were
announced by the Yadvinder Singh, CEO of Sports 13, who was accompanied by the
boxer Suresh Kumar and his coach Jai Hind, during a press conference held at
Press Club, Sector 27, here.
Gearing up for his
upcoming bout against Muhammad Bilal, 26-year-old, Suresh Kumar, who is also
serving in the Indian Army -Tradesman Mate (Ordnance) ensured to continue his
winning streak. Suresh Kumar has a professional record of 3 wins and 0 losses
in his pro boxing career
Suresh Kumar said that he is
excited for the fight against the Pakistani opponent, as its first time that
the two countries are playing their first-ever professional boxing match with
each other. He doesn’t have any such pressure of the game and he is fully
prepared to defeat his opponent.
He said that his only
game plan is to play his natural game in the ring. He will focus on his basics
and stick to the strategies that he has prepared with his coaches. He has
studied Bilal’s game, he is weak at the back foot and his footwork is not fast.
Here he has an edge over him.
While talking about the
preparation, coach Jai Hind said
that we have been working rigorously day and night on Suresh’s strengths and
conditioning and am confident he will surprise the opponent in the ring.
He added that Suresh
is a phenomenal player in the super-light division and has been consistently
doing well in all in his past fights. Suresh has the advantage of height and
reach compared to his opponent. Since the next bout is against Pakistan
contender, the pressure is quite obvious, which will remain on both the
opponents in the ring.
Following the
session, Yadvinder Singh, CEO,
Sports -13 – a sports management company and the organisation
which is managing Suresh Kumar said that India has a lot of talent to create
legends in the field of professional boxing. All we need is to create more
platforms for the young talents, nourish them and bring more sponsors forward
in this game. Sport 13 aims to hunt for young talent in different sports’
disciplines and nurture and train the youngsters.
Summing up the interactive
session Yadvinder said that the fight will endeavour to give a chance to peace
and the spirit of brotherhood between the two countries. This is why the bout
has been named ‘The Fight To Unite’.
It was revealed that
Suresh will also face Iranian boxer Khashair Ghassemi on 15th December
this year, the bout is to be held at Pattaya, Thailand.
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