Vikas Krishan Yadav
Vikas Krishan Yadav in 2021
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1992-02-10) February 10, 1992
Singhwa Khas, Hisar, Haryana, India
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
ClubBhiwani Boxing Club
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  India
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - - -
World Championships - - 1
Asian Games 1 - 2
Commonwealth Games 1 - -
Youth Olympic Games - - 1
Asian Championships - 1 2
Youth World Boxing Championships 1 - -
Total 3 1 6
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Baku Welterweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Lightweight
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Palembang Middleweight
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bangkok Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tashkent Middleweight
Bronze medal – third place2021 DubaiWelterweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastMiddleweight
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place2010 SingaporeLightweight
AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Baku Lightweight

Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal in 75 kg weight category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is one of the best boxers of India. He also played professional boxing.

Due to the ban on the Boxing Federation of India in 2015, Vikas competed at the World and Asian Championships under the AIBA flag.[1] Vikas Krishan Yadav is the second Indian boxer after Olympian Vijender Singh to qualify for Olympics for the third time.[2]

Personal life and family

Yadav was born in Singhwa Khas village in Hisar district.[3] His father Krishan Kumar is an employee in the Electricity Department. In 1994 he came to Bhiwani along with his father, who was transferred to this city. In 2003, at the age of 10, Yadav joined the Bhiwani Boxing Club where he undertook hard training. Later, he received training in the Army Sports Institute Pune.[4]

After his premature exit from the 2012 Olympics, Yadav took a year off from boxing and focussed on completing his education at the Kurukshetra University and his training with the Haryana State Police.[5] Presently, Yadav is an ACP in Haryana Police.

Vikas Krishan pulled out of his Asian Qualifiers final match. He was scheduled to face Zeyad Eashash in the final However, with an eye injury, Krishan ended his campaign with a silver medal.[6]

Vikas Krishan beat Cameroon's Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue to win the gold medal in men's 75 kg in Common Wealth Games.[7]

Career

2010

Yadav won a gold medal at the 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which was organised in Tehran, Iran.

He won a gold medal in 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships at Baku in the Lightweight category, after defeating Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania.

He won a bronze medal in 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Lightweight category after being defeated by Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in the semifinals.[8]

He won the gold medal after defeating Hu Qing of China 5–4.[9] in 2010 Asian Games which were held in Guangzhou, China.

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships

In the Round of 32, Vikas defeated Asadullo Boimurodov of Kyrgyzstan 16:8. He faced Magomed Nurutdinov of Belarus in the Round of 16 and tied the bout 10:10 but won because of last point scored. In the pre quarter-finals, he was up against Onder Sipal of Turkey whom he defeated by 14:7. In the quarter-finals, he faced Vasili Belous of Moldova and won 9:8 over him. In the semi-finals, he met Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine and lost by 15:12 to him, earning him the bronze medal in the Welterweight category.

2012 Olympics

Vikas Krishan Yadav and the entire Indian contingent were in for a shock as he lost against Errol Spence Jr. of the United States of America on Friday night after an appeal.[10]

Spence successfully appealed his initial 11–13 loss. Using video review, AIBA determined the bout referee gave too few cautions for holding fouls and should have awarded Spence at least four more points.[11]

2014 Asian Games

Representing India at the Games held at Incheon, South Korea, he won the bronze medal in the Middleweight (75 kg) category, after losing to Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan, in the semi-final bout.[12]

His first opponent was Azamat Kanybek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan, beating him 3:0 in the Round of 16. His opponent in the quarter-finals was Hurshidbek Normatov of Uzbekistan whom he beat to 3:0 to progress to the semi-finals.

2015 Asian Boxing Championships

On September 5, 2015, Vikas reached the final bout of the Middleweight category and lost to Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan, winning the silver medal.[13]

2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships]]

On October 10, 2015, Vikas exited the World Boxing Championships in Doha, Qatar, by losing 3–0 to Hosam Abdin of Egypt in the quarter-finals.

