The Asia -Pacific World Champion Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi is the first Vietnamese female boxer to own a professional boxing championship belt in the Asia -Pacific and will have the opportunity to win the world championship when she challenges the Japanese WBO World Champion Etuko Tada.
Thu Nhi has only officially entered the professional boxing floor since 2019, but she has been one of the most valuable names of the current Vietnamese boxing village. Below will be a summary of the most memorable matches of Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi on boxing.
1. Asia -Pacific WRO battle with Kanyarat Yoohanngoh – February 29, 2020
The victory over Kanyarat Yoohanngoh was a historic victory for Boxing Vietnam when Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi defeated Thai puncher Kanyarat Yoohanngoh after 10 fierce matches, bringing back to the Asia -Pacific WRO belt for the Vietnamese Fatherland.
Kanyarat Yoohanngoh is not simply the upper door with better performance – this Thai boxer also has longer arms, height is much better than Thu Nhi. Kanyarat performs very popular tactics, taking advantage of physical advantages, keeping the distance from Thu Nhi and eating points with accurate JAB.
Facing such an opponent, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi knew she could not be passive. Thu Nhi has always been a strong person who forced the pitch during the 10 tense rounds, especially in the last half, constantly putting Kanyarat into the corner of the ring with strong hook punches. Finally, Thu Nhi was the winner with the results of the unanimous point calculation.
2. International friendly match against Gretchen Abaniel – November 3, 2018
Although this is just a friendly match that is not included in the professional results, but the match Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi vs. Gretchen Abaniel deserves to be considered one of the most memorable matches with the WBO Asian champion.
Gretchen Abaniel is considered the upper door puncher with a record of 18 wins, each holding the World Boxing belt Wiba (Women's International Boxing Association and WBC International; While Thu Nhi had never had a name in the professional arena at that time.
However, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi was surprised when she was not inferior to the Filipino opponent. Along with the initiative to attack, both female fighters have changed the blow, fierce punches on the stage, extremely stressful but nothing “friendly”.
Full Fight Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi vs. Gretchen Abaniel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOWFVX_TBQ
In the eyes of many viewers, it is a bit difficult to decide a real winner in this match. Anyway, the referees decided to give victory to Thu Nhi.
3. The match against Kannika Bangnara – November 3, 2019
Different from the two stressful matches as above, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi completely overwhelmed in the match against Kannika Bangnara. Right from the beginning, Thu Nhi entered the confident and constantly launched a series of punches to put the opponent into the corner of the radio.
After a while, Kannika Bangnara could only cover his face and then defended the battle and collapsed on the stage. It was the first Knockdown phase in the match, in the 16th second.
Although he could continue to stand up to play, Kannika Bangnara lay on the floor again after getting the combo of Thu Nhi's 11 consecutive punching combos. The match ended in the 31st second, with the results of winockout for Thu Nhi, and Kannika Bangnara was taken straight to the hospital.