“Truong Dinh Hoang still went to Thailand to practice with the team but did not register for the expanded Thai boxing tournament. This is part of the team's training plan towards the 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam,” the source close to the Vietnamese boxing team shared with Vietnam Thethao.vn.
Thus, the fact that Truong Dinh Hoang is not on the list of registration of the Thai boxing tournament is completely not due to confusion. The “male king” of Boxing Vietnam will continue to stay in Thailand to practice with the whole team, then return to Bac Ninh to join the army right before the 31 SEA Games.
At the age of 32, Truong Dinh Hoang is the most experienced member of the Vietnam boxing team. He won 1 gold medal, 1 gold medal and 2 bronze medals in the past SEA Games. At the level of national tournaments, Truong Dinh Hoang currently holds a record of 14 consecutive years to win the championship.
In 2019, Truong Dinh Hoang tried his best in the professional boxing arena. He won two WBA and WBA Asian championships. Boxing record of Truong Dinh Hoang's professional house is recorded on BoxRec is 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses (2 no).
At the 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam, Truong Dinh Hoang is likely to continue playing in the weight of 81kg. In this content three years ago, he lost to Anawat Tongkatok (Thailand) in the final and won the SEA Games 30 silver medal.
In Vietnam, the fact that a fighter went to the professional boxing but still maintained the competition in Boxing high achievement is not too rare. Other Boxing athletes such as Tran Van Thao, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi, Le Huu Toan … also competed in parallel with both contents for many years.