Mark Magsayo on Friday afternoon made the 126-pound limit on his second try for his fight with Brandon Figueroa on Saturday in Ontario, California (Showtime). Ancajas tiene una ventaja de altura de 3 pulgadas sobre Martnez. Jerwin Ancajas succumbs to Fernando Martinez for the second straight time in their battle for the IBF super flyweight belt MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines remains without a boxing world. Champ. This context problem carries over to the duel tri as well. } Where: Toyota Arena, Ontario, California In the undercard, compatriot and Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Eumir Marcial bested Steven Pichardo for a unanimous decision over Steven Pichardo. width: 100%; The Argentine boxer is set to defend his title since ending Ancajas' six-year reign last Feb. 26, scoring a convincing unanimous decision win after showing tenacity and explosiveness with his inside boxing. position: absolute; He took up journalism at the University of Santo Tomas and joined Rappler as soon as he graduated in 2017. Get in on the latest boxing conversations in our Forum and comment on articles. IBO. Never miss a fight! TM & 2023 BoxingScene.All Rights Reserved. Ancajas, 33-2-2 with 22 knockouts as a pro, lost his world title to Martinez via unanimous decision this past February. Ancajas has talked a lot about struggling with the weight last time, to the point it was initially expected and reported he would pass on this to move up to 118. [CDATA[/* >*/, Fight Night: duel-tri and the IBO in its present day form both are more of the same thing. BUT. The crafty fighter from Panabo City, Davao Del Norte made the 115-pound limit, tipping the scales at 114.75 pounds on the eve of their 12-round tiff. The 30-year-old Ancajas had a smoother camp for their 12-round rematch Saturday night at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. March P4P Top 10: Inoue retains No. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show) I am not gonna read the story. These two certainly ARE NOT in any-sort- of mega category as-yet. placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails', window._taboola = window._taboola || []; img.article-list-image { What is going on actually with Russia AND The Ukraine? We get a 12-round IBF junior bantamweight title bout Saturday when Jerwin Ancajas and Jonathan Javier Rodriguez meet at Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Uncasville, Conn. In the last fight, I was confident I would be able to make the weight, even in the last few weeks before the fight, said Ancajas, who walks around at a weight between 136 and 140 pounds. I doubt this is a check-cashing exercise for him, as a 30 year old with his talent should be able to make much more money at 118 pounds than what hell likely get in a support fight on a marginal card at a weight he cant actually stomach, literally and figuratively. I say we get a repeat, Ancajas holding his own early before Martinez finds more and more success getting inside and ripping power shots for the win. Lineal AND Organizational champions BUT the announcement after Wilder II was wrong. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing. . Ancajas was extremely uncomfortable with inside fighting to offset some of Martinezs aggression. top: 0; He has drawn even more motivation while preparing for this rematch because, for the first time in a long time, there isnt a single Filipino boxer that owns an IBF, WBA, WBC or WBO belt. MANILA, Philippines Jerwin Ancajas (33-3, 22 KOs) lost steam late against Argentina's Fernando Martinez (15-0, 8 KOs) as the latter defended the IBF junior bantamweight belt via unanimous decision in their anticipated rematch at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time). A determined Martinez unloaded rights and lefts to Ancajas head to start what amounted to a largely one-sided 11th round. Predictions: Figueroa vs Magsayo and undercard. Ancajas landed a low blow in the third as Martinez attacked but the referee did not catch it. Bet on Martinez vs Ancajas 2 and more boxing at DraftKings Sportsbook! Sean Gibbons, the president of Manny Pacquiaos promotional company, expects a much more competitive fight from Ancajas this time around. 10 Gervonta Davis (Ryan Garcia), No. ?#MartinezAncajas2 #FundoraOcampo pic.twitter.com/Ut4E2bvdVA. I just cant shake the feeling that this is another Alberto Machado vs Andrew Cancio situation where, while the weight issue might be legit, theres an underlying weakness that Martinez found. Ancajas connected on 192 of 816 punches. He will be fined 30 percent of his purse and the bout . With that being said, Martinez will take the confidence of having already beaten Ancajas before into this second meeting, and I think that will be plenty sufficient to do the job once more. Argentinas IBF junior bantamweight champion Fernando Martinez (15-0, 8 KOs) and former world champion Jerwin Ancajas (33-3-2, 22 KOs) of the Philippines met in a rematch going the distance to kick off the Showtime Championship Boxing telecast on Saturday night at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. On 22 July 2022, it was revealed that Ancajas had invoked his rematch clause. Martinez connected with a left-right-left-right combination that backed up Ancajas with just under 50 seconds to go in the 10th round. } JMB, GMA News The card is set to begin. The cut appeared to get bad for Ancajas as blood trickled down. Very few audience here but I will always bring this message forward. So, when he talks about cramps, he fought from about the fourth round on just guts and balls, just a big heart.. Pumita proved up to the task, out-slugging Pretty Boy in a hugely entertaining but largely one-sided war. width: 100%; Thank you Ancajas tipped the scales at 114.6 lbs during the official weigh in early Saturday morning (Manila time), while Martinez came in a little bit heavier at 114.8. overflow: auto !important; Please enter a valid email and try again. Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-02-26, tough and exciting match thanks to an amazing performnace by both boxers: Jerwin Ancajas vs Fernando Martinez is one of the best boxing fights of the year 2022 and it gets four stars (thanks to 'Ale Maresca' who suggest us to watch this bout a second time)! Shout out to Martinezs big upset the first time around, which was the first major piece in Scotts Sizzler bet coming through on a very fun night of watching boxing. Its definitely harder to maintain the hunger and maintain the title but now were going after Chocolatito and everyone else in the division whos in my way.. height: auto; Brandon Figueroa and Mark Magsayo meet tonight on Showtime! Sat, Martinez came out swinging in the opening round throwing hard left straights and right hooks. Martinez Ioka or Franco would be just fine. .news-coming-banner { 1 spot after exciting month of boxing. In the undercard, Eumir Marcial remained unbeaten in his professional career with a unanimous decision win over American Steven Pirchado.