On March 6, Boxing Vietnam continued the journey in the 1st Paris Olympic qualifying round when there was a fighter participating in the competition. The representative of the Vietnamese team playing today is the female boxer Hoang Ngoc Mai. She encountered the opponent of Azerbaijan, Shahla Allahverdiyeva.
According to the information recorded by the Organizing Committee on the competition registration, Shahla Allahverdiyeva is 34 years old, with a height of 1m65. Compared to Shahla, Hoang Ngoc Mai has a little more advantage in bodybuilding, as well as youth. Currently, Hoang Ngoc Mai is only 24 years old, and also has international competition experience.
However, the strengths of Hoang Ngoc Mai compared to the opponent did not be shown in this match. In the first 2 rounds, the representative of Vietnam competed relatively balanced compared to the opponent. She lost 2-3 in the first half, and regained a balance when he won 3-2 in the second half.
In the 3rd half, Hoang Ngoc Mai showed signs of going down to the face. The representative of Vietnam for the opponent to play, through which 5 assessments have lost with a score of 0-5. In addition, Hoang Ngoc Mai was also deducted by an referee with a warning point due to mistakes.
In the end, after 3 rounds, Hoang Ngoc Mai received a defeat of 0-4 (26-30, 27-29, 27-29, 28-29, 27-29) before Shahla Allahverdiyeva. This result caused Vietnamese boxers to stop the first match of the first round of the Olympic Games of Boxing. Currently, Vietnam has 3 boxers who have not competeed, Vo Thi Kim Anh, Luu Diem Quynh and Nguyen Huyen Tran.
Hoang Ngoc Mai was born in 2000, used to be a member of the Hanoi Women's Boxing team. By 2023, she suddenly moved to Ba Ria Vung Tau after a period of break. After winning the nationwide championship at the end of last year, Ngoc Mai was summoned to the national team, but was registered as the athlete of the Hau Giang unit.