CWG: Boxer Vikas clinches gold medal in 75kg

Vikas plans to turn professional by the end of this year and the gold just adds to his accomplished amateur run.

Vikas Krishan (red) celebrates his win over Cameroon's Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue during their men's 75kg final boxing match during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Saturday.

Boxer Vikas Krishan clinced gold medal in the men’s 75kg category at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday.

Vikas, a former Asian Games gold-medallist and world bronze-medallist, pummelled Cameroon’s Dieudonne Wilfried Ntsengue to claim the third gold for India.

The technically superior Indian stuck to his usual tactic of taking slow control of the proceedings, trading with caution first up before letting it rip to take the opponent by surprise.

Vikas plans to turn professional by the end of this year and the gold just adds to his accomplished amateur run.