Looking to become world champ again, Ancajas battles Uruguayan foe

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THE road to glory resumes for former world champion Jerwin Ancajas when he battles an Uruguayan opponent on August 2 at the Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California.

Ancajas will be battling Ruben Casero in an eight-round encounter which will serve as his stepping stone in his bid to become a world champion again.

“Jerwin will be fighting for his third super bantamweight bout. This is another stepping stone for him to fight for a world title,” MP Promotions president Sean Gibbons said in a report by Manila Bulletin.

Ancajas was supposed to see action in the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Mario Barrios fight last Sunday, July 20, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas Nevada.

Ancajas, however, pulled out from the card. Fortunately for him, a fight with Casero was immediately sealed.

A former IBF world super flyweight champion, the 33-year-old Ancajas is highly rated as he is currently ranked No. 5 by the WBO, No. 6 by the IBF, and No. 8 by the WBA.

Ancajas sports a 36W-4L-2D, 24KOs record. Casero has 13 wins, five by KO, and four losses.

Ancajas has won his last two fights. Before going on a mini streak, the Cavite native Ancajas lost to Takuma Inoue via ninth-round stoppage in their WBA bantamweight title bout last February 2024.(CCM)