WBO flyweight titleholder Anthony Olascuaga (7-1-1, 6 KOs) had an early evening on the workplace when necessary challenger Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez (28-3-2, 14 KOs) withdrew from the bout with a lower eye after an unintended conflict of heads within the opening spherical at Ariake Area in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday evening.
Boxing within the opening combat of the world title tripleheader that additionally featured Kosei Tanaka making an attempt to defend his WBO tremendous flyweight strap towards 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 lower over the left eyebrow when each boxers lunged in. He was despatched to the impartial nook the place the ringside physician examined the lower and allowed him to proceed. Not lengthy after the motion resumed, referee Robert Hoyle requested Gonzalez if he may see. The 33-year-old mentioned no, and the combat was deserted.
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The combat 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 point out his credentials. Gonzalez was fast to discover a means out of the bout and he will probably be lucky to land a significant combat within the rapid future.
Olascuaga, rated at No. 8 by The Ring at flyweight, will hopefully get one other combat sooner slightly than later towards a extra prepared opponent. In a really perfect world, that might come towards WBA titleholder Seigo Yuri Akui (21-2-1, 11 KOs), who claimed a 12-round cut up resolution victory over Thailand’s Thananchai Charunphak (25-2, 15 KOs) on the identical venue final evening.
The one loss on Olascuaga’s ledger is to gifted Japanese boxer Tanaka, who now packing containers one division north.
