After nearly half a year of waiting, Martin Nguyen will eventually return to the ring on the night of September 24. He will confront Kim Jae Woong in the 8th match of One: Revolution – the biggest event of One Championship in the fall of 2021.
As a former king, an experienced puncher in the One Championship arena, Martin Nguyen is considered to be the upper door compared to young opponent Kim Jae Woong – Korean puncher is a relatively new name of One, Kim started playing at the tournament since the end of 2019 and until now only 3 times upper.
So what are the strengths and weaknesses of Martin Nguyen when entering this match?
1. Standing technique
With a Kim Jae Woong “very talented and flexible reaction” in the couple's performances, Martin Nguyen said that taking the upper hand in the strikes will not be easy.
However, Martin was prepared. He is currently at the final stage of the training course under the supervision of coach Henri Hooft – who trained the world's leading kickboxer. Describe his training process, “The Situ-ASIAN” said:
“We do not spend time for the flowering techniques. Instead, we keep everything in the simplest state – the simplest punches, the simplest kicks. It is important that they are fast, compact, accurate and effective.”
Martin Nguyen did not mention his formidable weapon – the right punch. But perhaps no one needs to remind, people will not forget the punch that offers a series of top boxers of One Championship to the floor, from Li Kai Wen, Kazunori Yokota, to Marat Gafurov, Eduard Folayang, …
2. Physical strength and bearing capacity
Physical strength and bearing force are also an important factor that Martin Nguyen pays attention to in the process of preparing to confront Kim Jae Woong.
Earlier, Kim Jae Woong once said that Martin Nguyen was “a guy with a chin that could not bear a knockout”, because Martin lost to Knockout by Thanh Le in the most recent match. Laugh when receiving this review, the Vietnamese original punch answered:
“No. On the contrary, the training to have a hard chin is always in my priority.
On the other hand, Martin said he is also trying every day to prepare the best physical strength.
“This year is a bad year. However, I still try to overcome myself and progress every day. Starting to start with 14km of cycling. Then practice punching Pad a little and then return to the bicycle endurance. It takes 1 hour 20 minutes to complete 27.8km,” the former Vietnamese king wrote on an Instagram post.
3. Psychological stability
This is the most worrying problem for Martin Nguyen after the loss before Thanh Le last year. Martin himself admitted that because he was too worried he would be overwhelmed by Thanh Le on the transcript, he was careless and eventually received a defeat with Knockout.
“It was an extremely expensive lesson,” Martin Nguyen shared. “I need a cold head. The impatience and impatience are the number one enemies – I won't let them claim my victory again.”
However, in terms of psychological battle, Martin Nguyen is still highly appreciated than Korean opponent Kim Jae Woong. Because while Martin is an experienced puncher on the radio, Kim is still a young boxer, both about his age and his age.
“I can predict that Kim will try to play a couple, will try to force the yard. It is the type of opponent I like most – as soon as they believe they just need to try another punch to hit the target, they will be able to knockout me, they will beat from the most unexpected angles,” Martin Nguyen said.
The competition between Martin Nguyen and Kim Jae Woong will take place on the evening of September 24, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Martin is aiming to win the right to compete for the championship from Thanh Le, so a beautiful victory at the Korean puncher will be an extremely important goal for him at this time.