As one of the three boxers of the Vietnamese team playing on the first day of Boxing at SEA Games 31, Vu Thanh Dat reluctantly became the first player to play. Earlier, the match between Nguyen Van Duong and Jose Barro Quintas Da Silva, the Timor Leste boxer had to cancel due to the representative of Vietnam positive for Covid-19.
Vu Thanh Dat's opponent in the quarterfinals of 63kg weight of men is James Palicte Melos, Filipino boxer. At home 3 years ago, Melos won the SEA Games 30 gold medal when he defeated another Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Van Hai in the final of 64kg male weight. Compared to Vu Thanh Dat, Melos is rated as much as possible in terms of class and competition experience.
Entering the match against Melos, Vu Thanh Dat played very well but he could not dominate against the strong boxer of the Philippines. At the end of the match, all 5 Melos marks won Vu Thanh Dat. There are 3 assessments of the fighter of 30-27, the remaining two inspections of Melos won 29-28, a very clear difference. This result brought Melos to the semi -finals, and Vu Thanh Dat was soon eliminated.
Vu Thanh Dat received defeat against Melos
Immediately after the match of Vu Thanh Dat, it was another Vietnamese boxer, Bui Phuoc Tung. The opponent of the Vietnamese representative in the weight of 75kg male weight is Peerapat Yeasungnoen, boxer from Thailand. With the tradition of maturing from the Thai Boxing Boxing, Yeasungnoen won a bronze medal at the 2018 Young Boxing Championship.
Compared to the match of Vu Thanh Dat, Bui Phuoc Tung has a more balanced match than before Peerapat. However, Vietnamese boxers still could not keep up with Thai rivals in many punching situations, when Peerapat proved a little faster and stronger. At the end of the match, 4/5 of Peerapat Dot Dot won. Only one person identified Phuoc Tung Thang.
Bui Phuoc Tung cannot overcome Thai boxer
At the end of the first day of competition, the Vietnamese boxing team had 3 boxers and had to stop the game early. Entering May 17, the focus will be the fight of the Asian WBC champion Tran Van Thao. The Trigger's opponent Kwangu Langu, who was new to him in the Thai tournament expanded in April.