2023 was the first year Lion Championship included in the program of 84kg weight championship. With the boxers registered, the Organizing Committee found 2 faces in the final match at the end of the season. These are Tran Quoc Toan (Vietnam Fight Club) and Pham Cong Minh (Wushu King).
In fact, Quoc Toan and Cong Minh are all boxers coming from Wushu. They encountered each other in domestic tournaments. Quoc Toan is a boxer in Tuyen Quang province. Meanwhile, Cong Minh is known as one of the typical faces of Quang Ngai martial arts.
One of the national matches and public conflicts took place at the National Sports Festival 2022. At that time, they registered to compete in the weight of 85kg of Wushu, the antagonistic competition (canopy). Quoc Toan defeated Trieu Van Luu (Ha Giang) to enter the semi -final against Cong Minh.
The match between Quoc Toan and Cong Minh in the semi -finals of the National Sports Festival 2022 took place within 30 seconds. The winner then was justice. The 29 -year -old boxer then continued to win the final against Nguyen Manh Cuong (Hai Duong) to win the championship.
Compared to Quoc Toan, Cong Minh is more appreciated when he has won the Wush Wushhu. The same starting point from Wushu, Cong Minh has more advantages before the Lion Championship championship match. But on the side of Quoc Toan, he also showed that he had prepared very well for this match.