Vijender Singh's Chinese opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali pulls out of winner-takes-all April 1 bout

New Delhi: Vijender Singh is left without an opponent even as the Indian boxing star is required to defend his super middleweight title on April 1.

In a sensational development, his scheduled opponent, China's Zulpikar Maimaitiali, pulled out of the bout on Friday.

But strangely enough, the Chinese boxer hasn't specify any reason for his withdrawal thus giving enough wild speculations in the Indian camp.

Vijender's promoters IOS Boxing Promotions revealed that Zulpikar reportedly them he would prefer to fight Vijender later in the year.

The promoters, however, promised that the event will go ahead as planned on April 1 in Mumbai. And the Indian boxer will have a new opponent.

The much anticipated winner take all bout was for a double super middleweight Asian titles — Vijender's WBO Asia-Pacific belt and Maimaitiali's WBO Oriental crown.