2016 Rio Olympics

Vikas Krishan Yadav qualified for the Rio Olympic Games by finishing with a bronze medal at the Olympic qualifiers held in Baku in June 2016. He has cruised into the round of 16 in Boxing 75 kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Indian pugilist beat USA's Charles Cornell by a unanimous decision to progress at the Summer Games.[14] He went on to defeat Önder Şipal of Turkey a few days later to enter the next round of the tournament. Vikas Krishan Yadav was defeated by Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in the Quarter Final of Men's Middle 75 kg Boxing in Rio Olympic on 16 August 2016.

2018 Commonwealth and Asian games]]

Vikas won a gold medal in 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia defeating Australia, Zambia, northern Ireland and Cameroon. He became the first Indian male boxer to win gold medals at both Asian and commonwealth games. In Asian games 2018 he won bronze. He had to withdraw from further fights because of a serious eye injury.[15]

2020 Tokyo Olympics

Vikas Krishan Yadav beats Japan's Sewon Okazawa, World No 6 and third seed in the 69 kg weight class by 5–0 to book his Tokyo Olympic ticket. In the semifinals he defeated Ablaikhan Zhussupov of Kazakhstan. His transformation back to 69 kg from 75 kg was inspired by his childhood friend Neeraj Goyat. He also became only the second Indian men boxer after Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Singh to qualify for Third Olympics.[16]

Ranking

Vikas is currently engaged in the middleweight category, the same category where Vijender Singh won an Olympic bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics. As of September 25, 2015, Vikas is ranked 4th overall.[17][18]

Awards

Signing with Top Rank

On 15 November 2018, Krishan signed a multiyear promotional contract with American-based Top Rank. [20]

Professional boxing record

3 fights 3 wins 0 losses
By knockout 1 0
By decision 2 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
3 Win 3–0 Russia Anatoly Bogomolov UD 4 4 May 2023 Russia USC Soviet Wings, Moscow, Russia
2 Win 2–0 United States Noah Kidd UD 6 20 Apr 2019 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 United States Steven Andrade TKO 2 (6), 2:31 18 Jan 2019 United States Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, California, U.S.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav Reveals Pain of Not Representing India". NDTVSports.com. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vikas Krishan Qualify for his 3rd Olympics, Book 34th quota for India". 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Vikas Krishan - Biography". AIBA website. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ↑ "Athletes_Profile | Biographies | Sports". www.incheon2014ag.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav Reveals Pain of Not Representing India". NDTVSports.com. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eye injury forces Olympic-bound Vikas Krishan to pull out of Asian Boxing Qualifiers final". India Today. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "CWG 2018: Boxer Vikas Krishan bags India's 25th Gold medal". India Today. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Boxing bronze for Vikas Yadav". Hindustan Times. 25 August 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Naik, Shivani (26 November 2010). "Vikas breaks boxing's gold jinx, lands perfect 10th". Indian Express. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  10. ↑ S. Kannan (6 August 2012). "Olympic boxing: Vikas Krishan Yadav loses after winning". India Today. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "AIBA overturns the result of Bout #142". AIBA. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Vikas Krishan Yadav wins bronze medal in Men's Middleweight 75kg event in Asian Games 2014". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Vikas Krishan Yadav Settles for Silver in Asian Championships". NDTVSports.com. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  14. ↑ India boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav cruises into round of 16 with win over USA’s Charles Cornell
  15. ↑ "Vikas Krishan apologizes for Rio exit; hints at lack of preparation due to banned federation". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Vikas Krishan Qualify for his 3rd Olympics, Book 34th quota for India". sportstalk24.com. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "Rankings - AIBA". AIBA. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Satish Kumar, Saweeta in top 3, Vikas Krishan Yadav top 5 in world boxing rankings". www.sportskeeda.com. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Athletes_Profile | Biographies | Sports". www.incheon2014ag.org. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Top Rank Signs Indian Amateur Sensation Vikas Krishan". toprank.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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