PHNOM PENH: Cambodia boxing trio Sao Rangsey (57kg), Touch David (60kg), and Vy Sophors (69kg), accompanied by coach Chey Nara, will head to Thailand tomorrow for a week of intensive training camp.
The Cambodian trio will compete at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Phuket from 1-10 April This will be part of their SEA Games preparation in Vietnam.
Sophoan Buy, the Secretary-General of Cambodia Boxing Federation (CBF), believes that the training camp and tournament will help the trio in their preparation for their competition at the SEA Games in Vietnam.
“I think they have everything it takes to challenge for the SEA Games medals in Vietnam. We try to have some overseas training camps, but besides training, they also need to have some fights to figure out what they need to improve especially on their tactical aspects,” said Sophoan.
The Vietnam SEA Games boxing competitions will take place from May 16-22 in the Bac Ninh province.
He added that the pandemic had delayed the team’s preparations, but is confident the situation is better now. He was concerned by the lack of competition for the national boxers.
“In the last few years, they didn’t have any fights due to the threat posed by Covid-19, so this is a great opportunity for them to have some fights to evaluate their performance,” he added.
Sao Rangsey, who hails from Sihanoukville, won a bronze medal at the Manila SEA Games three years ago and will be looking to improve his position and aims for gold. The 20-year-old has had an unbeaten record in his class at home since 2015 and was a bronze medalist at the Asian Championships in 2019.
Vy Sophors, had won the national title in 2021 after two silvers and a bronze in his previous appearances. He made his international debut in 2019 in an international tournament in China, where he won a bronze medal.
Touch David will be making his international debut and is the reigning national champion in his class.
EAC News team wishes them all the luck in their upcoming tournaments in Thailand and Vietnam.
