Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi - From a girl who sells lottery tickets to a world boxing champion

In the match taking place on October 23, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi defeated Etsuko Tada to become the WBO world champion. Thu Nhi's achievements made the audience in the country so happy.

From a lottery girl to a champion

In the title match taking place in Cambodia on the afternoon of February 29, 2020, Thu Nhi won after 10 intense rounds against strong opponent Kanyarat Yoohanngoh from Thailand, thereby writing her name in Vietnamese boxing history when she returned. became the first female boxer to win the WBO Asia-Pacific belt at minimum.

This is also the first international title of this An Giang-born boxer after a long day of hard work with the "shorts and gloves" career. Few people know that Thu Nhi comes from a family with difficult circumstances. From an early age, she had to leave her hometown of An Giang to go to Ho Chi Minh City to live with her grandmother and then worked various jobs to earn a living such as selling lottery tickets, helping at a restaurant for more than 10 years.

Also during this time, Thu Nhi entered sports and chose to follow traditional martial arts. Very quickly, Thu Nhi showed her qualities and a teacher gave her the opportunity to get acquainted with boxing. It was this sport that changed her life. She once said, "When I first trained, I couldn't join the team, there was no salary, no income, the scariest thing at that time was 2-3 training sessions a day, so I didn't have time to make money.

At that time, I used to think about giving up to get a job with more money. However, it is undeniable that boxing gradually crept into my life, I seem to realize my passion from those arduous training days.” In 2015, Korean boss Kim Sang Bum at that time held the first semi-professional tournament in Vietnam and invited Thu Nhi to play a performance match, which helped her become more known, but it was not until Thu Nhi made a big splash by defeating her opponent 3 times each. Stepping to the top of world glory Gretchen Abaniel at the Victory 8 boxing tournament in 2018, this 1996-born girl officially caught the "blue eye" of the Korean boss.

Thu Nhi shared: "Right after that victory, the manager Kim Sang Bum called to want to meet with me to discuss cooperation. They offered to invite me to the Buffalo Cocky Center to practice to develop me along the way. professional".

Well-invested, Thu Nhi made great progress, gradually perfecting her skills. Not to mention she is also coached by former WBA champion Park Yong Kyun, a famous name in the Korean boxing village. Her tenacity and spirit of fire have helped her consecutively win high achievements in the national youth tournaments and step into the professional path in the past 3 years.

Before winning the historic belt in Cambodia, Thu Nhi also had a very successful tour in Korea and then knocked out another Thai boxer, Kannika Bangnara, after only 6 seconds at the Youth boxing event. Asia 2019. It is this multifaceted support that has enabled her to compete professionally at a higher level, wholeheartedly aiming for the prestigious world championship belt.

The way to conquer the throne of Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi

At the moment, Thu Nhi and her teammates Cocky Buffalo are rushing to practice in Uzbekistan towards the WBO World boxing title match on October 23 in Ansan city, South Korea.

"When they arrived in Uzbekistan, the athletes including me and my teammates at the Cocky Buffalo Club were led up to the training ground of the Uzbekistan national boxing team on the Yangiabad mountain. The Uzbek athletes who had just attended the Tokyo 2020 Olympics also took part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Practice here with me After about 2 weeks of practice, the group will return to the city.

I will still follow the Uzbek women's boxing team to practice, and the boys will practice with the coach. Close to the competition day, the whole team will fly to Korea to prepare for the event," Thu Nhi shared.It is known that besides Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi, Dinh Hong Quan and Sam Minh Phat will be the top martial artists of Vietnam. At the WBO World Championship event, notably with 2 decisive matches for the Asian and world championships of two Vietnamese boxers, Minh Phat and Thu Nhi.

At this event, Thu Nhi will have to overcome a world-famous superstar, a Japanese boxer - Etsuko Tada - who currently holds the WBO belt at Minimum. At the age of 41, this Japanese female boxer is still very famous for her amazing speed and stubbornness.

"She is an experienced person. Now she is 40 years old but in the last match she still knocked out her opponent in the 9th round. My strategy, the first round is to stretch, keep You will only have to work hard in the next rounds," Thu Nhi commented on the opponent and offered a competition plan for herself.

According to the coaches following the group, Thu Nhi has good technique but not enough physical strength. Therefore, her early training in Uzbekistan helped her a lot in physical training. The place where Thu Nhi is practicing is located in a mountainous area, which is the perfect place for the physical development of many athletes. In addition, this is also a regular training ground for more than 30 top boxers in Uzbekistan as well as countries with strong boxing backgrounds such as Cuba, England, Kazakhstan, Hungary...

"I will do my best for the colors of the flag and shirt, bringing glory to the Vietnamese boxing scene," Thu Nhi shared. In the end, Thu Nhi succeeded. In the competition that took place on October 23, the female fighter born in 1966 defeated her opponent Etsuko Tada to become the WBO minimum champion.

The female fighter born in 1996 could not hide her emotions after this feat. She burst into tears, chanting: "I'm from Vietnam" in front of fans around the world. Recently, Thu Nhi shared about this moment. "At first, I didn't think I would celebrate like that because I didn't know if I would win or not. When I saw the camera, I wanted everyone in the world to know that I'm Vietnamese and Vietnamese boxers can too. step into the ring of fame like anyone else in the world," she confided.

After completing her goal of becoming a world champion, Thu Nhi will continue to aim for other titles in the future. However, the female boxer born in 1996 wants to implement her plans slowly. " Nhi's immediate goal is to participate in the title defense matches and then progress to the title competition of other systems and weight classes. I want to progress step by step. For me, the dream is to realize. I don't want to dream of something so sublime that I can't do it. That will always be just a dream," Thu Nhi added. In the short term, Thu Nhi will still stay in Korea to wait for a flight back to Vietnam. She said she will return to practice after returning home and completing the isolation.

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