Excellently defeating Japanese former champion Etsuko Tada, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi became the first WBO world flyweight professional boxing champion in the history of Vietnamese boxing.

Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi has become Vietnam’s first ever World Boxing Organisation Asia Pacific female champion after her victory on Feb 29 in Cambodia. Her Korean coach believes Nhi will create a boxing craze in Vietnam if she wins  a world title.