Bitcoin Forum

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/05/21/blobd89104537cd80bf6.png

https://sports.inquirer.net/442761/jerwin-ancajas-set-for-new-years-eve-unification-vs-kazuto-ioka-in-tokyo

It's now official Philippines Jerwin Ancajas will fight Japanese Kazuto Ioka for unification of their IBF and WBO crown.

Ancajas, one of Philippines longest reigning champion, will go for his 10th title defense of his IBF. So this will big as we will have to witnessed another Filipino boxer before the end of the year with Ancajas going to Japan and fight Ioka.

This will be a difficult and an even match between the two.

Both are champions, Ancajas the more experienced as he has defended his belt many times. But then again, we known the history between Japanese fighters and Filipinos, they have a history so. this will be close match for me. And Ancajas didn't look good at his last fight against Rodriguez so hopefully he will bounce back with a solid performance here.

I think this is big fight for Jerwin and soon maybe we can see a unified champion in this division. The other belt is being held by Juan Francisco Estrada, the WBA/WBC.

So if ever Jerwin win this fight, we might see a unification bout with Estrada next year and this will be huge. We all know that Estrada is a very though fighter as well, just concluded his match with Chocolatito and it is a war. So hopefully a Ancajas vs Estrada could be made and this is the fight that I wanted to see.

Defended his belt 10 times, that's a badass fighter. He is got to be one of a kind. I have not seen any of them fight but I might just watch on youtube. He looks small compare to the Japanese. If he had defended himself I guess the guy has a ton to show.


So there has to be unification again after this Ioka fight.  A unification fight like a champ vs a champ is very challenging for both since they are experienced compared to just challengers. It's not listed yet on bookies.

Ioka is made for Ancajas style, Ancajas is a counter puncher with a lot of variation of punches, he loves to slug it out and loves his opponent to always makes a move and move forward, I checked Ioka's loss to Nietes and he needs to improve on his style if he is going to face a technical fighter like Ancajas, I have Ancajas winning here by a decision or even by knock out in the later rounds.

After so many years months, we finally can see Jerwin Ancajas fight again in the ring. It's just frustrating to note that sean Gibbons seems to be having a hard time securing a fight for Pretty Boy Ancajas. Talent-wise, he is the next big thing in the Philippines in boxing I think but the inactivity is somewhat pulling the champ down but the good thing with him is that he doesn't say anything about his situation in social media, unlike Casimero.

He is already big in the Philippines but not in the world, and this fight will bring him to another step to become popular in the world boxing community, Ioka is not a great technical fighter nor a hard puncher so definitely Ancajas has an edge over Ioka, Ioka loves to engage so Ancajas will not have a hard time finding his range and since he is a counter puncher he'll score a lot here, if Ancajas can paly his game right he'll add another belt to his name.

Another exciting fight to watch for. This should be a good challenge for Ancajas as although he has a better record, but Kazuto Ioka's 27 wins record is also good, it means he has the experience in boxing and he can give Ancajas a problem in this fight. Waiting for the betting odds, so we have an idea of who will be listed as the favorite to win.

This will be a very close fight in my opinion. Jerwin Ancajas has a total of 36 bouts while Kazuto has only 29 bouts, but Kazuto has more K.O wins than Jerwin Ancajas. So it will be hard to know who is gonna win this fight, this would be tricky to bet. But as a filipino, I would support and bet for Jerwin Ancajas since many filipino boxers are strong in the ring even though they are already struggling because of the damage they've taken.

Yes, I think, it seems that this is a good stylistic match up between the two and I see Ancajas winning this fight maybe by knock out. Ioka might be very aggressive, but Jerwin has the counter and has power in both hands. So it will be slug fest as Ioka wanted to impress his Japanese fans too.

So same as what you see, Ancajas by knock out of decision in a war.

@bisdak40 - maybe it's time for Ancajas to sign with Probelleum, don't you think? So that he will get exposure as Sean Gibbons is having a hard time securing a fight for all this Filipino boxers.

