Thai boxer Focus wins historic Asian Games gold
Thai-New Zealand boxer Nattanicha Jongprongklang, known as Focus, won Thailand’s 15th gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games on Friday. Nattanicha defeated North Korea’s Pang Chol-mi 4-1 in the women’s 54kg final after three rounds. Pang, a two-time world flyweight champion in 2018 and 2025, also won bronze in the women’s bantamweight division at […] The post Thai boxer Focus wins…
Nattanicha Jongprongklang, also known as Focus, clinched Thailand's 15th gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday. The Thai-New Zealand boxer overcame North Korea's Pang Chol-mi in the women's 54kg final after three grueling rounds. With a score of 4-1, Nattanicha emerged victorious, becoming the first Thai female boxer to win a gold medal at the Asian Games since the inception of women's boxing in the Games in 2010.
The triumph also marks Thailand's sole medal in boxing at the Aichi-Nagoya Games thus far. Pang, a two-time world flyweight champion and a bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics, put up a strong resistance but was unable to overcome Nattanicha's strategic punches.
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