Reigning IBF world tremendous flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas will journey to hostile territory to face WBO world tremendous flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka in a unification bout on December 31 on the Ota-Metropolis Normal Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
“That is my dream struggle! I’ve waited six years for a signature struggle to show to everybody in boxing that I’m among the finest 115 pounders on the planet,” stated Ancajas, who holds a file of 33-1-2 with 22 knockouts.
“I’ve been to Japan, sparring prior to now, and love the folks of Japan and the boxing followers are among the greatest on the planet. They respect all fighters and root for one of the best man to win.”
The 29-year-old Ancajas has to this point made 9 profitable defenses of his gold-plated strap however has by some means struggled to land a giant struggle.
Unifying the world titles has lengthy been their dream in keeping with his coach and supervisor Joven Jimenez, and now that it’s right here, they vowed to depart no stone unturned after they step atop the on struggle night time.
“I’ve been working with Jerwin since he was ten years previous. I’m very excited that lastly, the struggle is occurring,” stated Jimenez.
“My aim, since Jerwin received the IBF World title in 2016, was to get him a serious title unification struggle. Now we have labored so exhausting for this second, and we won’t be denied.”
—JMB, GMA Information
