Ancajas stakes world title for 8th time versus Mexican

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 08:39:04 +0000

Jerwin Ancajas, currently the longest reigning Filipino world champion, tangles with Jonathan Rodriguez of Mexico on Nov. 2 at the Dignity Health Sports Park (formerly StubHub Center) in Carson, California.

Jerwin Ancajas basks under the Sunday sun in Stockton, California. (Alvin S. Go)

JERWIN Ancajas

It will be Ancajas’ eighth defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown he had won more than three years ago.

Ranked 14th in the IBF’s 115-lb class, Rodriguez holds a record of 21-1 with 15 KOs and his clash with Ancajas will be his first crack at a world crown.

Ancajas, parading a 31-1-2 mark with 21 KOs, stopped mandatory challenger Ryuichi Funai of Japan last May in Stockton, California.

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