Sultan rues lost chance

camp of mandatory challenger Jonas Sultan feels terribly sad that Top Rank chief Bob Arum made a lastminute decision to postpone the April 14 show that would have seen the Cebu-based contender facing champion Jerwin Ancajas.

That was a missed opportunity, according to Sultan’s lead trainer Edito Villamor, who was positive that the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown would have changed hands had the fight pushed through on the original date.

Villamor insists that Ancajas would have not been in tip-top shape, giving Sultan the advantage.

“If the fight happens April 14, Ancajas would not be fully prepared,” said Villamor, noting that the champion wasn’t deep in training as of yet.

Unlike Ancajas, the preparation of Sultan was far more advanced.

Arum is eyeing to stage the fight in late-May or early-June with Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco as candidate venues.

Ancajas’s last fight was in earlyFebruary in Texas and the perks of the sensational win was preventing him from staying put in training camp as he made the rounds of TV stations and was busy entertaining invites for him to appear in award-giving rites.

Arum was forced to scrap the April 14 card when Terence Crawford, who was facing Jeff Horn in the mainer, sustained a hand injury. He had Ancajas and Sultan inserted in the undercard.