The Boxing Championships of the National Teams nationwide 2024 is the first time Boxing in Vietnam has applied the competition on 2 stations at the same time. This makes the competition time at the tournament significantly shortened. Typically, the matches of the tournament takes place in 9-10 days, shortened now to 5 days.
However, the number of days of shortened competition does not mean that the number of matches is small. The shortened competition time causes the frequency of the competition to double. Therefore, the days of competition at the Boxing Championship of the nationwide teams of 2024 often end quite late, at about 22h-23h per day.
As for the athletes, the draws on the “bad” branch may have to fight up to 4 matches within 5 days. They only have exactly 1 day off between the time of continuous competition, and must ensure weight as required. This is a very harsh schedule, even for top boxers.
The case of Ngo Thi Mai Chuc (Hanoi) is one of the most specific examples. Mai Chuc has played 3 matches in 3 days. Two of them are early finals, where Mai Chuc overcome Nguyen Thi Thanh Hao (Ho Chi Minh City) and Do Thi Trang (Thai Binh). These are all of the boxing championships nationwide 2023.
Facing a very difficult schedule, but Mai Chuc has overcome and stepped on the championship. In the 57kg weight-weight final, this boxer even won the RSC (equivalent to the technical knockout) in the second half.
Similar to Mai Chuc, boxer Nguyen Thi Tam also has 4 matches in 5 days. This is a very thick density of a player who is constantly playing internationally. However, luck came to Nguyen Thi Tam when her opponent in the first match asked to give up. Therefore, this boxer only had to fight 3 matches.