(VOVWORLD) - 24-year-old Vietnamese fighter Huynh Ha Huu Hieu has won the World Boxing Council (WBC) Muay Thai International Title in the women's minimumweight class (45.39 kg), surpassing European champion Elisabetta Solinas of Italy and nine boxers fromThailand, the home of Muay Thai.
 Vietnamese fighter Huynh Ha Huu Hieu. (Photo: VNA)
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Last month, Hieu won a stunning victory in the WBC Muay Thai minimumweight match against Thai boxer Pornthip Khamthongphanow (the world's No.7).
The victory not only gave Hieu her first professional Muay Thai title but also lifted her from 5th place to 1st in the world ranking and made her the highest-ranked Vietnamese boxer in the history of WBC Muay Thai.