Today, in the final instalment in the trio of world title fights taking place in Tokyo, Japan, Takuma Inoue scored a surprise KO win over Jerwin Ancajas of the Philippines to retain his WBA bantamweight title.
Takuma Inoue, better known as the brother of ‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue and who could have well earned the nickname ‘Surprise Package’ Inoue, decided that merely keeping his WBA bantamweight title wasn’t enough.
Takuma Inoue Stuns Jerwin Ancajas with Knockout Body Shot in Round 9! Takuma Inoue stamped his authority as the WBA bantamweight kingpin, delivering a thunderous body shot in the ninth to lay former champ Jerwin Ancajas flat, marking Ancajas’ first stoppage loss.
Santiago vs. Nakatani: Watch LIVE on ESPN+ live in the U.S. beginning at 4:00 a.m. ET
On Saturday morning in the wee hours in America, Junto Nakatani goes up in weight to challenge Alexandro Santiago for his WBC 118-pound strap.
After a pretty quiet weekend schedule for boxing fans (we should of course have seen the big fight on this past Saturday night, between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury, but alas, we hope (and pray) for the new date of May 18 to come off) – we can now look forward to a solid schedule set for this coming weekend.
Former IBF/WBA junior middleweight champion Julin ‘J-Rock’ Williams and WBC interim 160-lb champ Carlos Adames both weighed in successfully on Friday at the weigh-in for their main event contest on Showtime at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
If you are in no rush to see this year’s boxing action end, while at the same time you cannot wait for 2022’s boxing schedule to begin, you are in luck.
It’s traditional for a big fight to take place in Japan on New Year’s Eve. Over the years we’ve seen some great battles between the lower men go down on the big night, and this year it could be Kazuto Ioka’s turn once again.
One of the best lower weight fighters in the world today, Jerwin Ancajas is also operating in a most talent-rich weight division: super-flyweight.
One year ago, WBO junior featherweight world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete was a relatively unknown title challenger. He is now one of the world’s premier fighters and boxing’s most active world champion.