FILE – Jerwin Ancajas makes his ring entrance for a title protection towards Fernando Martinez at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on February 26, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Steve Marcus/Getty Pictures/AFP
MANILA, Philippines–Jerwin Ancajas will get one other shot to regain his world champion standing when he challenges Japan’s Takuma Inoue for the WBA bantamweight belt on November 15 at Ryogoku Kokugikan Enviornment in Tokyo.
The bout towards the youthful brother of pound-for-pound king Naoya Inoue will mark Ancajas’ second crack at reclaiming a world title since shedding the IBF strap to Argentine Fernando Martinez again in February 2022 when he was nonetheless campaigning at tremendous flyweight.
Ancajas dropped a second straight unanimous resolution to Martinez of their rematch eight months after their first encounter.
𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐘𝐎 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 🇯🇵 @TakumaInoue_122 will defend his WBA Bantamweight crown towards Jerwin Ancajas Nov. 15 on @ESPNPlus. pic.twitter.com/5qihNpIA2N
— High Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 10, 2023
The 31-year-old Ancajas, who had been struggling to make the 115-pound restrict, has since climbed to a better weight class.
Ancajas (34-3-2, 23KOs) final fought Colombian journeyman Wilner Soto at tremendous bantamweight the place the delight of Panabo, Davao del Norte gained by way of fifth-round stoppage lower than 4 months in the past in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Takuma (18-1, 4KOs) has gained 5 in a row since shedding to Nordine Oubaali for the WBC bantamweight belt in November 2019.
He’s additionally crushed 5 Filipino fighters prior to now however has by no means confronted a caliber of opponent as high quality as Ancajas, who efficiently defended his tremendous flyweight strap 9 instances from 2017 to 2021.
Ancajas has been coaching in Las Vegas for the previous a number of months.
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