The first boxer from India to win an Olympic medal, tall and handsome, Vijender Singh became a darling of the Indian media that otherwise can`t get enough of its all pervading cricket stars. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vijender booked his bronze medal defeating Carlos Góngora Mercado of Ecuador. Keeping aside the skepticism raised over his appearances in the glamour world, he proved his detractors wrong with a bronze medal at 2009 World Championships in Milan.