On June 2, Quang Loc was present at Tay Ho Stadium to attend the official scales before the match against Nguyen Van Kamil. This will be the first belt defense that Quang Loc plays in a weight of 70kg Lion Championship. Earlier, he won the belt against this boxer himself and had another friendly victory against Ly Tieu Long (China).
However, Quang Loc not only wants to stop at 70kg weight. Sharing with Ithethao.vn, the boxer of Lien Phong Dojo said: “If everything goes smoothly, I want to attend the 77kg belt match against Aleksei Filonenko.”
Aleksei Filonenko was the 77kg weight champion of Lion Championship after he won against Ly Van Huynh in November 2022. Many people believe that martial artists from Russia do not have many rivals in Vietnam, due to the large weight classes that have few boxers. However, Tran Quang Loc may be a heavy challenge if he is balanced.
Tran Quang Loc is known as the first boxer in Vietnam to pursue MMA and become a professional boxer of this subject. He attended the One Championship and set a target that could appear in foreign MMA tournaments, including UFC. Quang Loc is considered to be the upper martial artist almost every MMA match in Vietnam.
If possible, the battle of Quang Loc vs Filonenko promises to attract the great attention of fans. The boxer was born in 1989 and the opponent from Russia is the highest assurance of the professional quality of MMA matches in Vietnam at this time.