Anthony Olascuaga: record, next fight and profile →
WBO flyweight champion Anthony Olascuaga might have dodged a bullet in the form of a rejuvenated Hiroto Kyoguchi, whom he outscored over 12 rounds in Tokyo.
Both Kenshiro Teraji and Seigo Yuri Akui made weight before their flyweight unification clash in Tokyo on Thursday.
Anthony Olascuaga’s first defense of his WBO flyweight world title had ended abruptly and anticlimactically. More than a week later, it has now officially gone down as an Olascuaga victory.
The WBO’s latest ratings update includes four new fighters who have been named the number-one contenders in their respective divisions.
The WBO flyweight championship fight between Anthony Olascuaga and Jonathan Gonzalez at the Airake Arena in Tokyo, Japan ended after just 2:25 of the first round following a clash of heads.
LOS ANGELES – Rudy Hernandez has quietly created a case for Trainer of the Year award consideration, and he’ll have the opportunity to further prove his point on Oct. 14 when his charges Junto Nakatani and Anthony Olascuaga defend their titles in Japan.
Two huge Tokyo doubleheaders will take place Sunday and Monday morning (U.S. and U.K. times), before the usual weekly TV picks article, so let’s give these cards – featuring seven title fights – a special edition.
Up until his most recent fight, Anthony Olascuaga was a cab driver – and a barber, to boot, to support his burgeoning boxing career.
An extravaganza of seven title fights in two days is coming to Tokyo’s Ariake Arena Oct. 13-14 in Japan, with Junto Nakatani, Takuma Inoue and Kosei Tanaka, among others, starring on the bill.
Rudy Hernandez estimates he works 48 fight weekends out of the 52 on the calendar. Through his versatile trade as a trainer for WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani (28-0, 21 KOs) and WBO flyweight champion Anthony Olascuaga (7-1, 5 KOs), as a prolific cutman for both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Professional Fighters League (PFL) and in boxing, and as the big brother of the beloved late super-featherweight champion Genaro “Chicanito” Hernandez, Rudy Hernandez has dedicated himself to combat sports for pure reasons.