John Abraham to play a boxer in a biopic on Captain Hawa Singh?
Actor in talk for biopic on Hawa Singh, the boxing legend who mentored Vijender Singh Even as Sushant Singh Rajput is gearing up for MS Dhoni's life story and Aamir Khan is wrestling with his Christmas release, Mirror has learnt that a biopic on Captain Hawa Singh is in the pipeline with John Abraham in mind to play the six-foot-one boxer. He joined the army in 1956 at 19, and four years later, bested reigning champion Mohabbat Singh to win the Western Command Boxing Championship. Hawa Singh dominated the national circuit with 11 consecutive championships from 1961 to 1972, a record yet to be challenged in the Heavyweight category.
He couldn't go to Jakarta for the Asian Games in 1962 due to border problems with China, but represented India in the '66 and '70 in Bangkok, winning two consecutive gold medals. Even in the '74 Tehran Games, he knocked out his Iranian opponent in the final round but because of a refereeing mistake, the host nation's boxer, Bura, was handed the fight in one the biggest faux paus in boxing history.
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