Martial artist Dinh Hong Quan was stripped of the IBF title
According to the schedule, tonight, December 10, Dinh Hong Quan will fight with Arnel Baconaje to defend the IBF Asian lightweight championship at the IBF WBO Title Matches "Fortunes of War" Boxing event, taking place at The Grand Ho Tram . However, at the weight check last night, the Vietnamese boxer exceeded the weight limit of 61 kg in light weight. Therefore, the Organizing Committee has stripped the IBF championship belt of Vietnamese male boxers.
Explains this, Coach Kim Sang Bum, from the Buffalo Trainhouse, The Red Army's command unit says: "After the training in Korea and the Philippines, the muscle of the Red Army grows weight increases weight, a part of his need to follow the heavy training exercises from the foreign experts, and then back to try to restore balance to three-weight weight weight, three pounds of three-day's, three-day's, three-day's, three-day's, three-day's training exercises, It's about getting weight weight weight weight in the game this time. The Red Army used the water-cuts methods that were applied to a lot of top MMA fighters in the world. But I'm sorry the body of the Red Army didn't respond to this method, even tried."
The Korean boss did not disclose how many kilograms the Vietnamese boxer lost. The international supervisors gave the Red Army two more hours to return to the standard weight, but to ensure the health of the competition and avoid the risk of stroke, the coach, the organizers, the supervisory board as well as the medical team Experts have decided to stop cutting weight further.
"We prioritize the health of boxers participating in the match on the principle of 'human life first'. After this fight, we plan to bring Red Army to compete in super lightweight. We will re-evaluate his health and refer to other methods to ensure the weight in the following matches," Kim said.
Despite being stripped of the belt, the Red Army was still able to compete with Arnel Baconaje tonight, but the results were only counted as a normal professional battle. If he wins, the Filipino boxer will receive the championship belt. If the Red Army wins, the belt will be vacated and the IBF will arrange another title match to find a new champion.
Red Army can still continue to compete in light weight, if it can prove its ability to maintain weight before international boxing organizations. Otherwise, he will be forced to move up a weight class to compete.
Hong Quan is no longer holding the IBF belt, but today's match is still the focus of the ring when the two fighters have carefully prepared. While the Red Army went to the Philippines to study legendary Manny Pacquiao, Arnel Baconaje trained with "Japanese martial arts monster" Naoya Inoue. Baconaje confidently announced that he would knock out the Red Army with the secrets he learned from Naoya Inoue. On the contrary, Hong Quan also revealed that Pacquiao has given him a lot of experience and will prove it with his performance on the floor.
Other notable fights today are Charly Suarez - Defry Paululu (the IBF Asian super-featherweight title is scheduled for 12 rounds), Nguyen Van Hai - Paisal Panjaitan (lightweight in four rounds), Phan Minh Quan - Mark John Yap (super-featherweight, four rounds), Le Hoang Hiep - Jetro Pabustan (super-bantamweight, four rounds) and Thai Hoang Huy - JonJon Estrada (featherweight, four rounds).