Him and Donnie Nietes are the most underrated Filipino champion we have right now. It's either Sean Gibbons is not doing his job as MP promotions or Filipinos are being low-ball in the boxing industries. I do hope that his inactivity and ring rush will not affect him that much because he is facing a very dangerous opponent here. This fight has been in talks since October if I'm not mistaken so pretty much Ancajas though is ready and has been mentally preparing for this fight for a long time.

The fans will be able to watch this as it's on the day before the new year where we are busy preparing for the celebration. I'm not familiar with Ioka but based on his record, his experience would also be enough to give Ancajas a tough challenge, so this should be an exciting fight.

Last fight against Rodriguez, he is -800 in the betting sites, not sure if he is still the favorites to win in this fight.
https://sportsbookwire.usatoday.com/2021/04/10/jerwin-ancajas-vs-jonathan-javier-rodriguez-fight-odds-picks-and-prediction/

I kinda agree on this one. Ancajas has always been so underrated even in the Philippines. I think both the promotion and the Filipinos in general was the root cause why Ancajas became underrated.
I though Ancajas will fight he's next rumoured opponent Estrada. Because that's what the fans loves to see.
That Rodriguez fight was a slugfest, but I think an Estrada fight going against Ancajas would be a much better match.

I have no idea who this Japanese guy is, but I hope he's really good that will potentially gives the fans a helluvah fight.

Yeah, the Penalosa brothers (Dodie and Jerry) comes to my mind when seeing Filipinos and Japanese war inside the ring.


But he still won and defended his title. Maybe it was due to the pandemic or inactivity and ring rust, but the good thing is that he was able to overwhelm Rodriguez late. But against the Japanese, he shouldn't have mental lapses early and should attack him and not give Ioka his comfort zone in this fight.

Ancajas will be fighting a champion who is on the run to win titles only loss is against Donnie Nietes and it was a very close fight, Ancajas should come here very prepared because Ioka is a worthy opponent and he is backed by his hometown, another motivation for him.
I have seen Ancajas fought and he is a fighter who always brings excitement in every fight and since Ioka is a slugger who loves to come forward, this is going to be a very exciting match, I'll go for Ancajas to win and unite the title.

Another Pinoy pride is on the line. There are lots of good boxing matches involving PH boxers we will be able to expect.

Ancajas name will be on the high stage again if he managed to get the WBO crown of his opponent. But same as him, if the Japanese fighter also did the same and snatch Ancajas IBF crown, he will have his name too on the high stage.

Both are equal in strength based on the tale of the tape. I wonder who will be the Favorite to win the match.

Might not really looks good but at least he do able to defend his title which matter the most and you are right somehow on the sense that he should make his performance even more better for him to retain and maintain his position on the top.

He shouldn't really be that confident on taking lightly on Japanese fighters yet I do have the same observation that this one would be a close fight.

Seems like Lots of Filipino boxers are having some number of fights of this year.

More likely Ancajas will be the favourite over the Japanese here with the his string of defenses. I can't believed that he was able to defend that belt 10 times already. That's already an accomplished in my opinion.

But he needs to chase more and by beating  Ioka he could really set up himself for the biggest payday against Estrada. If Estrada doesn't want a unification, then there is Chocolatito or Cuadras.

It's likely an even match for both fighters if we consider the stats. Well, I'm rooting for my fellow countrymen, that shouldn't be bias afaik. ;D

He's sorta kind of a fellow to be low key but he got that tremendous power to be honest and that 10th title defense isn't to be taken lightly, he's likely to defend what should be to him. Ioka will surely have a difficulty to prove those knockouts number he has. This isn't just to burst the bubble rooting for Ioka but I guess the odds is on Ancajas.

I'm not sure who would win here but I think I will go for Ancajas to win.

A Filipino fighter always has the blood of a real warrior, so whoever is promoting Ancajas, I still think he will get this win and I consider this a big fight for him since the record Ioka is good, in fact, I only see a little advantage of Ancajas here so he needs to train hard and be careful when in the ring.

Maybe we are bias towards the Ancajas, but his records speak for himself here. Champion and successfully defending it 10 straight times.


