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00:00Good evening, I remember I gave the intrusion in the dressing room, but I just served, so
00:07good luck.
00:08Okay, good luck.
00:09All right, the first of two world title fights on the night, Christina Poncher, Nico Ali
00:18Walsh here with you.
00:20That belt right there on the line up for grabs, the vacant WBO flyweight world championship.
00:27First one scheduled for 12 rounds.
00:29Right away you see both fighters in opposite stances, Olaskagwa, the orthodox fighter,
00:35and Riku Kano is the southpaw.
00:39Now this is the second professional southpaw that Olaskagwa has faced in his seven fight
00:46pro career.
00:49But in talking with Rudy Hernandez, not only one of my favorite trainers in all the game,
00:53but just one of my favorite people, and he said, you know what, Olaskagwa has had over
00:58a hundred rounds, Nico, of sparring southpaws to prepare.
01:01He's also a stable mate of Juto Nakatani, also a southpaw, sparring rounds with him.
01:06Feels very prepared to face this southpaw in his first, or second, excuse me, world
01:10title attempt for a sub-flyweight.
01:13So I would say the biggest thing for Olaskagwa, if he wants to get the win here tonight, he's
01:18going to have to box Kano, because Kano likes to go on the inside.
01:22Kano's an inside fighter, he likes to be a counter-puncher, so Olaskagwa definitely
01:27has to show ring generalship, he's got to just dictate the pace of this fight, and box
01:32him.
01:33Off to a good start there, as he looks to establish that outside foot position.
01:38Kano also challenged for a world title, but at minimum weight, back in 2016, he's coming
01:42up from the lower weight classes.
01:46Olaskagwa challenged at the lower weight class two fights ago, when he fought Kinshiro Taraji
01:50for his first world title opportunity, in a fight that he lost, but it was still an
01:54entertaining fight.
01:55It was kind of a win-win situation for him, right?
01:56In that fight, I mean, he took it on short notice, stepped up, put on a good performance,
02:01good name for himself.
02:02Look, two fights later, you know, one fight later, essentially, he's right back in world
02:06title contention war at his regular weight class now.
02:09Yeah, he's moving fast, some people have careers like that, where they just fight title fights.
02:14Really good work with the right hand there for Olaskagwa, here to start round one.
02:19Fantastic start for the American fighter.
02:22One thing I really like about Olaskagwa, he always sits on his punches.
02:27He doesn't pitty-patch shots at all.
02:30He's always sitting down, every shot he throws with purpose.
02:33That body shot looked like it hurt Kano.
02:36Backing him up here early and down to the body again, as Kano has yet to answer back
02:42with any sort of punches here, as Olaskagwa's off to a fantastic start.
02:47Absolutely, Nico.
02:48Downstairs, then back up.
02:51There's an answer for Kano.
02:52You can kind of see his hand speed on the split.
02:54He does have quick hands.
02:59Yeah, he needs to maintain that work rate to the body.
03:02Olaskagwa's finding great success with his body.
03:05His body shots can't miss right now.
03:11Fantastic start for Anthony La Princesa Olaskagwa.
03:17Here in round one, his third straight fight in Japan.
03:32He had great body work here.
03:39Look, he's using that same hand.
03:40He's finding great shots to the body.
03:42You know, that started to get to Kano.
03:45Kano started to go on the back foot.
03:46Kano likes to come forward.
03:48If you look at his previous fights, he's a forward fighter.
03:51He finds most of success when he's on that front foot.
03:55And he likes pressing his opponents, getting in on the inside.
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04:57Fight and don't get it twisted.
04:59He's not a princess or a diva because he's, you know, dainty or anything like that.
05:04I mean, he can fight.
05:06It's just kind of the way he carries himself.
05:08And, you know, Rudy's one of those guys where if he gives you a nickname
05:12that's kind of like that, it's because he cares about you.
05:15And he's absolutely taken Olaskaga under his wing since he was like 15 years old.
05:23Cano's lunging in.
05:24He's lunging in on some of these shots and Olaskaga was able to sit down and counter them.
05:31Much better, sharper combinations for Cano here to start round or midway point here now through round two.
05:39Getting a little bit better of rhythm and there's some of the hooks and uppercuts that you see from Olaskaga
05:44working right through that guard.
05:45And those are exactly the shots that they worked on in training camp.
05:48They knew they could work up the middle with how high and wide Cano kind of keeps his guard.
05:56Those inside punches were going to be key.
05:58There's that uppercut and the straight shots is exactly what team Olaskaga was looking for.
06:04You've got someone like Cano. Cano's eager to throw his shots.
06:07Sometimes he gets carried away and you can get caught falling on your punches.
