Considered to be one of the top candidates for the World Women's Boxing Championship 2023, Nguyen Thi Tam entered the quarterfinals with high performance. The opponent of the boxer born in 1994 in this match is Laura Fuertes Fernandez, athletes like Spanish boxing prodigy.
Earlier, at the 2022 Women's Boxing Championship, Laura Fuertes was in the semi -finals and won a bronze medal. Compared to Nguyen Thi Tam, Spanish boxer possesses a similar body and physique. The difference between the two boxers is only shown when the match begins, where Nguyen Thi Tam shows superior experience.
Like previous matches, Nguyen Thi Tam chose to hold the distance when encountering Laura Fuertes. Despite the height and arms that are not inferior to Vietnamese boxers, Fuertes still faces many difficulties in launching attacks towards Nguyen Thi Tam. The match took place with a quite different position in favor of Vietnamese boxers.
At the end of the first half, Nguyen Thi Tam won overwhelming. All 5 assessors marked Vietnamese boxers to win 10-9 in the first half. The same match took place in the second half, where Fuertes continued to be helpless in attack. Almost every time she was about to attack, the Spanish boxer immediately received a punch from Nguyen Thi Tam.
The score 10-9 was given by 5 assessments after the second half closed almost a guarantee of a victory for Nguyen Thi Tam, but she did not stop there. Vietnamese boxers continue to dominate in the other. In a close situation, Fuertes was even so angry that he punched Nguyen Thi Tam, and that made her reminded by the referee.
At the end of the match, Nguyen Thi Tam won the final with a score of 5-0 (30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27). This result helps Vietnamese boxers to overcome the quarterfinals, thereby certainly a medal at the World Women's Boxing Championship. The opponent of Tam in the next match is Wassila Lkhadiri, French boxer.