Dinh Hong Quan protects Asian IBF belt

After 12 rounds without knock-out, the Red Army was raised by the referee with the scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 117-111. This result helps Vietnamese boxers to protect the Asian IBF belt, and win the ninth match in the career of the professional, including four knockout matches.

In April, the Red Army defeated another Filipino fighter, Delmar Pellio after ten rounds of the referee at The Grand Ho Tram, Ba Ria - Vung Tau. Red Army, thanks to that, became the first boxer in Vietnamese boxing history to win the Asian IBF belt. He is also the youngest Vietnamese boxer who has ever won a professional belt.

According to IBF's regulations, an Asian belt martial artist has to be up to three months to protect the throne. The challenge of the Red Army championship is Victoriano - born in 1997 and is a potential boxer of the Philippines. Victoriano won 11 through 15 professional matches, including eight knockout matches, rated 1.5 star BoxRec and currently ranked 325th in the world.

Before the cheering of the home audience at The Grand Ho Tram, Ba Ria -Vung Tau, Hong Quan - the fighter ranked 233 in the world - still calm, carefully competed and explored the opponent in the first three rounds.

On the opposite side, Victoriano constantly moved to avoid attacks from the light champion. The 25 -year -old puncher had a superior performance in both the defense and attack compared to his compatriot Pellio - the defeat of the Red Army three months ago. This is clearly shown in the third half, when Victoriano began to spark and hit the Red Army's face.

But Vietnamese boxers show their bravery when reclaiming the advantage in the fourth half, with a series of accurate attacks that shocked the opponent. The Red Army seemed to be able to end the match soon in the ninth half, when there were continuous punches hit Victoiano's face.

Not only stood firmly to continue playing, Victoriano also countered in the 11th half with a heavy punch that made the Red Army fall to the floor. Vietnamese boxers immediately stood up and responded with two punches hit the opponent's face at the end of the half. In the last half of the decision, both fighters were unable to knock their opponents, before the Red Army was given the victory.

Hong Quan is a boxer of Cocky Buffalo-the club has resonated when helping female boxer Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi win Japanese opponent Etsuko Tada 96-94, to first win the WBO World World World. ).

This is not only the first World Wbo belt, also the world's first professional boxing belt of a Vietnamese boxer. WBO is a world boxing organization, specializing in organizing professional matches. They are one of the four largest boxing organizations in the world, besides WBA, WBC and IBF.