Boxing may well be the new cricket. The entire nation might currently be obsessed with the boys in blue, but B-town is more fascinated with men in shorts right now.

Ranbir Kapoor will play a street fighter in Bombay Velvet. Sidharth Malhotra and Akshay Kumar are playing boxers in Brothers and now, it can be unveiled that Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, too, will play one in his next.

Yes…our little birdie tells us that in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Sultan, the Dabangg Khan plays the title role of a 40-year-old boxer. Bollywood’s Bhai is committed to finish Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. He can’t afford to shed his current look. How he will manage to make time and the body for this role is something that the actor has to figure out?

The once-ignored sport is grabbing eyeballs. And there’s even Honey Singh’s boxing league! Enjoy!