06:16He gets carried away throwing these shots and he's getting hit with these uppercuts
06:19because his chin is over his front foot.
06:26Cano's also a pretty good counter puncher too.
06:28And you'll see him try to counter with that right hook.
06:32Olaskaga is going to make sure to have to get that left hand back up.
06:36Hold that phone if you will.
06:38Because the handspeed again gets caught with that same right hand from Cano.
06:50Back to the jab goes Olaskaga.
06:52And then back to the jab goes Cano.
06:55Back to the jab goes Olaskaga.
06:57Then landing a right hand down to the body.
07:00Olaskaga is going to have to maintain this distance right here.
07:03Just probing that jab.
07:05Even though he's pressing the action, you can maintain distance while doing that.
07:12Nice right hand there from Olaskaga.
07:15Beautiful left hook from Olaskaga.
07:19He's letting his hands go very well here, early on.
07:30Cano's got a lot of power.
07:32Cano's got a lot of power.
07:34Cano's got a lot of power.
07:36Cano's got a lot of power.
07:38Cano's got a lot of power.
07:40Cano's got a lot of power.
07:42Cano's got a lot of power.
07:46Those uppercuts are the perfect shot for an opponent like Cano
07:52who likes to kind of lunge in on their punches at times.
07:56Those will always land on someone who lunges in on their punches.
07:59Those will always land on someone who lunges in on their punches.
08:03Speeding.
08:05Don't let your head go forward.
08:07Don't let your head go forward.
08:09Don't let your head go forward.
08:11Don't let your head go forward.
08:13Don't let your head go forward.
08:39Strong jab to start round 3 for Cano.
08:42Down to the body.
08:43A nice counter shot.
08:44Gotta be careful with that right hook coming from Cano.
08:49Cano's a good counter puncher.
08:51He throws what the opponent's throwing.
08:58Down to the body twice.
09:00Good angle there worked by Olaskaga.
09:03These guys are trading.
09:05These guys do not want to go 12 rounds.
09:07Well, looking at the bout sheet when we were studying this fight,
09:09I said, okay, this fight right here is going to be a good fight.
09:12These two are pretty evenly matched.
09:14And obviously with their rankings with the WBO,
09:16you're starting to see that play out here in just round 3.
09:22Olaskaga getting an opportunity to fight for a world title
09:25with a proper training camp, right?
09:26Not, you know, 10-12 days notice like he had when he fought Kinshiro Taraji
09:30and at a weight that he's very comfortable with.
09:33Rudy Hernandez saying he's very focused this training camp
09:37at the most sparring rounds he's ever had to prepare for this moment here.
09:43It's heated right now.
09:45Blood coming from Cano.
09:49Cano's looking to just get in on the inside and just counter the shots
09:53from Olaskaga.
10:02Body shot there from Cano.
10:04Their heads slightly come together.
10:06It's going to happen when you have an orthodox and a southpaw fighter.
10:10You can kind of tell.
10:11You can see the footwork battling.
10:13Battling for who's foot's going to be on the outside.
10:25It's a very high work rate.
10:28Olaskaga shoots the uppercut and then he gets countered by the right hand.
10:32Cano's a very solid counter puncher.
10:34He's got to get that left hand backed up.
10:45Keeping the jab hand, keeping him busy.
10:58Oh, big shot there.
11:00Drops Cano here in round three.
11:09And it's over.
11:12Anthony La Princesa Olaskaga is the new WBO flyweight world champion.
11:21Wow, and his stablemate Junto Nakatani looks on with a big smile.
11:29He helped him prepare for this fight.
11:31They share trainer Rudy Hernandez.
11:35And he is now a world champion.
11:40And Rudy Hernandez somehow flew back to the locker room already.
11:50And the arena is quiet as Cano gets helped back to the stool.
11:57Thankfully he's okay.
12:01But a knockout in round three.
12:04And we have a new flyweight world champion for the WBO.
12:09Just like that, Nico.
12:10Let's look at how he got it done.
12:13Ah, that uppercut.
12:15The left hand.
12:16Beautiful shot though.
12:20I mean, it was like a hook and an upper.
12:22The way he kind of placed it perfectly on the chin.
12:25They call that a shovel hook.
12:28Wow, beautiful.
12:30Perfectly placed.
12:31Beautiful shot.
12:34Yeah, wow.
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12:58Jose Rivera reaches the count of ten.
13:01He is the winner by way of knockout.
13:04He is the new WBO flyweight champion of the world.
13:11Anthony LaVincenzo.
13:16Let's welcome.
13:19A dream come true.
13:22The fighter out of Los Angeles, California.
13:27He is your new WBO flyweight world champion.