Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Anthony Olascuaga, Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez Attain Settlement For WBO Title Combat, Purse Bid Canceled

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 obligatory title combat. The matter was as a result of seem earlier than the WBO on Friday however is now 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.”

Each fighters are promoted by Felix ‘Tutico’ Zabala’s All Star Boxing, Inc. Los Angeles’ Olascuaga can 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 combat. Nonetheless, a number of sources described to The Ring of reviews 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 combat 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 change, 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 present No. 1 at 108 by The Ring, however that can change along with his subsequent ring look.

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