WBO flyweight titleholder Anthony Olascuaga (7-1-1, 6 KOs) had an early night time on the workplace when necessary challenger Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez (28-3-2, 14 KOs) withdrew from the bout with a minimize eye after an unintentional conflict of heads within the opening spherical at Ariake Enviornment in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday night time.
Boxing within the opening battle of the world title tripleheader that additionally featured Kosei Tanaka making an attempt to defend his WBO tremendous flyweight strap in opposition to Phumelele Cafu and WBC bantamweight beltholder Junto Nakatani going through Tasana Salapat, the 25-year-old Olascuaga from Las Angeles put the warmth on Gonzalez early, pressuring the Puerto Rican southpaw and utilizing angles to create openings for his two-handed energy photographs.
Gonzalez was minimize over the left eyebrow when each boxers lunged in. He was despatched to the impartial nook the place the ringside physician examined the minimize and allowed him to proceed. Not lengthy after the motion resumed, referee Robert Hoyle requested Gonzalez if he may see. The 33-year-old stated no, and the battle was deserted.
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The battle was dominated a no-contest on the official time of two:25 of the primary spherical.
The Rudy Hernandez-trained Olascuaga, who was boxing for the fourth straight time in Japan, has been touted as the way forward for the division after his highlight-reel knockout of Riku Kano within the third spherical of their bout for the vacant WBO 112lb title conflict in March.
Sadly, he didn’t get a lot of an opportunity to indicate his credentials. Gonzalez was fast to discover a approach out of the bout and he will probably be lucky to land a significant battle within the quick future.
Olascuaga, rated at No. 8 by The Ring at flyweight, will hopefully get one other battle sooner relatively than later in opposition to a extra keen opponent. In a great world, that may come in opposition to WBA titleholder Seigo Yuri Akui (21-2-1, 11 KOs), who claimed a 12-round cut up determination victory over Thailand’s Thananchai Charunphak (25-2, 15 KOs) on the similar venue final night time.
The one loss on Olascuaga’s ledger is to proficient Japanese boxer Tanaka, who now bins one division north.
