Nguyen Van Duong has always been a formidable puncher at 57kg weight. This boxer born in 1996 is also one of the rare names of Vietnam to play at the Olympic stage. Therefore, the fact that he continued to win in the domestic league was probably not a surprise.
At the National Boxing Championship of 2021, Nguyen Van Duong continued to join the Bac Ninh unit. In the final, Van Duong clashed with boxer Ngo Anh Tuan from Nghe An. With the difference in qualifications, Van Duong mastered in all 3 matches and won the absolute score.
The final of Van Duong in the tournament was quite easy, because he had surpassed the most dangerous opponent, Nguyen Van Gioi of the Da Nang delegation in the previous round. This is considered an early final in this weight class.
Nguyen Van Gioi was originally a reigning champion of 60kg of 2020, but due to the change of weight class, he forced him to go down 57kg. Because of that, we have this dramatic match.
The puncher from Da Nang delegation is not only strong in power as a national champion, because Van Gioi is also a friend of the contemporary literature at the national boxing team. Therefore, both of them both understood each other very well.
Even in the first half, Van Duong had difficulty being constantly being hit by this close friend. Thanks to that, Van Gioi was scored by two judges by two judges. But in the second half of the literature has regained the pace of the area to gain advantage.
In the final round, both of them attacked because this was the decision to win. Unfortunately, when the match was climax, Nguyen Van Gioi suddenly shed blood because of his eyelids tearing. Due to the deep wound, the referee was forced to stop the match and give TKO victory to Van Duong.
After this match, Nguyen Van Duong will return to practice preparing for the upcoming SEA Games 31.