Tanzanian tussle

Against the more seasoned Francis Cheka, Vijender Singh faces a tricky battle that he is favoured to win

There is little doubt that Francis Cheka likes to talk, in a bumptious, finger-brandishing manner that often contributes so handsomely to his own implosion inside the ring. “Vijender Singh is running scared already. He doesn’t know what’s going to hit him,” announces the Tanzanian emphatically.  Trash talk is easily one of professional boxing’s most piquant subplots. A fight minus the raging looking into the eyes and the mordant jibes robs such an occasion of its tempestuousness. But Cheka, it seems, likes to take such buffoonery to new ...

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Tanzanian tussle