In the battle of the Boxing Boxing Boxing World Bantamweight, boxer Tran Van Thao took only 2 minutes to lower rival Andrew Laurio. The right hook of “The Trigger” stunned the opponent, unable to stand after 10 counts of the referee Nguyen Hoa Binh.
The victory over Andrew Laurio, Tran Van Thao became the first Vietnamese male boxer to win a world professional boxing belt. However, with Tran Van Thao personally, he said he had not stopped here. The further goal of Thao in the future is to challenge Naoya Inoue, the champion holding 3 boxing belts.
At the present time, Naoya Inoue is ranked 2 of The Ring among the best boxers in the world in all weight classes. The achievement of his professional boxing is 23 wins, of which the victory of less than 20 matches. Inoue currently holds 3 championship belts of WBA, WBC and IBF with the title of The Ring.
Possessing 3 professional boxing championships, Inoue currently lacks WBO belt to become absolute champions in Bantamweight. No boxer is currently holding this belt, after John Riel Casimero (Philippines) was deprived of the belt because of violating the regulations on weight. The holder of the Bantamweight WBO temporary belt is Paul Butler.
After the victory over Andrew Laurio, Tran Van Thao will most likely return to the top 30 world on BoxRec's rankings. He needs 2-3 more victories to be able to meet the challenging Naoya Inoue, the unbeaten champion of the world boxing. This is also the biggest barrier in The Trigger's career.