We've seen many Filipinos before, just like today, we have Casimero, Donaire and recently, Jonas Sultan pulls one of the biggest upset. So no doubt that Filipino blood has warrior mentality. Ancajas though need not underestimate his Japanese opponent and he really needs to train 100% here.

Ancajas has been defending his title for such a long time so I don't think he would just give it up that easy. I've seen how he defended his title during his previous fights and he was too aggressive which impressed lots of viewers. I'm sure that it will be a challenging match for Loka because Ancajas is well prepared for this.

From what I saw on the personality of Ancajas, I don't think that he will jump ship. Sean Gibbons should reward Anjacas for his loyalty with at least two fights next year with big names on the opposing side but first, he has to beat Ioka first.

This is unification, not a walk in the park for both fighters so we can expect this to be an exciting bout. Donnie Nietes beat Ioka via SD and we knew how tough Nietes is so this must be a close fight also.

He is touted to carry the Philippine flag after the retirement of Manny Pacquiao, although not as strong and quick as Pacquiao his style is enough to win more titles and this is one of the titles that he is going to win, Ancajas is one of the underrated boxers in the Philippines that has a world title and winning Ioka's version of the title will boost his reputation.

I'd go for Anjacas for this one. He has a pretty solid record and is known to have defended his belt quite well now. Plus his track record shows that he has the ability to go to the top, he just needs to develop in time. He's rather underrated but that doesn't mean his skills are as well, pretty sure he's already derusted from his last match with Rodriguez a few months back imo so I don't expect to see a weak opening from him in this match. Might honestly just be biased but honestly, looking at his record, it doesn't seem like I am.

He is not going to defend his belt here as it's a unification fight, so this is a big fight for him that he can get another belt on his name. For sure both fighters are training hard now and I'm excited to see the result of the training of Ancajas in the fight night. I am biased, so I'd go with the Filipino champion, whatever the odds are.

Right, and he is used to be winning in the last 10th fights so we expect him to do the same in this fight. Although another belt is on the line in for Ioka so this is huge for Ancajas and take that belt and become the undisputed at 115 lbs. And then we will see him next year fighting for the unification, although it will be a hard decision for him to move up in weight as there are a lot of Filipinos in the 118 lbs. So most likely his target is to get all the 4 belts.

He should be the one to carry the torch already as he has been the champion for many years and has defended that belt many times. I would say that Ancajas is very fast as well, remember this is smaller weight class so boxers are very quick and agile.

If he will get more exposure in the US, for sure his reputation will be known. So far though the name that comes to mind in his division is still Estrada. So he needs to win this fight and chase Juan's two other belts in this division.

I'm not sure how long have been Ancajas is with the MP promotions, but yeah been seeing videos of him about Manny Pacquiao so he must be a die fan Pacquiao admirer so he might not switch sides and will stay with his promotional company unless there is really a bad fall out between Jerwin and Sean Gibbons.

The thing though with Sean as I have said is that is not well know personality in boxing and I'm not sure how Manny get his services and for sure he has been paying good money to carry this company. So the success really depends on Sean here.

It's champion against champion but I'm on Ancajas here he is a more defined boxer between the two, even if the fight is going to be staged in Japan but Anacajas should not be complacent here and try to win by knocking out, it's hard to fight and get a win in your opponent's territory if the fight is very close I have seen this happen so many times, this is going to be a big lift for Ancajas if he unites the title.

Japan audiences are always all-out when cheering to their supported boxer. Actually, not just in boxing but for other events and sports as well.

Their audience impact is no doubt can affect the momentum of the visiting opponent while giving a boost to their favored individual. It's hard to deal with in front of a full and massive Japanese audience. I remember an athlete who pointed out that but I forgot who he is and what sports were being referred to.

Regardless, I'm sure Ancajas are not new fighting in that kind of environment.

For me it's always a true test of the mettle of a champion if he will travel to his opponents home and defend or unify their belt and then win and go home. It's because it will shown, in this case Ancajas resiliency and mentality towards fighting on a hostile crowd and shutting them up with a big own against their own. And obviously, if he unites as I have said before, it will be a big step towards unification fight and big money for him in the future.

