Professional boxing competition takes place in Hanoi

Victory 8, the first professional boxing competition, took place recently in Hanoi, attracting the participation of boxers from Vietnam, Australia, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea.

Boxer Truong Dinh Hoang of Vietnam (L) and Lee Gyu Hyun of the Republic of Korea (Photo:VNA/VNP)

Vietnamese boxer Truong Dinh Hoang becomes the champion of the WBA Asia East after 10 rounds (Photo:VNA/VNP)

Truong Dinh Hoang becomes the first Vietnamese boxer who has won at the WBA after defeating Korean competitor Lee Gyu Hyun (Photo:VNA/VNP)

Female boxer Vo Thi Kim Anh defeats  the Philippines' boxer Gretel De Paz (Photo:VNA/VNP)

One of the tournament's highligh is the competition between Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam and Australian boxer Jasmeen Hudson (Photo:VNA/VNP)

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An impressive competition between Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Van Hai and Charly Suarez from the Philippines (Photo:VNA/VNP)

Thomas Wu, a Chinese-Vietnamese boxing fighter defeats Australian boxer Michael Pengue. Thomas Wu wins the match against the champions of the Australian and Oceanian Boxing Federation (Photo:VNA/VNP)

Boxer Nguyen Van Duong defeats Filipino boxer Jenel Lausa, a boxer who has powerful right-hand strikes (Photo:VNA/VNP)

Boxers are taken care of by team members (Photo:VNA/VNP)

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