In 2022, Dinh Hong Quan went into the history of Vietnam boxing. He became the youngest boxer to win a professional boxing belt with the IBF of Asia Lightweight. That championship Dinh Hong Quan won in April 2022. Three months later, he successfully defended the Asian IBF belt in front of another boxer.
Both opponents were defeated by Dinh Hong Quan in the Asian IBF battles were boxers from the Philippines. In December, Dinh Hong Quan will continue to protect the belt in front of another fighter from the land of thousands of islands. The person who confronted this troop was Arnel Banconaje, one of the contemporary monuments of the Filipino box.
Information on BoxRec recorded Arnel Banconaje this year 29 years old, with a forte in the Lightweight weight class, similar to Dinh Hong Quan. Arnel Banconaje's boxing competition is 20 matches, including 15 wins (11 no) and 5 defeats. In the past, Banconaje used to own the Asian WBC belt.
At the present time, besides playing the professional boxing, Arnel Banconaje is a friend of “Japanese monster” Naoya Inoue. The puncher from the land of the rising sun is the world's strongest boxer in the Bantamweight weight class with 3 WBA, WBC and IBF belts. In December, Inoue will agree on the WBO belt before rival Paul Butler.
A notable detail about Arnel Baconaje is that he is also known under the nickname “The Silencer”. The nickname was given to Arnel Baconaje because he often quietly attacked the opponent from the dead corner to launch very heavy punches, thereby winning the Knock out quickly.
On the side of Dinh Hong Quan, in preparation for the confrontation in December, the boxer was joining the Cocky Buffalo Club was on a foreign training trip. He will practice in Korea, before going to the Philippines to directly learn from “Pacman” Manny Pacquiao, one of the most famous boxing boxing boxing in history.