Oscar Collazo retained his flyweight world titles in weird trend after Jayson Vayson’s nook stopped the battle within the seventh spherical – a lot to the shock of the Philippines fighter.
With Vayson below strain however competing gamely towards Puerto Rico’s Collazo, his assistant coach jumped on to the apron to immediate the referee to finish the competition in Indio, California.
Vayson walked again to his nook sporting a perplexed expression as whistles and boos rang out from equally baffled members of the gang.
The 27-year-old mentioned he had blended emotions on the stoppage as Collazo, 28, retained his WBA and WBO belts.
“My nook thought I used to be breaking. I needed to battle. I respect the choice of the nook for the security of the boxer,” mentioned Vayson.
Collazo knocked Vayson down within the first spherical, with the challenger doing a few of his greatest work within the fourth – performing a variety of physique pictures.
When the battle was stopped, Collazo, who has received the primary 13 fights of his profession, was forward on all three judges’ scorecards.
Within the co-main, American Gabriela Fundora stopped Canada’s Alexas Kubicki to retain her undisputed flyweight title.
With Fundora persevering with to ship heavy punishment within the seventh spherical, the referee stopped the competition, extending the 23-year-old’s unbeaten file to 17.
