Pham Van Nam is the defending champion of Lion Championship in 56kg. In this season, the male boxer successfully defended the championship belt before Dinh Van Huong.
Share with iThethao.vnVan Nam expressed his great ambition at Lion Championship: “If I can reach 60kg and win this weight belt, I will be the first Vietnamese boxer to win the two weight classes. This is what I am interested and will try to be successful.”
Van Huong with the skill set of Thuong Thu Thua has defeated many strong opponents in 56kg class such as Phan Thanh Tung, Tran Trong Kim, Bui Truong Sinh. However, the boxer from Quang Ngai did not show too much in the challenge challenge.
Pham Van Nam shows that he has improved a lot in this season. He could launch an accurate combo into Dinh Van Huong before defeating the opponent with a locking lock Rear Naked Choke.
However, being able to play well in 60kg Lion Championship is still a mystery for Van Nam when this weight class is also a 'shark tank' with many strong boxers like Robson Oliveira, Bui Truong Sinh, Tran Ngoc Luong, …
Winning two weight classes is a relatively new concept for Vietnamese boxers when no one has ever done this in any martial arts. In the world, more specifically the prestigious UFC, many boxers have done this such as Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes or Henry Cejudo.