‘Ring ka king’: Twitter on Vijender Singh’s historic victory over Kerry Hope

Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh defeated Kerry Hope of Australia to clinch the WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight title in New Delhi.

Updated on: Jul 17, 2016, 12:31:18 IST

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Indian professional boxer Vijender Singh defeated Kerry Hope of Australia to clinch the WBO Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight title in New Delhi on Saturday.

Indian boxer Vijender Singh reacts after winning WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title. (AP Photo)

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Faced with the most experienced and highly rated opponent of his fledgling professional boxing career, Vijender carved out a 98-92, 98-92, 100-90 verdict from the three judges to clinch his continue his unbeaten run.

This is Vijender’s seventh consecutive victory and thanks to this victory, the Indian boxer broke into the top-15 in the WBO rankings for the first time in his professional career.

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Twitter was quick to congratulate Vijender Singh on his historic win and here are some of the tweets:

Vijender Singh also took to Twitter to thank the people wishing him on his victory.

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