In the first months of 2025, it was a memorable time for Tran Quang Loc. The young boxer of the army suddenly won the gold medal in the Boxing Championship of the national teams nationwide 2025. On the journey to the championship, Tran Quang Loc surpassed veteran senior Tran Van An (Hanoi).
2 years ago, Tran Quang Loc was also one of the two Vietnamese boxers to the final of the Asian Boxing Championship. That achievement helps Vietnam's representative to be relatively highly appreciated when entering the Boxing U22 and Asian Championships 2025, where he competes in the weight of 54kg men's forte.
The opponent of Tran Quang Loc in the quarterfinals is Zafarbek Kamilov, Kyrgyzstan boxer. In the previous match, Zafarbek Kamilov surpassed a very strong opponent. It was Kenzhe Muratule, the Kazakhstan champion, and won the Asian U22 gold medal last year.
Compared to Zafarbek Kamilov, Tran Quang Loc is not from the preliminary round, but that does not help him have physical advantages. Because in fact, 2 matches are 4 days apart. Kamilov is very full, and Tran Quang Loc entered the first match without really adapting.
The match between Tran Quang Loc and Kamilov was relatively balanced. In every half, both parties show that they do not have too much difference in terms of qualifications. At the end of 3 rounds, suddenly came in the announcement of the results. Tran Quang Loc won a score of 3-2, but in the new form, this ratio needs 2 dots supervision to produce the final results.
Both supervisors did not choose Tran Quang Loc, but chose Kamilov as the winner. The representative of Vietnam lost to the result of 3-4. At the time the referee announced the winner, Kamilov celebrated his emotion, because he seemed to feel he would lose this match.
On the side of Tran Quang Loc, this defeat was an unwanted result for military boxers. However, after the gold medal in the Asian Young Championship, Tran Quang Loc started to go far. This boxer can target bigger goals in the future, and may be reaching out to the international arena.