At the age of 24, Dinh Hong Quan faced the opportunity to become the next Vietnamese boxer had the opportunity to win a Asian professional boxing belt. On April 23, he will play with Filipino boxers Delmar Pellio to compete for the IBF Asia belt of Lightweight (61kg). Hong Quan is currently the No. 1 Boxer in Vietnam in this weight class.
From the day of the professional boxing competition, Dinh Hong Quan's achievement up to now is 7 wins (4 no), 1 draw and 1 loss. The Red Army currently has a series of 5 consecutive victories since November 2019, including 3 consecutive victories. More notably, most of Dinh Hong Quan's matches take place abroad, including Korea and Cambodia.
On the day Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi defeated Etsuko Tada and became the first Vietnamese boxer to win a world boxing championship, Dinh Hong Quan also impressed with a victory right in Korea. In the match that lasted 8 rounds, Quan ended early in the second half when opponent Kim Dong Hee had to fall.
The opponent of Dinh Hong Quan, Delmar Pellio is considered a hard puncher despite being 22 years old. Filipino boxers used to own a series of 9 consecutive wins before losing to compatriot Charly Suarez in the upper stage in December last year. After that match, Suarez continued the upper stage in early March and won the WBA Asia belt.
Besides the IBF Asia belt match of Dinh Hong Quan, Boxing event on April 23 organized by Cocky Buffalo also had 3 other belt matches. Olimjon Nazarov will protect the Flyweight WBO Oriental belt against rival Jerme Baloro. Abdurasul Ismolov painted WBO Oriental with Argie Toquero, and Song Chan Ho Tranh Wbo Youth with rival Romer Pinili.