because of last point scored. In the pre quarter-finals, he was up against Onder Sipal of Turkey whom he defeated by 14:7. In the quarter-finals, he faced Vasili Belous of Moldova and won 9:8 over him. In the semi-finals, he met Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine and lost by 15:12 to him, earning him the bronze medal in the Welterweight category. 2012 Olympics Vikas Krishan Yadav and the entire Indian contingent were in for a shock as he lost against Errol Spence Jr.Errol of the United States of America on Friday night after an appeal. Spence successfully appealed his initial 11–13 loss. Using video review, AIBA determined the bout referee gave too few cautions for holding fouls and should have awarded Spence at least four more points. 2014 Asian Games Representing India at the Games held at Incheon, South Korea, he won the bronze medal in the Middleweight (75 kg) category, after losing to Zhanibek Alimkhanuly of Kazakhstan, in the semi-final bout. His first opponent was Azamat Kanybek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan, beating him 3:0 in the Round of 16. His opponent in the quarter-finals was Hurshidbek Normatov of Uzbekistan whom he beat to 3:0 to progress to the semi-finals. 2015 Asian Boxing Championships On September 5, 2015, Vikas reached the final bout of the Middleweight category and lost to Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan, winning the silver medal. 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships On October 10, 2015, Vikas exited the World Boxing Championships in Doha, Qatar by losing 3–0 to Hosam Abdin of Egypt in the quarter-finals. 2016 Rio Olympics Vikas Krishan Yadav qualified for the Rio Olympic Games by finishing with a bronze medal at the Olympic qualifiers held in Baku in June 2016. He has cruised into the round of 16 in Boxing 75 kg category at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Indian pugilist beat USA's Charles Cornell by a unanimous decision to progress at the Summer Games. He went on to defeat Önder Şipal of Turkey a few days later to enter the next round of the tournament. Vikas Krishan Yadav was defeated by Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan in the Quarter Final of Men's Middle 75 kg Boxing in Rio Olympic on 16 August 2016. 2018 Commonwealth and Asian games Vikas won a gold medal in 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia defeating Australia, Zambia, northern Ireland and Cameroon. He became the first Indian male boxer to win gold medals