At the 31st SEA Games, the Vietnam boxing team aims to win 1-2 gold medals when it is expected to organize 13 contents of the weight of men and women. The plan to win the Vietnamese boxing medal is somewhat affected when two female weight classes are canceled, and the hope of gold Nguyen Van Duong cannot play for Covid-19.
After Nguyen Van Duong, Vietnamese fighters, Bui Phuoc Tung, Tran Duc Tho and Vu Thanh Dat both left the game. In the opposite direction, Nguyen Thi Tam, Tran Van Thao and Tran Thi Linh excelled over the quarterfinal qualifying round. In addition to the athletes who are straight to the semi -finals based on the draw results, Boxing Vietnam certainly has 7 medals at the SEA Games 31:
– Trinh Thi Diem Kieu: 48kg women's weight class
– Nguyen Thi Tam: 51kg women's weight class
– Vuong Thi Vy: 57kg women's weight class
– Tran Thi Linh: 60kg women's weight
– Tran Van Thao: 52kg male weight
– Truong Dinh Hoang: Grade 81kg male weight
– Nguyen Manh Cuong: 91kg male weight
Among the 7 fighters mentioned above, Nguyen Thi Tam, Tran Van Thao and Truong Dinh Hoang are the wide faces that reached the final match of the gold medal. Nguyen Thi Tam is the defending champion of the SEA Games in her weight class. Meanwhile, Truong Dinh Hoang also has a lot of international experience and has the advantage of the first match.
On the side of Tran Van Thao, he had to play from the quarterfinals against a very strong opponent of Indonesia, Kwangu Langu. The obstacle to the next block of Thao is HTUT Paing, the boxer from Myanmar. However, while Thao is still maintaining a good body, Laiing has torn ear, bleeding in the quarterfinals. This may be a small advantage to help Tran Van Thao before entering the field.
Nguyen Thi Tam defeated the opponent in the quarterfinals after 1 minute of competition
In the remaining content, Trinh Thi Diem Kieu encountered Aye Nyein Htoo of Myanmar. Kieu's chance is not low when she is an experienced battle boxer. Tran Thi Linh has just surprised when defeating Asian runner -up Sudaporn Seeondee when she encountered another obstacle, Nesthy Alcayde.
Like Sudaporn, Nesthy is the defending champion of the SEA Games. Three years ago, Sudaporn won the 60kg weight -weight championship and Nesthy took the throne at the 57kg weight class. Linh's teammate, Vuong Thi Vy, also encountered a very strong opponent, Riza Legaspi, who had just won the Thai Championship.
The other person of the Vietnam boxing team is Nguyen Manh Cuong. 3 years ago, Cuong played 75kg in men, now he had to play 91kg of men, and he also had to encounter a very strong fighter of Thailand, Jakkapong Yomkhot. However, in the context of many surprises that happened in the previous days, Cuong completely had the opportunity to reach the final.