On October 31, the Asian Boxing Federation (ASBC) conducted a lottery to branch the contents of the Asian Boxing Championship 2022 (ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships). In this tournament, the Vietnamese team had 2 boxers attending: Nguyen Thi Tam (50kg female) and Nguyen Thi Huong (81kg women).
In the weight of the women's 81kg weight, Nguyen Thi Huong is one of the four boxers who registered to play with Gulsaya Yerzhan (Kazakhstan), Sawethy (India) and Lina Jaber (Jordan). For that reason, Vietnamese boxers will compete in the semi -finals, thereby certainly winning at least 1 bronze medal in this tournament. Nguyen Thi Huong's opponent is Gulsaya Yerzhan.
Different from the traditional boxing boxing, the Asian Boxing Championship 2022 (ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships) has a seed ranking for fighters to attend the tournament. According to this ranking, Yerzhan is ranked No. 1 seed in the weight of 81kg. Therefore, Nguyen Thi Huong will have to prepare for a very strong opponent.
ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships takes place from January 31 to January 13 in Amman, Jordan, with matches from November 1. 2 Vietnamese boxers will compete with more than 300 athletes across Asia in the tournament that is considered ASIAD. The coach accompanied the Vietnamese delegation, Mr. Nguyen Nhu Cuong, the coach of the Vietnamese women's boxing team.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Thi Huong's teammate Nguyen Thi Tam fell into a difficult branch. At the weight of 50kg, she registered to play with 11 boxers, and Tam was one of 6 people who had to fight the quarterfinals. Her opponent in this match was Aira Villegas, who lost his heart in the final of Thailand expanded in April.
The winner in the fight between Nguyen Thi Tam and Aira Villegas will face Yokubova Aziza. The Uzbekistan puncher is specially in the semi -finals, and she is ranked No. 1 in this weight class thanks to its achievements in international tournaments.