new delhi indias professional boxing star vijender singh will fight russias artysh lopsan in his return to the ring after over a year disrupted by covid19 during which he relied on his amateur contemporary and former commonwealth games bronzemedallist jai bhagwan for training assistancevijender and losan will square off on march 19 in a super middleweight 76kg showdown on the rooftop deck of the majestic pride casino ship in panaji goa lopsans name was revealed at a press conference hereit wasnt the easiest year and initially it took a while for the body to respond but the last two months have been fabulous for me jai bhagwan 2010 cwg bronzemedallist helped me with my training here in gurgaon vijender told pti on how he geared up for his returni was also in touch with my manchesterbased british trainer lee beard for some online help he addedthe 26yearold losan has fought six pro bouts claiming four victories including two knockouts his last contest was in december 2020 against compatriot yusup magomedbekov which he won via technical knockoutvijender on the other hand is unbeaten throughout his professional career his record of 120 includes eight knockouts the 2008 beijing olympics bronzemedallist defeated ghanas former commonwealth champion charles adamu in dubai to claim his 12th successive win in november 2019lee couldnt be here because of covid restrictions but he has been supportive and has been there online whenever i have needed advice jai you can say is my coach right now vijender said about his longtime friend with whom he competed in the 2010 cwg in delhilee has been vijenders trainer ever since he took the professional plunge in 2015jai is a serving police officer in haryana and took leave to assist vijender he is a twotime asian championship bronzewinner and has competed alongside vijender in several international and national amateur eventsvijender said the lockdown posed a few challenges with regards to finding sparring partners but in the last few months he has got what he needed to be ready for the comeback he is eyeing another knockout against the less experienced russiani didnt face any trouble finding sparring partners to prepare myself the facilities were also very accessible thanks to my promoters ios boxing promotions so i am in a good shape and raring to go said the 35yearold who plans to compete in at least two more fights this yearlopsan on the other hand is aiming to end the indians unbeaten run during which he picked up the wbo asia pacific and oriental super middleweight titlesvijender is a good fighter but im here to end his unbeaten streak what better way to end his streak than knocking him down in front of his audience ive trained hard for this fight and im rearing to go he saidalso seasoned indian boxer neeraj goyat will take on sandeep kumar super welterweight during the same fight nightit will be the comain event for the night followed by vijenders muchawaited return to the ring said ios