Cika wannan jumlar: A watan Yunin 2017, WBO ta tabbatar da cewa za su amince da gwagwarmayar hadewar yanki tsakanin Singh da WBO Oriental super middleweight champion Zulpikar Maimaitiali na China. New India Express ta sanar da yakin, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da "Battleground Asia" zai gudana a ranar 5 ga Agusta, 2017 a filin wasa na Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel a Mumbai. A ranar 26 ga Yuli, IOS Boxing Promotions da Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions sun ba da sanarwar cewa sun cimma yarjejeniya don yin aiki tare sau ɗaya. Singh ya ci gaba da taken Asiya Pacific kuma ya lashe taken Gabas bayan yaƙin ya tafi katin ƙididdiga bayan zagaye 10. Alƙalai sun ci wasan 96<unk>93, 95<unk>94, 95<unk>94 a cikin fa'idar Singh. Kodayake yaƙin ya yi kusa, Singh ya yi kama da ya yi yaƙin ta hanyar amfani da tsayinsa da isa. A zagaye na shida, an cire Maimaitiali wata aya don maimaita ƙananan bugun jini bayan an yi masa gargaɗi a zagaye na baya. Da ba a cire masa maki ba, da yaƙin ya ƙare a matsayin mafi rinjaye. Bayan wasan, Singh ya yaba wa abokin hamayyarsa, "Ban yi tsammanin zai yi yaƙi da kyau ba kuma ya wuce nesa. Ina tsammanin wannan zai wuce na tsawon zagaye biyar zuwa shida. Saboda haka ban yi yaƙi bisa ga dabarun da na tsara ba. Ina so in gaya wa China, don Allah kada ku zo kan iyakarmu. Wannan don zaman lafiya ne". Ya ce game da wannan yaƙin, "Ƙarfin ya dame ni. Ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Ya kasance mai tsananin zalunci". Ya kuma ba da taken ga Maimaitiali, a matsayin saƙo don zaman lafiya. Wannan ya kasance dangane da kwanan nan
rikicin kan iyaka tsakanin Indiya da China.