Another good one is just about to end the year and finally, after the 9th successful defence title for Ancajas, he will fight the most likely has the chance to snatch the title from him. The fight will be one of the greatest fights he will have in his entire career as a pro. He is fighting another champion in their division which will make him one of the greatest boxers if he can unify it all and that would be the happiest new year for him.

It's always been a test of a resilience of a fighter whenever they were going to fight and will take place in their opponents territory and somehow the impact of audience could greatly affect both fighters performance inside the ring, many analysts always considering the place of the event to predict the fighter performance and Anjacas would going to be on that set. He is a strong fighter who have defended his title for a long time but this upcoming fight of him will for sure become a challenging fight for him.

Both of them are pretty good boxer, this is will be a big match just like Inoue vs Donaire. It will be hard to predict which one will win this fight, but pretty sure Ancajas would be favorite here since he can defend his title for 9th times. I will wait the bookie set the odds first, if the odds for Ancajas is lower than 1.20 I will bet for Ioka. This is another fight with a good chance there's an upset here.

Ancajas is still on his prime, we can really see it by his moves that aren't rusty and he's well favored in this match because of his experience than the Japanese fighter. Though, Ancajas is much younger than his opponent, we can't deny that even at his age, he already proved himself in his divison and this industry.
Ioka is a tough fighter too and have a high KO rate but sadly this isn't his fight, as also with the height, reach and experience advantage. So my bet is with the Pretty Boy Ancajas.

We can't all be sure about this one, this is boxing and really unpredictable especially on this match where both of the boxer have their own good records and a good skills based on their previous matches.

Ancajas was able to depend his belt for the 10th time, so this can be a big pressure to him to depend it against another champion. This is an exciting match never the less, I also believe on the strength of Filipino boxer so I think, Ancajas has a higher chance to win.

No one can be sure of who will win as even the fight between Kambasos and Lopez was a statement that a big upset could happen. This one is a fair match, both are champions, so they are good and for sure the odds are not like Lopez vs Kambasos fight. By the way, could anyone tell me how to watch this fight live? I mean, is there a channel in the Philippines that will broadcast the fight?

You are right, because Kambosos and López already teaches a lot, but given that the greatest favoritism is going by the Filipino, we cannot underestimate the capacity of the other contender, in this case although the statistics may favor the Filipino, I would like to take Keep in mind that training is a fundamental basis to win any fight, regardless of favoritism, in the ring it is only the two of them, there the statistics do not weigh more than the others, the numbers can simply fall based on the performance that one has For both fighters, if I look at it from a fighter's point of view, either one can win. In fact, I'm not going for either one yet.

Probably local cable channel will cover this one mate, but let's see. As far as I can remember Sky Cable has a "Fight Sports HD".

Anyhow, yeah this could be a 50/50 fight as both holds a belt although the advantage of Ancajas is that he has defended his 10x already and undefeated with that.

One thing that comes to my mind is the weather factor, Japan by December is very cold and Ancajas should acclimatised himself otherwise it might affect him in this fight as Pinoys are not used to a very cold weather.

Good catch right there. Extremely cold weather tends to weaken the body of a person who has used to be on a torrid weather.
However, Ancajas might already be in a place where it's close as cold as the winter in Japan. He might have adapted into different kinds of weather especially that he's constantly flying from 1 country to another whenever he has a fight.

Moreover, body conditioning will be they key to eliminate that factor, keep the sweat coming once he steps foot on the ring.

They are both in SFW division, and I also note that their record, height and reach advantage have only little gaps, as well as their KO rate. So this fight will be a close one and they're both tough, because this Japanese challenger is also at his 4th win streak and it's just the pressure that is added into Ancajas carrying, as well as the flag of all Filipinos.
Also, the winter season in Japan is approaching, so it's gonna be a very tough training for Ancajas.

Yeah, team Ancajas should come to Japan at least two week for him to really be familiar with the weather because for sure it will be snowing in Japan and the Philippines doesn't have that one in their calendar. So get early in Japan then continue his training under this weather so that once the actual fight, there will be no more adjustment in the coldness of Japan as his body are used to it already.

