Before the appearance of World World Champion Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi, Vietnamese boxing village had many professional punchers of the boxing boxing and brought about the victories, such as Truong Dinh Hoang, Tran Van Thao, Nguyen Van Hai, …
However, in general, the public's interest in boxing in general and the professional boxing format in particular is still very small.
Even if asked to see how the boxing format is different from the boxing rights, many viewers, including those who have followed the boxing rights, are not very clear.
The majority still equated the athletes participating in the Olympic Games, participated in the SEA Games, was taken care of by the State, and also professional boxers.
“Professional boxing in Vietnam really does not count as strong,” Thu Nhi shared with Thethao.vn.
“Nhi is very hopeful that this victory of Nhi can make the leaders, donors, and especially the audience know more professional boxing.”
Take the city boxing team. Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi won a gold medal in the National Championship in 3 years 2015 – 2017 – 2018; Championships of national clubs for 5 consecutive years from 2015 to 2019 before officially becoming a professional puncher in 2019.
Retelling the journey of transforming from a semi -specialized puncher to a professional boxer, World World Champion said that although she was considered “very suitable for professional competition”, Thu Nhi still faced many difficulties. Especially when the game on the professional boxing floor is “very harsh”.
“When I first went to practice to fight professionally, I was shocked. Before I used to practice according to amateur lesson plan, now I have to follow the professional lesson plan, it is no different for the male boxers to fight,” Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi said.
“My physical strength, my condition at that time did not keep up with the exercise. I was so tired and so tired that I just sat down and curled it, I could not sit normally. But then it would be used to it for a while.”
This is understandable, because the preparation of physical fitness to hit 3 amateur boxes is quite different from fighting 10 professional rounds. But the “hard” is not only in practice.
WBO stipulates that the champion is absolutely not allowed to have one weight in their belt protection match. The only exception for the champion is the case that the opponent is also balanced, and that match turns into a match that has nothing to do with the championship belt. If not, Lo is synonymous means being deprived of the belt immediately.
“On the amateur side, depending on the prize, but if I weigh, I still have the opportunity to register to the weight to fight. And in professionalism, if I weigh, I will be fined, heavy fine and lose the title of champion,” Thu Nhi shared.
“Professional fighting is also at risk of much higher injury.”
“When hitting amateur, women wear helmets. Gloves of women in the weight class are 10oz gloves. But when he went to professionalism, he could no longer wear a helmet, the glove he used was also a smaller glove, 8oz. Therefore, the effect of his brain is much higher.”
“Perhaps the professional competition has a slower pace, does not require pushing the speed to make a score in 3 rounds as amateur. But in general, professional competition will require more than amateur competition.”
The World World Champion is expected to fly back to Vietnam in the next 2 weeks, after completing the isolation procedure in your country.