Riku Kano vs Anthony Olascuaga (20-07-2024) Full Fight

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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.

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