Vikas won’t be allowed to compete in World Series of Boxing

TIL Desk Sports/ Indian boxer Vikas Krishan, who forfeited his semi-final bout in the Asian Championships, won’t be allowed to compete in the World Series of Boxing and will have to explain his no-show to a disciplinary committee of the national federation.

Vikas, a former World Championships bronze-medallist and an Asian Games gold-winner, had given a walkover to Korean Lee Dongyun in the middleweight (75kg) semifinals in Tashkent, Uzbekistan last week.

The reasons for his decision were not known at the time of the forfeiture and Boxing Federation of India (BFI) President Ajay Singh said there would be an enquiry into the matter.

“He is certainly not going to compete in the World Series of Boxing. Plus a disciplinary committee of BFI will seek an explanation from him on the matter. He has apparently claimed that he was injured but we have to find out if it is genuine,” Singh said.