At the end of March, less than a week after Dinh Hong Quan reached an agreement to compete for the championship with Hinata Maruta, the Vietnamese boxer suddenly changed his intention. According to information from Japanese media, Dinh Hong Quan quietly asked to withdraw from the scheduled match in April with Maruta.
“The match between Dinh Hong Quan and Hinata Maruta had to cancel,” Japan's Genron page reported. They added: “The decision was made according to the opinion of Vietnamese boxers. Dinh Hong Quan could not be good in the process of pressing to prepare for the competition, so the doctor asked him to withdraw.”
As for Dinh Hong Quan, Vietnamese boxers only implicitly confirm the above information on his personal page. On March 15, Dinh Hong Quan posted an article showing that he would play with Hinata Maruta at the end of April. As to confirm that the match would come true, Vietnamese boxers wrote “The contract was signed” on March 15.
With the match against Dinh Hong Quan, Hinata Maruta had to find another opponent to compete in the near future. As for Dinh Hong Quan, Vietnamese boxers have not yet determined the time he will return to the professional boxing arena. Unlike many Vietnamese boxers to maintain a high performance boxing, Dinh Hong Quan chose to play full time for professional boxing.
Dinh Hong Quan's professional boxing performance is 12 matches, including 10 wins (4 no), 1 draw and 1 defeat. On the last upper station took place in December 2022, the army defeated the Philippine boxer Arnel Baconaje by the point after 12 rounds. However, he could not protect the Asian IBF belt due to overweight.