After the success of the 31st SEA Games, the Vietnamese boxing team towards the Cambodian congress with many difficulties. One of the big differences compared to one year ago was in this gathering, Boxing Vietnam did not have the presence of veteran boxers like Truong Dinh Hoang or Tran Van Thao.
At the 31st SEA Games, Tran Van Thao won the 52kg male medal, and Truong Dinh Hoang received a bronze medal of 81kg of men. However, at the end of the 2022 National Sports Meeting, Truong Dinh Hoang said goodbye to Boxing high achievement to focus on professional competition. Tran Van Thao was also not recruited because he only won the gold medal.
However, even in the absence of the two names above, Boxing Vietnam still has many experienced representatives such as Nguyen Thi Tam, Nguyen Van Duong, Tran Van An, Vu Thanh Dat, Tran Duc Tho and many other boxers. They are the hope of bringing a medal for Boxing Vietnam in the upcoming SEA Games.
Initial information showed that Boxing could include 12-13 medal contents at SEA Games 32. It is expected that the Vietnamese boxing team will send representatives in 11 competition contents. The list will then be shortened at the request of the host country, because each country is only registered up to 70% of the contents of the martial arts.
More specifically, 11 representatives of Boxing Vietnam will include 3 female fighters and 8 male boxers. The specific list of Vietnamese boxing faces competes at the 32nd SEA Games has not been officially finalized. In fact, the national team is currently gathering 1-3 fighters in each weight class, so the list can be adjusted depending on the form of athlete.