Jerwin Juntilla Ancajas (born 1 January 1992) is a Filipino professional boxer. He held the IBF junior-bantamweight title from 2016 to 2022.

Personal life

Jerwin was born and raised in Panabo, a suburb of Davao del Norte, Philippines.Jerwin Ancajas: A Champion Emerges from the Shadows - The Grueling Truth He was introduced to boxing in the second grade by his brother, Jesar. Jerwin would go on to win several national championships, including a gold medal at the Palarong Pambansa, before turning pro in 2009, at the age of 17. Jerwin Ancajas has a 90–5 record in the Amateur Boxing.Jerwin Ancajas hopes to make "lasting impression" against Israel Gonzalez, stake claim as next great Filipino boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas currently lives in Brgy. Ramirez, Magallanes, Cavite together with his brother, Jesar Ancajas.

Professional career

Ancajas made his professional debut in July 2009. He won his first major title; WBO Asia Pacific Youth junior-bantamweight title against Rex Tito scheduled in SM City Lipa. Jerwin Ancajas suffered a loss in his fifteenth pro bout, losing a majority decision to Mark Anthony Geraldo.

He became the IBF junior bantamweight champion when he defeated McJoe Arroyo on September 3, 2016. Ancajas earned just $3,750 for the fight. He entered the fight on an 11-fight win streak. Ancajas comfortably outboxed Arroyo, and dropped him in round 8 to win a unanimous decision.

Ancajas made his first defense on January 29, 2017, beating José Alfredo Rodríguez by technical knockout, after Rodríguez was unable to continue due to injury.Jerwin Ancajas stops Jose Alfredo Rodriguez » Boxing News Ancajas made a further defense in July 2017, on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn against Teiru Kinoshita. Ancajas battered Kinoshita, opening a cut over his right eye and pummeling him to the body, before dropping him in round 7 with a right hook to the body. Kinoshita beat the count but the referee stopped the fight, giving Ancajas a TKO win.Jerwin Ancajas bloodies, stops Teiru Kinoshita, retains junior bantamweight title On November 18, 2017, Ancajas defeated Jamie Conlan with a round 6 TKO. Conlan was battered from the first round, going down after a body shot. He was dropped three more times until the referee stopped the fight. Ancajas was deducted a point in round 5 by referee Steve Gray, following a legitimate shot to Conlan's abdomen. With the win, Ancajas made his third successful title defense in 2017, all by technical knockout and in different countries.Boxing: Jerwin Ancajas devastates Irish challenger to retain world title | ABS-CBN News

In December, it was announced that Ancajas had signed with Top Rank and would make his U.S. debut in February 2018, defending his title against Israel González in Corpus Christi, Texas.Jerwin Ancajas To Become a Top Rank Fighter, Says Arum - Boxing News On 3 February 2018, Ancajas would successfully defend his IBF belt in his US debut.

In his next title defence, Ancajas faced IBF #1 ranked title contender Jonas Sultan. Ancajas won the fight comfortably, winning by a wide margin on all three scorecards, namely 119–109, 119-109 and 117–111.

On 29 September 2018, Ancajas battled IBF #14 Alejandro Santiago Barrios. Barrios proved a tough opponent for the IBF champion, but could only fight to a draw as Ancajas was able to keep his belt.

In his next fight, Ancajas fought #1 IBF contender Ryuichi Funai. Ancajas overmatched Funai for most of the fight, as Funai was able to take some of his best shots, but did not counter Ancajas with any of his own. Ancajas finished his opponent in round seven.

On 7 December 2019, Ancajas had another successful title defence, this time against IBF #14 Miguel Gonzalez. Ancajas won via a sixth-round TKO.

Ancajas was scheduled to make his ninth IBF title defense against Jonathan Javier Rodriguez on April 10, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 115–112, 116–111, and 117–110.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes45LossOmar TrinidadUD1028 Jun 202644Win38–4–2Ruben TostadoTKO4 (8), 18 Apr 202643Win37–4–2Ruben Dario CaseroMD82 Aug 202542Win36–4–2Richie MepranumTKO2 (12), 25 Jan 202541Win35–4–2Sukpraserd PonpitakDQ5 (10)22 Sep 202440Loss34–4–2Takuma InoueKO9 (12), 24 Feb 202439Win34–3–2Wilner SotoTKO5 (8), 24 Jun 202338Loss33–3–2Fernando MartínezUD128 Oct 202237Loss33–2–2Fernando MartínezUD1226 Feb 202236Win33–1–2Jonathan Javier RodriguezUD12 10 Apr 202135Win32–1–2Miguel GonzalezTKO6 (12), 7 Dec 201934Win31–1–2Ryuichi FunaiRTD6 (12), 4 May 201933Draw30–1–2Alexandro SantiagoSD1229 Sep 201832Win30–1–1Jonas SultanUD1226 May 201831Win29–1–1Israel GonzálezTKO10 (12), 3 Feb 201830Win28–1–1Jamie ConlanTKO6 (12), 18 Nov 201729Win27–1–1Teiru KinoshitaTKO7 (12), 2 Jul 201728Win26–1–1José Alfredo RodríguezRTD7 (12), 29 Jan 201727Win25–1–1McJoe ArroyoUD123 Sep 201626Win24–1–1Paul ApolinarioKO1 (10), 13 Nov 201525Win23–1–1Juan PurisimaKO9 (10), 30 May 201524Win22–1–1Fadhili MajihaKO3 (8), 23 Nov 201423Win21–1–1Rachmat SantosoTKO1 (10), 23 Aug 201422Win20–1–1Petchwanchai Sor VisetkitKO1 (12), 3 May 201421Win19–1–1Inthanon SithchamuangKO2 (8), 22 Feb 201420Win18–1–1Ryan BongcawilKO2 (10), 14 Dec 201319Win17–1–1Armando CasaTKO4 (8), 30 Aug 201318Win16–1–1Runlong XuTKO4 (6)21 Dec 201217Win15–1–1Miguel TamayoTKO10 (10), 21 Sep 201216Win14–1–1John Paul BautistaRTD3 (10), 12 Aug 201215Loss13–1–1Mark Anthony GeraldoMD1017 Mar 201214Win13–0–1Rodel QuilatonUD1223 Nov 201113Win12–0–1Jing XiangUD1027 Aug 201112Win11–0–1Jason EgeraTKO8 (10), 6 Aug 201111Win10–0–1Rex TitoUD1016 Apr 201110Win9–0–1Pit AnacayaUD1019 Feb 20119Win8–0–1Menard ZaragosaUD1022 Dec 20108Win7–0–1Julius AgcopraTKO3 (8), 20 Nov 20107Win6–0–1Leo de GuiaUD826 Sep 20106Win5–0–1Redney QuezonTKO6 (6), 7 Aug 20105Win4–0–1Leo de GuiaUD626 Jun 20104Draw3–0–1Ervin YamoTD615 May 20103Win3–0Jimmy PaypaMD425 Sep 20092Win2–0Sherwin McDo LungayTKO1 (4), 3 Sep 20091Win1–0Reynaldo BuluanTKO1 (4), 27 Jul 2009

See also List of southpaw stance boxers List of Filipino boxing world champions List of world super-flyweight boxing champions

References

External links

Jerwin Ancajas - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live