“Missing an appointment for another SEA Games. The doctor was too hasty to make a decision to stop the game. Trying more in the next arena. Goodbye SEA Games 32,” Nguyen Van Duong shared on his personal page. This is also the second consecutive SEA Games of Vietnam to stop from the first match.
Before the Philippine opponent Ian Clark Bautista, Nguyen Van Duong did not show shy even though he was lowered by this boxer himself 1 year ago. The representative of Vietnam competed to take a single -pitched, and launched many strong punches at the opponent. After the first 2 rounds, temporarily leads Bautista despite the close distance.
Regarding the situation of injury in the match against Bautista, Nguyen Van Duong said he was hit by the opponent, not punching. “I had my eyelids tearing because Bautista bowed down and hit it, but the referee did not give a proper warning measure to him,” Vietnamese boxer said. He was also not satisfied with the decision to stop the match early.
Earlier, at the 31st SEA Games in Vietnam, Nguyen Van Duong was one of the golden hope in Boxing. However, he suffered from Covid-19 at the time of health check before the first match. That caused Vietnamese boxers to be eliminated early without any match at the SEA Games held at home.
In the National Sports Festival 2022, Nguyen Van Duong also torn his left eyelid in the first match. The referee must request a suspension of the match 3 times for the doctor to stop the bleeding for Nguyen Van Duong, and that will help him be able to play. Software injuries for eyelid area, eye sockets are not too rare in Boxing.