Right, I haven't check Jerwin's record but maybe this is not the first time that he will go and fight in Japan. And for sure they have taken this in consideration already and could be entering Japan much earlier. This fight is more of a mental game for him, going to the opponents country and beating him, that is what's more important for him and that should be the one in his mind. The physical, these boxers are well trained, so it boils down on the mental aspect of the game.

Jerwin's team anticipates that and as a fighter, he needs to overcome anything that will hinder to his fight.

More conditioning training that will help him to adopt this kind of weather, aside from mental he also needs to strengthen his stamina
Fighting against your opponent's home really needs both to be enhanced.

He needs to prepare everything to prove that he can beat Ioka and to have more fights for his career.

He has a good record, 33 wins, and 1 loss only against Mark Anthony Geraldo via MD but that was in the early stage of his career. About the weather condition, I'm sure he will be able to adjust as he has fought in cold countries as well, so I don't see it as a problem for him.

It's overwhelming how pinoys compete with passion. Not bias, I watch a lot of foreign movies instead of our own but when it comes to sports especially in boxing, I love to see fellow Filipinos compete.
Ancajas and Ioka are both great boxers. They were molded by handwork, patience and time. They have proven their love for the sport they love.
Individually, I observed that Ancajas uses his strengths (height, reach, speed and body), he thinks carefully and has great combination. On the other hand, Ioka, I have watched some of his previous matches and have notice great improvement in his game for the past years. His speed and aggressiveness sure are noticeable. Both have unique way of throwing punches yet strong. Ioka may have a bit of edge when it comes to stamina but I think both can keep up until round 9 or 10 with the same energy. This will definitely be an interesting fight.

I wont see this to be a big factor that would affect Ancajas performance and yet if we do really count off the duration of the entire round time wont really be that enough on affecting someones condition except on getting exhaustion due to the fight itself.

I agree that they are bit aware of Japans weather condition which a boxer could really have already planned on being able to adapt
yet being a boxer who do flew on different countries would be mainly having this consideration.

The boxers always consider the environment they are in, this is the reason why sometimes they train in the country where the venue is.
They know their weaknesses, so that's the job of their respective coaches, to address those weaknesses before the match.
I guess, I will be betting on the Filipino boxer here. A lot of Filipino boxers are getting famous because of their resilience inside the ring.
Also, take into account that Ancajas is under MP Promotions (Pacquiao's company), which I believe, he is in good hands.

edit : I just read an article that this fight is postponed, so it will not happen at the end of the year. This is owed to new covid restrictions.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2021/12/3/22816367/kazuto-ioka-vs-jerwin-ancajas-unification-officially-postponed-boxing-news-2021

Dang, how unfortunate to hear up the news i though this would push through.Any news for other possible or upcoming fights to be postponed as well?
Im not seeing for this to be that serious specially now that new variant comes out.It feels like we are already going back to the start where
we are really that affected on this pandemic situation.Hope on next year we would continue into those normal days that
we've been used to.

I guess, we need to expect more fights or other sports events to be postponed owed to this new Omicron variant. Some countries area already closing borders from other countries like S. Africa or being strict again with the travelers. So the fights that are scheduled for last week of December may possibly be postponed. So hold off your bets for now and keep up with the news.

Damn, this could be the first of many fights that will be postponed due to this new COVID-19 variant. I think the fight between Murata and GGG will also be postponed and the Inoue defense might as well be held early next year.

I knew that this is only temporary but I'm hoping that those fights involving popular boxers must be held in the US.

This is too bad but that's the reality of the sports in the middle of the pandemic, there could be more postponement, not only on sports like boxing but other events as well, I just hope the postponement will not like what happened to the Kambosos - Lopez where a total of postponement happened, we'll see more development when things get better.

It's better if this fight will be move to the US, but I think Ioka's manager and I'm assuming he is a Japanese might not be well aware of the promotional requirements in the US and that's why they chooses Japan. And it will be an advantage for Ancajas if they decided this fight to happen in the US as he has been fighting stateside for quite sometime now.

Yeah, it seems that the GGG vs Murata is also cancelled for this year because of the same reason.

That's really not good, we have been waiting for this moment to come and yet it's canceled.

