“All lifetime of the boxer just waited for this day. The Boxing Boxing Battle of IBA World on September 30, 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam. Let's Go All Day Boxing Vietnam,” Tran Van Thao shared on social networks. With this information, Thao fulfilled his promise towards the Boxing Championship of the World Housing after competing at the 31 SEA Games.
Information about the World IBA belt match of Tran Van Thao has been officially confirmed on BoxRec, a website of the world boxing statistics. Tran Van Thao's opponent was identified as Prince Andrew Laurio, Filipino boxer. Prince Andrew Laurio is only 23 years old but has played 16 matches in his career.
The Boxing Performance of Prince Andrew Laurio is recorded on BoxRec for 12 wins (3 no), 3 losses (3 no) and 1 draw. The forte of Prince Andrew Laurio is Super Flyweight. He is ranked 78th in the world and 8th Philippines according to this weight class.
Compared to the competition, Prince Andrew Laurio is somewhat inferior to Tran Van Thao. “The Trigger” owns a 15 -match record, including 14 wins (9 no) and only lost once in his career. He is ranking 51 in the world in the Bantamweight weight class, and is the No. 1 Vietnamese boxer in this weight class.
If Tran Van Thao has many years of experience in international competition, Prince Andrew Laurio has a younger height, better arms. While Thao is 1m68 tall, Laurio is 1m70 tall, 2cm more than Vietnamese boxers. Owning a better height will help Filipino martial artists have the advantage of hitting at a distance, instead of closing confrontation.
At the age of 30, Tran Van Thao was the first Vietnamese boxer to win a professional boxing championship. He did this in November 2017 when he defeated boxer George Lumoly in Thailand, thereby winning the Asian WBC championship belt. At the last 31 SEA Games, The Trigger played in 52kg weight and won a silver medal.