Vietnamese boxer knocks out former world champion in India
VOV.VN - Vietnamese fighter Nguyen Thi Tam defeated former world champion Kzyaibay Nazym in the opening fight of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships held in New Delhi, India, on March 19.
Nazym is a Kazakh light flyweight and flyweight amateur boxer who is most notable for winning the light flyweight world title in 2014 and 2016. In contrast, Tam is the less experienced fighter, although she did achieve success by becoming the Asian Women Boxing Champion in 2022.
The Vietnamese boxer entered the bout full of confidence, but was outplayed by the Kazakh opponent who put on a strong performance in the first round.
Making use of the left hook helped Tam to score more points in the second round which ended in favour of the Vietnamese fighter.
Moving into the final round, the Kazakh fighter put strong pressure on Tam, who was able to dodge attacks effectively and fought back with extremely powerful counterpunches to ultimately win the bout.
Tam is now set to face Lethabo Bokamoso Modukanele of Botswana in the next round.
The IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships is getting underway in India from March 15 to 31, gathering together 380 boxers from 77 countries and territories worldwide.
Nine Vietnamese boxers are competing in different weight categories ranging from 48kg to over-81kg.
The winners will walk away with US$100,000 each and will qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics in France next year.