FORMER world champion Jerwin “The Pretty Boy” Ancajas debuts as a bantamweight against Colombian Wilner Soto on June 24 at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
International matchmaker Sean Gibbons confirmed the fight on Wednesday, saying he’s happy to finally get a tuneup for the 31-year-old former International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion before exploring bigger options in his new weight class. “We finally got an opponent for Jerwin and we can finally see how he fits as a bantamweight fighter,” Gibbons told BusinessMirror.
Gibbons thanked strength and conditioning coach Angel Memo Heredia for helping Ancajas build up for the new division.Soto, 32, is sporting a 22-12 win-loss record with 12 knockouts. The Ancajas-Soto fight is one of the undercards in Argentine Fernando Martinez’s defense of his IBF super flyweight belt against Filipino challenger Jade Bornea.
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