Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal in 75 kg weight category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He is one of the best boxers of India. He also played professional boxing. Due to the ban on the Boxing Federation of India in 2015, Vikas competed at the World and Asian Championships under the AIBA flag. Vikas Krishan Yadav is the second Indian boxer after Olympian Vijender Singh to qualify for Olympics for the third time. Personal life and family Yadav was born in Singhwa Khas village in Hisar district. His father Krishan Kumar is an employee in the Electricity Department. In 1994 he came to Bhiwani along with his father, who was transferred to this city. In 2003, at the age of 10, Yadav joined the Bhiwani Boxing Club where he undertook hard training. Later, he received training in the Army Sports Institute Pune. After his premature exit from the 2012 Olympics, Yadav took a year off from boxing and focussed on completing his education at the Kurukshetra University and his training with the Haryana State Police. Presently, Yadav is an ACP in Haryana Police. Vikas Krishan pulled out of his Asian Qualifiers final match. He was scheduled to face Zeyad Eashash in the final However, with an eye injury, Krishan ended his campaign with a silver medal. Vikas Krishan beat Cameroon's Dieudonne Wilfried Seyi Ntsengue to win the gold medal in men's 75 kg in Common Wealth Games. Career 2010 Yadav won a gold medal at the 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which was organised in Tehran, Iran. He won a gold medal in 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships at Baku in the Lightweight category, after defeating Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania. He won a bronze medal in 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Lightweight category after being defeated by Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania in the semifinals. He won the gold medal after defeating Hu Qing of China 5–4. in 2010 Asian Games which were held in Guangzhou, China. 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships In the Round of 32, Vikas defeated Asadullo Boimurodov of Kyrgyzstan 16:8. He faced Magomed Nurutdinov of Belarus in the Round of 16 and tied the bout 10:10 but won