Through his personal facebook page, boxer Nguyen Minh Cuong sent an apology to his family and his partner. He also thanked everyone for his sympathy for the biggest arena in his career. This boxer has just joined the Vietnamese Boxing team members in Uzbekistan for a long time to prepare for ASIAD 19.
Minh Cuong was originally a mature athletes from the army. By the beginning of this year, he moved to Ho Chi Minh City and won the gold medal in the Boxing Championship of the national teams nationwide 2023. Not long after that, Minh Cuong was summoned to add to the national boxing team, and other boxers training to prepare for ASIAD 19.
Minh Cuong and Vietnamese players are currently training for a long time in Uzbekistan. This trip lasted for 1 month, then the whole team will return home and can be directed to the next trip, before going to the Asian Games. This is the biggest arena in Nguyen Minh Cuong's career ever.
At ASIAD 19, the Vietnamese boxing team planned to compete in 11 competition contents. Nguyen Minh Cuong (51kg class) is one of 5 male boxers playing in the next Asian Games, besides Nguyen Van Duong (Bac Ninh, 57kg), Vu Thanh Dat (Dong Nai, 63.5kg), Bui Phuoc Tung (Army, 71kg) and Nguyen Manh Cuong (Bac Ninh, 92kg class).
The fact that Nguyen Minh Cuong was summoned to the national team, then focused on preparing for ASIAD 19 is a surprise information for professional people. After Minh Cuong was recruited, the two athletes who had just won bronze medals at the 32nd SEA Games were Nguyen Linh Phung and Tran Van An temporarily not on the list of preparation for ASIAD.