Their efforts are wasted because they won't be able to use their training soon due to the postponement.
So, are we going back to the early stage restrictions of covid-19 pandemic?

both boxers have a high fighting spirit especially with Ancajas who indeed I feel he has something different from his fighting style.
but on the other hand they are actually quite balanced and I expect an exciting game from here.
Even though Ioka is very strong and quite an aggressive type of fighter but I will be by Ancajas' side for now

Maybe it was only Japan for now, but we will see, and as far as I know Asia hasn't been affected by the Omicron yet but Japan just wanted to do some preemptive measures to prevent the spread in their country.

I don't think their efforts for training are wasted, they just have to take a break and wait for the official announcement as when is the fight going to happen next year. So they still need to be in the best shape and battle ready anytime.

Same here, I will side Ancajas because I trust our boxers in PH. This is a good match for Ancajas as both are champions and they'll unify in this fight. Let's just wait for further announcements as to when the fight will finally happen as it's announced it's postponed.

@OP, maybe edit the thread to "postponed", so people will be aware and will not expect the fight this December 31.

Will always be the supporter of our boxer and its really good that Ancajas defended his title for the longest time and for sure, he can still do if this time. Its ok to postponed the match to give them enough time go prepare, let’s wait for their next announcement and I can’t actually wait for it because I want Ancajas to win on this match and continue to defend the title.

They are already given enough time to prepare, the postponement is just caused by the new covid-19 variant, we didn't see this coming but since it happened already, we have to accept and remain optimistic that soon we will see this fight being realize. I hope the fight of Donaire vs Gaballo and Casimero vs Butler will not be postponed too.

A delay because of the new variant and health protocol, which gave them more time to prepare. Ancajas has been a consistent boxer and that’s why he defended the title for the 10th time, its surprising but if you look at how Ancajas work in the ring, you’ll be more convince that he is a great boxer. Hopefully early next year they push through this match, and let’s hope that the new variant is not that strong.

New variant would be normally stronger since it cant really be avoided or immune to the current vaccines that we dp have to day and so as with other
upcoming variants.
If it turns out that they had delayed or postponed it up well its not surprising. For Ancajas then he wouldnt be called good if you havent able to defend your title and having 10th defense is something you could really be proud of or something a boxer
couldnt easily maintain or sustained.

This is going to be a difficult fight for Ancajas, even if he has more professional fights than Ioka the Japanese fighter has fought 23 championship fights out of a total of 29, so Ioka has more experience on these kind of fights in which everything can change with a single punch, obviously Ancajas has a chance but I suppose Ioka is going to be the favorite for the fans and the casinos, especially since the match will take place at Japan.

But anyway, since this fight is postponed, both fighters still have the chance to prepare on this fight.
Look for their weaknesses and their opponent's weaknesses and try to work on them.
Strategy sometimes is the secret tactic to defeat a strong opponent.
And of course, the preparation for the fight is the main component to win the game.

Yes both fighters has more time to prepare since it is postponed.

For this fight, I believe they're even because of their experiences. Ancajas did a good job defending his IBF title while Loka had a consistent victory after his loss against Nietes last 2018. They're with same height and both are young (though not really the basis). Since Ancajas is a fellow Filipino, im rooting for him to win and this is a big break also in his career.

Not sure about that, I think Ancajas will still be the favorite in this fight based on the strength of his 10 successive defense of his title as IBF champion. Although the fight is going to be in Japan but currently postponed, Ancajas for me has more of the experience fighting good fighters in his resume. For me experience is not based on the number of fights, but on who they face as opposition before and mostly, Ancajas has a tougher fight but won all 10 defending his belt. But yes, it will be another difficult fight for Ancajas, but hopefully he can beat his Japanese foe and unify the belt and continue his reign and look for more lucrative and bigger fight in this weight class.

Yep and don't forget boxing is very popular Philippines, while in Japan aren't really popular. The odds is mostly based on the bettors, we already see most of Philippines boxer has low odds or be favorited.

Ancajas has fought 36 fights and only lose once, it's more larger than Ioka.

