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Jayson Vayson’s corner verbally throws in the towel as Puerto Rico’s Oscar Collazo retains his WBO and WBA minimumweight crowns and stays unbeaten
MANILA, Philippines – Whatever chances Jayson Vayson had of dethroning Oscar Collazo were taken away by his own corner on Saturday, September 20 (Sunday, September 21, Manila time) at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.
Although behind on the scorecards and running short on fuel, Vayson was gamely trading punches with Collazo in the seventh round when the referee halted the bout at the 1:47 mark, to the surprise of the audience and the Filipino challenger.
As it turned out, Vayson’s corner verbally threw in the towel for the standing knockout stoppage that enabled the Puerto Rican to retain his World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association minimumweight crowns and stretch his win streak to 13, including 10 knockouts.
Vayson, who said he could still fight at the time of the premature stoppage, fell to 14-2-1 with 8 knockouts.
Collazo caught an off-balanced Vayson with a glancing right hook near the end of the opening round for an early knockdown.
Vayson, a huge underdog, had his moments, rocking Collazo with a solid right in the second round and hurting the Puerto Rican with a wicked body blow in the fourth.
After an even fifth round, Collazo intensified his assault in the sixth, but Vayson was able to sneak in counters.
Vayson became Collazo’s third Filipino victim after former WBA regular mini-flyweight champion Vic Saludar in 2022 and current World Boxing Council titlist Melvin Jerusalem in 2023.
Even commentators were aghast at the decision of head trainer Alan Alegria and manager Brico Santig to give up on Vayson, who was in no immediate danger of getting knocked out. – Rappler.com