TOKYO Everything that’s negative seemed to have descended on Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas who suffered the worst beating in his professional career a ninth-round knockout to reigning World Boxing Association bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue on Saturday night. It was his first knockout loss that was inflicted by an energy-sapping body shot. “All…
TOKYO History beckons Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas as he goes after Japanese Takuma Inoue’s World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title Saturday at the Ryougoku Kokugikan Arena. The late great Gabriel “The Flash” Elorde and Gerry Peñalosa made indelible marks at the famous sumo arena that’s venerated by the Japanese since it…
JERWIN “PRETTY BOY” ANCAJAS and his team arrived in Tokyo on Sunday a week ahead of his title fight with reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue of Japan. His mission: To become a world champion once more. “It’s a rare opportunity for a Filipino to get a…
FORMER world champion Pedro Taduran beat Jake Amparo via unanimous decision on Thursday night in an International Boxing Federation (IBF) title eliminator at the Bohol Wisdom School Gymnasium in Tagbilaran City. Taduran thus became a mandatory challenger for the minimum weight championship. Proving himself as a world championship-caliber boxer, Taduran,…