After the Boxing Championship of the national strong teams 2025, many Vietnamese boxers continued their journey in an international tournament. It was the Boxing U22 and Asian Championships 2025 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The core of the athletes attending the prize is the fighter of the national teams and young recruits.
The opening for Boxing Vietnam at the Boxing U22 and Asian Championships 2025 is Ngo Ngoc Linh Chi. The past 1 year witnessed Linh Chi's good development journey, when this boxer defeated his senior Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi at the National Championship. Later, Linh Chi attended the Asian Boxing Championship 2024 and won the runner -up position.
Coming to this year's tournament, Linh Chi is highly appreciated. The Vietnamese representative herself showed it in the opening match, when she surpassed Abdulla Jawa (UAE). Before a young opponent and many loopholes, Linh Chi quickly resolved the match in the first half.
After Linh Chi, another representative of Boxing Vietnam is the Thi Kim Ngan River (Lao Cai) stepped out to compete. Kim Ngan's opponent is Ghalan Roshni, a non -strong fighter of Nepal. Vietnamese boxers won overwhelming after 3 rounds, thereby officially in the next round.
2 victories of Linh Chi and Kim Ngan helped Vietnam have a good start at the Boxing U22 and Asian Championships 2025. This is a positive signal, but in essence, this is still a tournament at the age group. The opponent, as well as the achievements of the Vietnamese athletes will be different when fighting at Elite level.
Another detail that needs attention, is the number of athletes attending the Asian Boxing Championship 2024 (Vietnam tournament has 3 gold medals), as well as the Boxing U22 and Asian Championships 2025 quite small. This comes from the world boxing that is witnessing the separatist and division between the International Boxing Association (IBA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Most of the weight class, especially for women's categories, only 4-5, or 6 athletes compete. At that time, the opportunity and probability of winning the athletes will be higher. Therefore, Vietnamese athletes need to make more efforts to improve their achievements, along with more substantial results.