Nguyen Thi Tam beats Spanish rival Laura Fuertes 5-0 to advance to the World Championship’s semifinals. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) – Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam trounced Spanishrival Laura Fuertes 5-0 in the women's lightflyweight category to advanceto the semifinals of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.
With this victory, Tam has at least secured abronze medal and a prize of 25,000 USD in the tournament.
Currently, three out of the four boxers to compete in the semifinals of the Championshiphave been identified, including Tam, Wassila Lkhadiri (France), and IndiaNikhat Zareen (India). In the semi-finals on March 23 evening, theAsian champion will face Wassila Lkhadiri.
Tam beat Modukanele Lethabo Bokam of Botswana in the women's lightflyweight category, and two-time world champion Kyzaibay Nazym of Kazakhstan5-0 in the previous rounds.
The 28-year-old boxer is currently the best female of Vietnam in her 48-50kg class andis also No 1 in the Boxrec ranking. She has won many local titles, and her bestinternational results are two Asian championship golds in 2017 and 2022.
Tam is the last Vietnamese boxer remaining at the tournament after her eightteammates were beaten.
Vietnam's best result at the world championships so far was a bronze medal by NguyenThi Huong at the 2019 championship in Russia.
At the same tournament, Tam was denied of a bronze after acontroversial decision.
The March 15-26 tournament features more than 350 boxers, a recordnumber, from more than 70 countries.
The world championships are not a qualification event for the Paris Olympics 2024, as declared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IBA, however, has still declared itself as a main qualification event./.
