Tran Van Thao won a dramatic victory over a Mexican boxer at the WBO event.

The match that attracted the most attention from fans was the "big battle" between IBA world champion Tran Van Thao and Kenbun Torres in the 54 kg weight class. Van Thao's opponent came from Mexico, the world's leading boxing country with an impressive record of 12 wins, 9 wins by knockout after 16 times in the ring.

Tran Van Thao (black pants) had a fierce match with Kenbun Torres

Entering the match, the two fighters quickly tested each other. Torres showed his class with quality straight punches, causing Van Thao to have difficulty. In response, Van Thao launched dangerous right punches, forcing his opponent to retreat. At the end of the first round, Van Thao caused excitement with 2 consecutive accurate punches.

In the beginning of the second round, the two fighters increased the pace with continuous exchanges of blows. In the middle of the round, Van Thao landed a powerful body shot that caused pain to his opponent. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Vietnamese fighter pressed fiercely, forcing his opponent to continuously move back. Despite being at a disadvantage, Torres was still able to score with an accurate combo of blows before the second round ended.

Tran Van Thao and his opponent gave a satisfying match full of professional quality.

Playing with courage and caution against a formidable opponent, Van Thao continued to score points in the third round with a right hand to the opponent's chin and a precise left hook afterwards. Not only attacking well, Van Thao also demonstrated his tight defense, making Kenbun Torres' attempt to score in the fourth round unsuccessful.

Kenbun Torres tried to attack in round 5 but was continuously hit by Van Thao's counterattacks. However, the Mexican fighter showed almost no signs of being affected or losing his stamina.

The two fighters continued to give the audience a spectacular performance with continuous exchanges of blows in the remaining rounds. As a result, Van Thao won by points from the referees after 8 thrilling rounds. This was the 16th victory after only 17 matches of the Vietnamese fighter.

Van Thao won a dramatic point victory after 8 rounds.

In the highlight match of the event, Chinese reigning champion Zhu DianXing successfully defended his WBO global minimum weight (47.5 kg) belt against "challenger" from Thailand Sanchai Yotboon.

The event also witnessed three other spectacular knockouts. Africa’s first boxer Maobi Ngaka won by technical knockout against Thai Hoang Huy at the end of the 4th round. Russian boxer from Cocky Buffalo’s training center Mikhail Lesnikov also had an overwhelming match against Lokesh Dangi (India) in the 68kg weight class and ended with a technical knockout victory in the middle of the 8th round.

Maobi Ngaka knock-out technique Thai Hoang Huy

Filipino fighter Genesis Servania quickly knocked out his opponent Waldo Sabu (Indonesia) in the 61kg weight class in the middle of the second round with a heavy right hand that left his opponent unconscious on the floor. In the remaining match, Seo Joo Hwan (Korea) and Liu Mingwei (China) were tied after receiving the same score from the referees after 4 rounds of continuous exchange of blows.

With 6 matches, 4 of which ended in knockouts, and a dramatic victory for home boxer Tran Van Thao, the WBO Global Title Match boxing event brought the audience a feast for the eyes.

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