Ancajas wants to test Inoue’s patience
Jerwin Ancajas could only wish that Takuma Inoue, the WBA bantamweight champion, wouldn’t consider changing his style so close to their title showdown in Tokyo on Feb. 24.
“Sana hindi na magbabago ‘yung style ni Takuma pagdating sa laban,” the 32-year-old Ancajas, now the challenger, said yesterday during a brief interview with Power and Play host Noli Eala.
Ancajas, who held the IBF junior bantamweight crown from 2016 to 2022, is hard-pressed to beat the younger brother of undisputed super-bantamweight king Naoya Inoue.
He has dropped two of his last three fights, against
Argentina’s Fernando Martinez at 115 pounds, and knows too well he’s in a must-win situation. “Hindi kagaya ng mga experienced boxers, na kapag
Currently, there’s no Filipino world champion in tinamaan, nag-iisip muna. Si Takuma, pag tinamaan, boxing, when at one point or simultaneously over the nagiging agresibo,” he added. past decade there was a handful that stood on top of Inoue, the favorite, has been floored once but like different weight classes. Ancajas has never been knocked out. He has a good
“Wala po tayong world champion ngayon. Sana ako po chin and stamina. Six of his last eight fights went the full ang una,” added Ancajas, who leaves for Japan today with distance of 12 rounds. his team led by head trainer Joven Jimenez. The Japanese is coming off a 10-month layoff while
Promoter Sean Gibbons said Inoue, 28 years old and Ancajas last fought eight months ago. 18-1 inside the ring, is a perfect fit for Ancajas, 32, the The fight, originally set last November but was more experienced boxer at 34-3-2 with 23 knockouts. postponed due to Inoue’s injury in training, will take
“Pinag-aralan na namin si Takuma pero baka pagdating sa place at the Kokugikan Arena, a site originally built ring mag-iba din. Hindi pa siya ganoon ka-patient sa taas ng in 1909 and has served as battleground for countless ring. Minsan kapag tinatamaan, susugod agad,” sumo bouts.