Ready to punch holes in Hyuseinov tomorrow: Vijender Singh

Both pugilists have been engaging in trash talk for the past week with Hyuseinov threatening to send the Indian back to his country “broken and beaten” and Vijender claiming to end the bout within three rounds.

"Vijender Singh has never, never met anyone like me and he will realise what it is like with a real professional on the 19th December.”

"How can he look to fight for titles next year when he's only had two fights and four rounds? He thinks that I'm some fool he's going to just knock over easily. I will take great delight in handing Vijender Singh his first loss and sending him back home to India beaten and broken,” the Bulgarian had said earlier.

Hyuseinov is more experienced in the professional arena than Vijender's previous opponents with 14 fights under his belt – seven of them victories.

Vijender, however, is feeling unperturbed.

"I feel in tremendous shape and ready to punch holes in Hyuseinov on Saturday night," Vijender said on Thursday.

"It's another progression in my boxing career to move up to six rounds, but I really don't feel I'll need them against Hyuseinov.

"While it's good to get rounds and experience under my belt I want excitement and knockouts, the rounds will come as we move up into title fights, right now I want to take opponents out as quickly as I can, three rounds, maybe, against Hyuseinov," he added, reported IANS.

The Bhiwani lad’s confidence comes from his consecutive knockout wins in his first two bouts. The 2008 Olympics bronze medallist defeated Britain’s Sonny Whiting through a technical knockout at the same Manchester Arena for his first win. In his second bout, he KO'd Dean Gillen in the first round to register consecutive knockout victories.

However, the fight against Samet Hyuseinov will be Vijender’s maiden six-round bout after going through four-round bouts in his first two fights.

All the name calling, threats and trash talks will be laid to rest on Saturday evening as the two boxers square off for final bragging rights.