As the first Vietnamese boxer to conquer a professional boxing belt, Tran Van Thao continued to aim for a bigger goal in 2022. Sharing on social networks, The Trigger confirmed that he would the World IBA championship in September. The opponent of Tran Van Thao is Prince Andrew Laurio. The match took place on September 30 in Ho Chi Minh City.
According to information learned by Thethao.vn, Prince Andrew Laurio is a Filipino boxer. Laurio's nickname is “Prince” (The Prince) is like his name. Laurio's birth name is Andro Bello Laurio. He is 23 years old, born in 1999 in the Baleno region, Masbate province of the Philippines.
Unlike many other boxers, Prince Andrew Laurio has never played an amateur boxing but went straight to the professional path from a very young age. Mr. Thuong Dai was first on March 18, 2017, when he was 18 years old and won his first career in his career. “Prince” upper radio up to 8 times in 2017 and keeping the achievement of Toan Thang.
Contrary to the career win, the achievement of Prince Andrew Laurio recently not as he expected. In the last 5 times, the Philippine boxer lost 3. All three times he lost to Knock out, causing the momentum to advance in his career to slow down when he was in his twenties.
Prince Andrew Laurio has only regained his form recently, when he had 2 victories after the break of the competition for Covid-19 epidemic. Filipino boxers won TKO against Ranelio Quizo (February 2021) and Rolly Dorong (6/2022) before receiving the challenge of the Boxing Championship of the World Housing IBA with Tran Van Thao.
On BoxRec's rankings, Prince Andrew Laurio is rated 2 stars, ranked 78 in the world at the weight of Super Flyweight. In the upcoming match, he will promote Bantamweight to fight Tran Van Thao, who was rated by BoxRec 2.5 stars and ranked 51 in the world. The current achievement of Prince Andrew Laurio is 12 wins (9 no), 3 losses and 1 draw.