As a national champion, winning gold medals in 5 consecutive domestic leagues, Nguyen Duc Ngoc had the opportunity to experience with international competitors. He encountered Preet Malik, the boxer who won the Asian Boxing Medal in the opening match. Malik is highly appreciated in international competition experience.
Duc Ngoc and Preet Malik are the same boxers. However, Malik soon showed that he was a more experienced player. Right in the first half, Malik had 3 situations with strong force towards Duc Ngoc, and caused the referee to count continuously with Vietnamese boxers.
At the 3rd count, the referee decided to waved his hand, which means a defeat to RSC for Vietnamese boxers. Duc Ngoc received a defeat in the first match, although he had previously shown a relatively good performance in the national tournament. This is a testament to Vietnam Boxing still has a large gap with international.
As for Duc Ngoc, the boxer of the Hanoi unit is considered a rare talent at the present time. This athlete soon won the national gold medal right in the first tournament in the age of 19-40. He is one of the rare faces to do this, when faced with many experienced opponents.
However, the fact that Duc Ngoc can “hold” in domestic tournaments does not mean that he is enough to play internationally. Before the opponent was an Asian -class boxer, the representative of Vietnam showed that he had many points to improve if he wanted to improve more in the future.