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Female boxer's world champion title dream doesn't come true

Boxer Nguyen Thi Tam's dream of the world champion title did not come after she lost 0-5 to defender Nikhat Zareen of India in the final match of the Women’s World Boxing Championships on March 26 evening.
Female boxer's world champion title dream doesn't come true ảnh 1Boxer Nguyen Thi Tam lost 0-5 to defender Nikhat Zareen of India in the final match of the Women’s World Boxing Championships. (Photo: Boxer Nguyen Thi Tam's Facebook)
Hanoi (VNA) - BoxerNguyen Thi Tam's dream of the world champion title did not come after she lost 0-5 to defender Nikhat Zareen of India in the final match of the Women’sWorld Boxing Championships on March 26 evening.

Before the match, Nikhat was considered thehopeful for the championship title. She was the defending championin the 52kg category before moving down to the 50kg one.

The first round saw Nikhat, receiving great cheers from home spectators, launch many quality right-handed punchestowards the Vietnamese boxer. The host boxer received five 10-points fromjudges, while the visiting fighter got five 9-points, losing the round.

In the next two rounds, Tam stillmaintained the attacking tactic, but made no difference. Meanwhile, Nikhatproved to be an experienced fighter as she kept distance and maintained amoderate attacking tempo, securing a 5-0 win in the end.

Winning the match, Nikhat got a gold medaland a prize of 100,000 USD, while Tam bagged a silver medal and 50,000 USD.

Despite her loss, Tam has made history whenshe became the first Vietnamese boxer to reach the final of a world boxingtournament./.
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