Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from

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, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the

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in the

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category and a gold medal in 75 kg weight category at the

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. He is one of the best boxers of India. He also boxed professionally. Due to the ban on the

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in 2015, Vikas competed at the World and Asian Championships under the

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flag. Vikas Krishan Yadav is the second Indian boxer after Olympian

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to qualify for

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for the third time.

Personal life and family

Yadav was born in Singhwa Khas village in

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. His father, Krishan Kumar, is an employee in the Electricity Department. In 1994 he came to

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along with his father, who was transferred to this city by his workplace. In 2003, at the age of 10, Yadav joined the Bhiwani Boxing Club. Later, he received training at the Army Sports Institute

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. After his premature exit from the 2012 Olympics, Yadav took a year off from boxing and focussed on completing his education at the

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and his training with the Haryana State Police. Presently, Yadav is an ACP in Haryana Police.

Career

2010

Yadav won a gold medal at the

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, Iran. He won a gold medal in

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in the

category, after defeating

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of Lithuania. He won a bronze medal in

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category after being defeated by Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in the semifinals. At the

which were held in

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, China, he won the gold medal after defeating Hu Qing of

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5–4.

2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships

In the round of 64, Vikas defeated Asadullo Boimurodov of

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16:8. He faced Magomed Nurutdinov of Belarus in the round of 32 and tied the bout 10:10 but won because of last point scored. In the last 16, he faced Onder Sipal of Turkey whom he defeated by 14:7. In the quarter-finals, he faced

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of Moldova and won 9:8. In the semi-finals, he met

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of Ukraine and lost by 15:12, earning the bronze medal in the

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category.

2012 Olympics

Yadav unexpectedly lost to Errol Spence Jr. of the United States of America in the last 16. Yadav originally won the bout but Spence successfully appealed his 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.

2014 Asian Games

Representing

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at the Games held at

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, South Korea, he won the bronze medal in the

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(75 kg) category. His first opponent was Azamat Kanybek Uulu of

, beating him 3:0 in the Round of 16. His opponent in the quarter-finals was Hurshidbek Normatov of

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whom he beat to 3:0 to progress to the semi-finals. In the semi-final bout he lost to

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of Kazakhstan.

2015 Asian Boxing Championships

On September 5, 2015, Yadav reached the final of the

category and lost to

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of Uzbekistan, winning the silver medal.

2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships

On October 10, 2015, Vikas exited the World Boxing Championships in

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, Qatar, by losing 3–0 to Hosam Abdin of Egypt in the quarter-finals.

2016 Rio Olympics

Yadav qualified for the Rio Olympic Games by finishing with a bronze medal at the Olympic qualifiers held in Baku in June 2016. To win the bronze medal, he beat USA's Charles Cornell by a unanimous decision. At the Olympics he beat

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of Turkey before being defeated by

of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinal of the men's middleweight (75 kg).

2018 Commonwealth and Asian games

Yadav won a gold medal in

in Australia defeating boxers from Australia, Zambia, Northern Ireland and Cameroon. He became the first Indian male boxer to win gold medals at both Asian and Commonwealth Games. Yadav beat Cameroon's Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue in the final. At the 2018 Asian Games, he reached the final had to withdraw from his last match because of a serious eye injury. He was scheduled to face Zeyad Eashash in the final. On 15 November 2018, Yadav signed a multiyear promotional contract with American-based

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2020 Tokyo Olympics

Yadav returned to the 69 kg weight class for the 2020 Olympic cycle. By qualifying for the Olympics Games he became only the second Indian male boxer after Olympic bronze medallist

to qualify for a third Olympics. At the Olympic Games, he lost 5-0 to

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of Japan.

Awards

* Best Boxer, National Championships,

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, 2010 *

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Award, 2012

Professional boxing record

References

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