The 24 year old Haryana boxer, Vijender Singh fought hard even with his bleeding nose to clinch a gold medal in fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships on Wednesday.

Vijender was badly hit on his nose and the bleeding doesn’t seem to stop. There aroused a situation where he might have been declared unfit. But he fought hard with his brave heart to gain his first international gold medal in two years.

Vijender bought his last gold medal in the chemistry cup in Germany in 2008. It is to be noted that he is the no.1 ranked player in boxing.

"I was scared that the bout may be stopped and I would be declared medically unfit. Bleeding was just not stopping. I was constantly looking at the judges to see what they might do"—he said.

"A gold medal after two years (the last being at the Chemistry Cup in Germany in 2008) is obviously very satisfying"—he added.