But I agree with the part this fight will be difficult for Ancajas, based on Ioka's previous fight this guy has a talent and good puncher. I think it's worth to bet on an underdog here, we've seen so many upset this year.

Ancajas has a good record yet Loka is also surprising when it comes to the matching ring. His punches and movements are unpredictable and I guess this will be a challenge for Ancajas. To be honest, they're a good match since they're both wild when they're on the ring.

Stats do matter most of the time because experience does count but yes its true that there are lots of upsets that do happen on this year.

But i would still stick with Ancajas yet experience does count but he shouldnt really be that confident when it comes to the fight.

He should do the casual thing in regards on his previous fights and still stick on his fighting style and would make out some adjustments if needed to.

This is indeed what Ancajas is looking for
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/boxing/812331/jerwin-ancajas-vs-kazuto-ioka-unification-set-for-december-31/story/%3famp (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/boxing/812331/jerwin-ancajas-vs-kazuto-ioka-unification-set-for-december-31/story/%3famp). He needs more exposure and needs more fight for him to prove his worth.
For me, even with the Filipino boxing fans, he's still underrated. I hope Ancajas will finish this fight in a devastating fashion.

Ancajas is a good fighter I have watched some of his fights, he is well experienced fighter .his punches always reaches his opponent. Luca is also a good fighter too . This match will be tough  both fighters are tough , but I can't predict who win this fight.

A kind of exposure that most fighters wanted to grab. If he will win this one in a devastating fashion, it will manifest good write-ups for him.

Social media is the best place to keep your chance to be known worldwide,
sad true that even in his own county, he's not on the top list.

There are many fighters who already in this sport who created and established their names,
time for Ancajas to add his own.

Ancajas needs to seek some advice from Casimero on how to be popular, maybe he can teach him how to do some trash talking just to get the attention of the public, lol.. Pacquiao is not a trash talker but he is very popular, that's because he dominates and he is not afraid to fight anyone, instead, he knock out all of them.

This unification fight is his chance to prove to the world, Ioka is a champion as well, so this should be a great fight to watch.

He doesn't need to do that, he has to stick with his style and continue winning, eventually, his popularity will grow and he will get big fights.
If there's a good strategy to follow, that is going up in weight as more money is waiting in a heavier division, but he has to make sure he can bring the power and speed going up, just like Manny.

Asian boxers are good, these two are good but we are and we have to be biased supporting our fighters as they bring honor to our country. This isn't only entertainment where they make money, but the success of the Filipino boxers will increase the popularity of our boxers and would get good promoters.

Yes, they should and probably two weeks should be enough for the Philippine boxer to be accustom to the Japan's climate and to be much more confident until their scheduled match. Surely, it would and will be a challenge to Ancajas to make his body adjust the weather but as we know Philippine boxers are well known for their versatility, so there should be nothing to worry.

I don't think he needs to do that, first Filipino are really not known to trash talk, second, language barrier.

So it's better for Ancajas to just stick to his plan and strategy before the fight, uses his fist to make an statement.

Casimero is very different though, and if I'm not mistaken, this is the first time that we've see Filipino doing trash talking. But the thing is that he can back up all the trash talks so it's all good and effective for him so far.

I guess so, but his trash talk is not serious, he looks funny with his trash talk since he is not fluent in speaking language. I like the guy, he is a joker but a real monster in the ring. On the other hand, Ancajas is a humble fighter, all he do is just training hard and ensure a win against anyone.

Ancajas fighter style I think is the same as the great boxers who are in the philippines with aggressive style and brutal attack.
Even though Ioka is also almost the same in his fighting style, I see the persistence of this player who is very crazy which makes me optimistic to be with him.
On the other hand, I'm not saying that Ioka is a bad boxer, but I think Ancajas is better.

This is not something directly to the fight but I'm just happy that local news here our now creating an article related to the fight. Before, only popular boxers are covered but now, all PH rising stars are now also included. Talking about GMA news here although I don't know if other networks also covering the same news.

I just learned thru their news channel that the fight will be postponed due to the Omicron Variant that is now opposing the new threat of infection in the world.
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/boxing/813296/ancajas-vs-ioka-unification-bout-postponed-due-to-omicron-travel-restrictions/story/

Japan is known to be too strict in its fight against Covid. No wonder they postponed right away any public events in their country for a brief period of time.

