Being more appreciated than Andrew Laurio in the Boxing Boxing Championship of the Bantamweight weighing world, but no one thought that the boxer Tran Van Thao won such a quick victory. “The Trigger” takes only 2 minutes in the first half to lower the opponent, thereby acquiring the World IBA belt.
Speaking at the press conference after the match, boxer Tran Van Thao said that the Laurio Lower blow was practiced thousands of times in the past. This is the reason why “The Trigger” can perform the punch to hook into the head and make the opponent so stunned.
Sharing more with Thethao.vn outside the event, Tran Van Thao and another boxing coach said he used to make a fighter practicing dizzy when trying to practice this blow in the war. The fighter practiced with Thao weighed 63kg, wearing a helmet in the head and Thao wearing 18oz gloves to reduce the punch force, but still could not stand firm.
With the victory of Laurio in the first half with a blow, Tran Van Thao became the first Vietnamese boxer to win the world professional boxing championship. Earlier in 2021, female boxer Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi was the first Vietnamese athlete to do this when winning the World Wbo World belt in Korea.
Also shared more after the victory of Laurio, Thao said he had many goals aiming in the future. He may target continuing to promote, thereby challenging the fighters to grasp the higher professional belt on the world boxing rankings.