First Vietnamese female boxer wins WBO Asia Pacific competition
Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi has become the first Vietnamese female boxer to win the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Asia Pacific competition in Cambodia on February 29.
Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi hasbecome the first Vietnamese female boxer to win the World Boxing Organisation(WBO) Asia Pacific competition in Cambodia on February 29.
Nhi, from the HCM City-based Cocky Buffalo Gym, defeated Kanyarat Yoohanngoh ofThailand in the WBO Asia Pacific Boxing Title Match’s minimum-weight disciplineon points after 10 rounds.
The 24-year-old woman from the southern province of An Giang is a rising starin Vietnamese boxing.
In 2018, she defeated three-time world champion Filipino Gretchen Abaniel atthe Victory 8 championship.
She will be the first Vietnamese to enter the WBO World Championship, whichwill be held in the Republic of Korea in April 2020.
Besides Nhi, four other Vietnamese fighters were als�🃏�o victorious on February29.
World Boxing Council Asia champion Tran VanThao beat Aries Buenavidez of the Philippines in the men’s six-roundbantamweight. It was his 12th win but the first since he got marriedtwo weeks ago.
Rising star Sam Minh Phat took his fifth professional win afterflooring Thai Gerttipong Kumsahwat in the second round of the men’slight-flyweight class after eight rounds.
Dinh Hong Quan bagged his victory by knocking out Ronnayut Boonraksa ofThailand in the fifth round of the eight-round lightweight category.
And Tran Thi Linh won in her pro debut, defeating Shin Bo Mi Re from𓆉 theRepublic of Korea in the women’s six♓-round super-featherweight./.
Tran Van Thao, the first Vietnamese to win a World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia title, will face Richard Rosales of the Philippines in the 52kg category on January 26 in Thailand.
Vietnamese boxer Tran Van Thao will compete against Australia’s Billy Dib for the World Boxing Council (WBC) Australasian title in Australia on December 20.
Boxer Truong Dinh Hoang of Vietnam has dominated the defence of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia super middleweight belt in Manila, the Philippines.
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Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi (Source: tuoitre.vn) 
