Ahead of the WBA Asia belt between Le Huu Toan and Kitidech Hirunsuk, Vietnamese boxers won a series of rapid knock-out victories when facing Thai opponents. Tanawat Ketsiri was defeated by Trinh The Long in the third half, Adisak Ketpiam lost to Nguyen Van Thuan, and Vo Hong Dat punched Knock-out Perapan Judkan in the first half.
However, the Knock-Out victory series of Vietnamese boxers was unable to continue in the final match on the night of March 20. Kitidech Hirunsuk possesses a very different level, and the match against Le Huu Toan shows that.
With the experience of a puncher who owns 8 professional winnings (5 no), Hirunsuk soon proved to be an extremely difficult opponent to play with Le Huu Toan. Thailand boxers are younger than Toan, but the experience is more seasoned, and that helps him own the advantage in the first half.
While Hirunsuk was quite “monster” with the style of a Thai martial artist, Le Huu Toan showed a rather predictable play style. Vietnam's puncher is quite a sincere blow, and that makes him more or less catching the opponent. The longer height and arms also help Hirunsuk easily attack the opponent's head.
At the end of the 8th half, Hirunsuk raised his fist as if he asserted that he would definitely win this match. But that was also the time when Huu Toan almost awakened. In the last 4 rounds, Vietnamese boxers gained the right to take the initiative by constantly launching continuous punches towards the opponent.
The fact that Le Huu Toan unexpectedly reached in the last 4 rounds of the match made Hirunsuk somewhat unexpectedly. Thai fighters have many passive defenses, and sometimes he is stunned, must let the referee check. The climax came to the 12th half, when both fighters were constantly attacking each other.
At the end of the 12th half, the match between Le Huu Toan and Kitidech Hirunsuk had to define the victory by calculating points. Since losing, Huu Toan has a spectacular backward when all three referees graded for Vietnamese boxers. That also means Le Huu Toan officially became the WBA Asia champion of the Underweight Minimum Weight.