Ancajas, new boxing king, is home
Unless there’s a change of plan, reigning IBF super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas will be honored with a motorcade around town today to celebrate his smashing US debut in Corpus Christi, Texas last Sunday.
A motorcade is set this morning in Magallanes, Cavite, where the 26-year-old champion resides with his wife and two children, in a property which houses his training quarters and where their home is being built.
Ancajas arrived from Los Angeles yesterday morning at around 5:30. He was met at the airport by his family, including his wife, Ruth.
Ancajas was supposed to pay a courtesy call on town officials yesterday but it was called off. Instead, he rested the whole day with his family.
The new toast of Philippine boxing is not about to rest on his laurels, and plans to resume training in a couple of weeks.
He might get a call from Top Rank chief Bob Arum regarding possible inclusion in a card being put up for April 14 in New York.
Ancajas was asked to judge his performance last Sunday, but declined to comment, saying he will leave up to Filipino fans judge his outing against Mexican Israel Gonzalez.
“The viewers are the ones who can tell,” he said in Filipino. But he added that Arum was impressed with his performance.
“He (Arum) told me it was convincing and impressive. I’m happy that I made him happy,” said Ancajas.
Ancajas’ wife has prepared a victory celebration for the Filipino champion and their supporters today in their property, which they call “Survival Camp.”
Ancajas defended his IBF 115-pound crown with a 10th round stoppage and made an impact on the pay-per-view market that augured well for bigger fights for the man billed as the next Filipino boxing king.