Vijender Singh wins bronze, Beijing 2008
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Then an amateur boxer, Vijender Singh competed in the Athens Olympics in 2004, and although he suffered an early loss there, said he had found the experience valuable. Practicing heavily in the run-up to Beijing 2008, Vijender was part of several intense Olympic camps designed to take boxers through their paces.
Those camps clearly helped, as Vijender won the bronze at Beijing 2008 – marking the first ever Olympic medal for an Indian boxer. It could be argued that Vijender paved the way for Indian boxing in the modern day.
He has since turned pro, taking wins over a handful of strong professional boxers in his bouts, and divides his time between the United Kingdom and India.
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