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Indian boxer Vijender Singh will take on British boxer Dean Gillen, who is a part-time fire-fighter, in his second bout in Dublin in a four-round contest on Saturday. He will perform in front of passionate audience as well as Hollywood executives to probably explore his potential as a movie star. Last month, Vijender notched up a Technical Knockout against Sonny Whiting in his debut fight. The 30-year-old from Haryana has already starred in ‘Fugly’, the Bollywood film, and even appeared on the reality TV show MTV Hero Roadies X2.

The executive was quoted in a statement issued by Vijender’s promoters IOS, as saying that, “I’m very excited by Vijender and his potential and we’re looking forward to seeing him up close on Saturday night and taking it from there. I’ve only seen his first fight and being a boxing fan, that was something special and some of my close associates also mentioned it.”

“He’s got a special commanding presence and aura about him in the ring, likes he’s the king of the ring, and I think that it could transfer onto screen, who knows, we just want to see him on Saturday first and we’re hoping for another exciting performance,” he added.

Vijender who reached Dubli on Thursday with his Indian promoter Neerav Tomar and trainer Lee Beard said, “I’m getting a really good buzz being in Dublin and the city has really taken me in, I can’t wait for Saturday night and give the fans a good night of action.”

“I’ve been over once before after the 2012 London Olympics and trained with the Irish amateur boxing team and I had a brilliant time then, so it’s fantastic to finally return to actually fight here for the first time and show what I can do.”

-Sumana