Anthony Olascuaga and Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez discovered frequent floor simply in time to benefit from the weekend.
A beforehand scheduled purse bid was canceled as the 2 sides reached a verbal settlement for his or her WBO necessary title battle. The matter was attributable to seem earlier than the WBO on Friday however is not required.
“Official: Purse Bid for WBO Necessary Flyweight Division Olascuaga/Gonzalez is canceled because the events reached phrases,” WBO lead counsel Gustavo Oliveiri posted on X. “Bout date and venue coming quickly.”
Official: Purse Bid for WBO Necessary Flyweight Division Olascuaga/Gonzalez is canceled because the events reached phrases. Bout date and venue coming quickly. @AnthonyOlascua1 @jonathan_bomba @Felixx_Zabala @allstarboxing @CelisDeportes @osunaespn @JakeNDaBox @teikenpromotion
— Gustavo Olivieri, Esq. (@OlivieriLaw) August 9, 2024
Each fighters are promoted by Felix ‘Tutico’ Zabala’s All Star Boxing, Inc. Los Angeles’ Olascuaga can also be co-promoted by Mr. Honda’s Teiken Promotions.
Whereas an settlement was made, no set date or particular time-frame is in place for the bout.
There was hypothesis that it might be paired with the Kenshiro Teraji-Cristofer Rosales WBC flyweight title battle. Nevertheless, a number of sources described to The Ring of studies on that bout and its date being finalized as extraordinarily untimely.
Teraji additionally fights underneath the Teiken banner.
Olascuaga (7-1, 5 knockouts) claimed the vacant WBO 112-pound title in a spectacular fourth-round knockout of Riku Kano on July 20 in Tokyo. The bout was the third straight in Tokyo for Olascuaga. His lone defeat got here in a ninth-round stoppage to Teraji (23-1,1 14KOs), the RING/WBC/WBA 108-pound champ on the time. Olascuaga took the April 2023 battle on 9 days’ discover, changing Gonzalez (28-3-1, 14 KOs) in what would have been a three-belt unification bout.
Gonzalez held the WBO junior flyweight title on the time. His 32-month title reign noticed simply three defenses. Accidents and sickness have stalled his progress till he outgrew the division. The 33-year-old southpaw from Caguas, Puerto Rico vacated the title in June.
In trade, Gonzalez was granted a compulsory place at flyweight—a observe generally afforded WBO titleholders.
Olascauga is The Ring’s No. 8-rated flyweight. Gonzalez is at the moment No. 1 at 108 by The Ring, however that can change together with his subsequent ring look.
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