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.

Vietnam is finalizing plans to host the World Boxing Organization title fight, the first ever such event on local soil.

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.