new delhi a medal is not the only thing on accomplished indian boxer vikas krishans mind heading into the asian games where a podium finish would ensure his name in the history books for an unparalleled feata goldmedallist in 2010 a bronzewinner in 2014 vikas is aiming to become indias first boxer with three backtoback asian games medals the megaevent starts august 18 in the twin indonesian cities of jakarta and palembangshould he achieve the feat in jakarta the 26yearold will surpass at least in medal count a certain legend who went by the name of hawa singh and vijender singh who now plies his trade in the professional circuit after being a trailblazer in the amateur arenahawa singh had notched up successive heavyweight gold medals at the 1966 and 1970 asian games a feat unmatched in the history of indian boxingmiddleweight star vijender on the other hand had claimed a bronze in the 2006 doha edition before bettering the colour to gold in 2010 guangzhouvikas 2010 gold came in lightweight while the 2014 bronze was after he took over the middleweightis he feeling the pressure heading into what could well turn out to be a historic asiad for himnot exactly actually winning the gold medal at the commonwealth games has taken off all the pressure on me i am in a very good space mentally relaxed and calm vikas saidhe is among the most decorated indian boxers with medals at the asian and commonwealth games besides being among a select band of four to have world championships medals a bronze in the 2011 editionthat aside the haryanalad has been in tremendous form this season he won a gold in the seasonopening strandja memorial in bulgaria before topping it with a cwg top finish in gold coastthe only blip has been a quarterfinal loss in the chemistry cup in germany followed by mild illness during a training trip to englandmy body is at a hundred per cent right now there was a bit of a setback when i was down with fever during a training trip to sheffield last month but i am back to full fitness now he assertedthe former world youth champion has flirted with the idea of turning professional more than once and had even declared at the gold coast cwg that he would be taking the plunge by the end of this yearbut ahead of the asiad he prefers to sidestep questions on his plansfor the next 20 days its about representing the country at the asian games we will talk about the future after these 20 days he saidthe boxing competition of the asian games will start august 24 and the indian team would be leaving tonight to ensure good acclimatisation with conditions in jakarta