Anthony Olascuaga (proper) grins at Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez after their Oct. 14 bout led to a No-Determination after simply 145 seconds in Tokyo. Picture credit score: Naoki Fukuda
Anthony Olascuaga’s workforce seeks a ruling that may present a extra definitive final result to his first title protection.
Steps have been taken in hopes of fixing his No-Determination versus Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez to a first-round technical knockout. Their Oct. 14 WBO flyweight title battle ended after simply 145 seconds because of an earlier conflict of heads. Puerto Rico’s Gonzalez finally knowledgeable referee Robert Hoyle that he couldn’t proceed, at which level the battle was halted.
Some extent of competition raised by Rudy Hernandez, Olascuaga’s coach and supervisor, was that Gonzalez was beforehand cleared to proceed and give up on his personal. Due to that, he believes there’s grounds for Olascuaga (7-1, 5 KOs; 1ND) to earn a stoppage victory.
“Within the first spherical of the battle at 1:10 [left in the round] there was an unintentional headbutt which induced a lower on Gonzalez’s left eye,” Hernandez defined to the WBO in a letter obtained by The Ring. “[Referee] Robert Hoyle referred to as the ringside physician to examine the lower. [A]fter inspecting mentioned lower he suggested [Hoyle] that Gonzalez may proceed to battle. The competition resumed and Gonzalez saved combating for an additional 25 seconds roughly.
“[During] a clinch, he determined to not proceed and the referee… stopped the battle. Since he didn’t need to proceed after the physician suggested that he was OK to proceed my boxer Olascuaga ought to have been declared the winner by TKO. As a substitute, the supervisor of the battle and the Japanese Boxing Fee (JBC) consultant Mr. Tsuyoshi Yasukochi suggested the referee that the battle ought to be declared a No-Determination.
“We wish to respectfully ask your group to assessment and examine the end result of this battle and overturn the choice to a TKO win for Olascuaga.”
The request may in the end fall on deaf ears.
Sanctioning our bodies shouldn’t have the facility to overturn an official determination. Their involvement is often to power a rematch or invalidate a title reign when the belt is gained or defended below doubtful circumstances.
The official ruling resides with the JBC, who must assessment and rule on whether or not to overturn the decision. All that may be accomplished by the WBO is to assessment the battle and make its suggestion to the presiding fee.
Gonzalez entered the battle because the obligatory challenger. Olascuaga is understandably involved that he can be sure to a rematch because the Oct. 14 battle was rendered moot given the end result.
There’s higher need for Olascuaga to additional unify the flyweight division. Three of the 4 112-pound belts had been at stake throughout Teiken Promotions’ two-day, seven title battle extravaganza in Tokyo.
Seigo Yuri Akui (21-2-1, 11 KOs) retained his WBA belt in an Oct. 13 factors win over Thailand’s Thananchai Charunphak (25-2, 15 KOs). The identical present noticed Kenshiro Teraji (24-1, 15 KOs) declare the vacant WBC flyweight title in a ninth-round knockout of Cristofer Rosales (37-7, 22 KOs).
Olascuaga’s lone defeat got here in a ninth-round stoppage to Teraji final April in a last-minute project.
Fittingly, it got here instead of Gonzalez and noticed Olascuaga battle at junior flyweight. Teraji retained his RING, WBC and WBA 108-pound championship with the win.
Gonzalez was the WBO junior flyweight titlist and in line for the unification bout that night. Nonetheless, he fell sick and was compelled to withdraw. Gonzalez and Olascuaga are each promoted by All-Star Boxing, which made for a simple change that night time.
Olascuaga, who’s co-promoted by Teiken, subsequently scored back-to-back knockout wins. Included amongst them was his third-round stoppage of Riku Kano (22-5-2, 11 KOs) on July 20 to win the WBO flyweight strap.
