As one of 9 Vietnamese boxers attending the World Championship Boxing 2023, Nguyen Thi Tam continues to register for a 50kg weight competition. Also in this weight class, the boxer born in 1994 won the Asian championship, thereby reaching the world's No. 1 position according to the ranking of BoxRec professional martial arts statistics.
The draw results of the World Championship Boxing 2023 on March 15 brought Nguyen Thi Tam into a difficult branch. Vietnamese boxers encountered the 6th seed of the tournament, Nazym Kyzaibay in the first match. Nazym is 30 years old, is a veteran boxing boxing of Kazakhstan, twice the world championships in 2014 and 2016.
In the framework of the Asian Championship Boxing, Nazym won the 2021 championship, winning bronze medal in 2022. In the tournament last year, she lost to Tsukimi Namiki, Japanese boxer in the semi -final. Nguyen Thi Tam then defeated Namiki to win the championship.
Talking with Ithethao.vn, a coach said the strength between Nazym and Namiki is a nine ten. Therefore, Nguyen Thi Tam may face many difficulties with the former world champion. However, Vietnamese boxers are still more or less evaluated thanks to good performance recently.
It is expected that Nguyen Thi Tam will play on March 17. The previous fighters include Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoai (weight of 81kg), Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tran (52kg weight) and Vo Thi Kim Anh (54kg weight class). The three fighters were also in a difficult branch, when they soon had to meet the seeds of seeds.