With the goal of winning the gold medal of Boxing Sea Games 31 because of the color of the shirt, the boxer Tran Van Thao temporarily put aside the plan to play in the professional boxing. He also had a pretty good start before the SEA Games when he won a bronze medal at the expanded Thai Boxing Tournament in early April.
Within the framework of the Thai Boxing Prize 2022, Tran Van Thao competed in the 52kg weight of weight. He excelled in defeating the Indonesian SEA Games championship, Kornelis Kwangu Langu in the opening match. Thao only received defeat in the semi -final when confronting the defending champion ASIAD Amit Panghal (India).
However, the journey to find the 31st SEA Games gold medal of Tran Van Thao is expected to be very difficult. With the registration of a 52kg weight class, the Asian WBC champion will have to compete with medals with very strong boxers from Thailand and the Philippines. One of them is Rogen Ladon, the defending champion of 52kg SEA Games.
At the 2019 SEA Games at home, Ladon excellently defeated Ammarit Yaodam (Thailand) in the final to win the final gold medal. In the last Thailand tournament, Ladon was also the one who defeated Amit Panghal to win the 52g male weight championship.
That title helped Ladon to take part in the 31st SEA Games from Carlo Paalam. In the past, Ladon once represented the Philippines to participate in Boxing at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Unfortunately, he did not succeed. At ASIAD 2018, Ladon continued on the radio and won the final gold medal.
Considered as the national hero of the Philippines when he won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games recently, the 52kg weight is not the forte of Carlo Paalam. The organizers of the 31st SEA Games did not hold 49kg class competition of Carlo Paalam made the Philippines choose between England and Rogen Ladon. Finally, Ladon is the chosen person.
In addition to Ladon, a medal competitor with Tran Van Thao will be Thai fighters Thanarat Saengphet. At the 2021 Boxing Championship, Thanarat Saengphet used to win a bronze medal. He also won a bronze medal in the recent Thai tournament after losing to Rogen Ladon in the semi -final.