I think the reason we are watching so many upsets this year has to do with the fact the pandemic forced the majority of the boxers to stop for a whole year, now even if they kept themselves in shape and trained really hard, the fact they could not fight for real against someone else for all of that time means their reflexes and instincts are not as sharp as they used to be, and this levels the playing field against other boxers that do not have the same level of experience, and which were not as affected by the year of inactivity they went through.

Its good that they postponed this match as early as possible, though some matches will still push through this month despite of the thread of the new variant. With regards to Ancajas, I'm impressed with his record and I know he can still defend his title. Let's wait for their announcement on the final date of this match, it can happen by January maybe.

I doubt that it will happen in January, this might push through at least 2-3 months I reckon.

As I have said, Japan is very strict with their covid-19 protocols and they don't want to happen to them what transpired during the initial spread of covid-19 in their country.

So just like the rest of you guys, we can't do anything but to wait for the fight because we all anticipated that this is going to be a good boxing match. I like Ancajas but Ioka is a big challenge for this 11th defense and then he will also take the belt of Ioka for unification.

All possible dates could be indefinite or simply waiting up for more upcoming announcement because it would push through if everything turns out to be fine

already and it sucks that we do have another delay of fights because of this new covid variant and I wont be surprised if other fights would be postponed as

well because we do really need to follow some health protocol.As for record or stats then Ancajas is impressive.

The safety of the boxer here are the top priority and its a good move for Japan team to postponed the match.
I don't think any matches will be postponed especially with Casimero, Donaire and other boxers since the match will happen this week as far as I know. I din't know much about Ancajas, but its number is really amazing hope he can still have that belt longer.

The match between Casimero and Butler is in Middle East as far as I can remember and Donaire and Gaballo is in the US, and there's no report of cancellation.

Right, safety first of the boxers before anything is, and Japan is very tough on it as far as safety protocols that's why they have to postponed this one.

Perhaps Ancajas is one underrated boxer, but his record speaks volume, 10 successful defense of his 115 lbs belt and that's really impressive.

And that is the issue, if a definitive date could be given then both fighters could just adjust their training regime to be ready to that new date, however we do not really know when the green light will be given to the fight and it is difficult to train yourself as hard as you should do it when there is not a clear goal in sight about when you will need to perform at your best, and the one that can do better during that period of time will have an advantage at the upcoming fight.

Most probably they know the tentative date to stay prepared for the match and for their trainings, they can’t just report it on Public since it can be postponed again especially if the new variant becomes more active. They really have to maintain their good health and stay active, its not easy to postponed a match especially if you are already working on it, but that’s a good thing to do.

The training sessions cost them money to pay for the trainers, and other staff necessary to keep the fighter ready, and if it's postponed, that means there will be another expense coming up so they'll double-spend though it would also give them more time to train. Blamed this to Omicron virus, Japan is not really taking this virus lightly.

That’s the consequences they have to face on postponing this match and that’s fine for the defending champion because he can have more time to prepare and have a good trainings to defend his title and stay longer with it. We know that Japan is too strict with this, not unless they do this match on other country with a lesser restriction, this might push through early next year.

They can’t just change the venue easily, it will cost them huge money as well and beside Ioka is a Japanese so this might be the reason why they choose that location. Let’s deal with this since they already postponed the match and what to do next is to stay fit and active, stay focus and never get distracted by this delay. Ancajas has the advantage on this since he can still have more time to train because he is defending a huge title on his belt.

Both boxers could really have some advantage because it would really be giving off some time for them to trading themselves and be prepared for the upcoming fight.

This isnt only the fight that had been postponed but others as well on where lots of disappointments because everything had been set up already but  due to this
new variant we are experiencing these delays once again.

Yeah, its sucks but theres nothing we could do about it but to deal with it.

It's probably the same place in Japan next year, as you have said, the organizers have shelter out huge money already so they might as well just wait when the government gives them the clearance to stage the fight. Thus no need to venue change, all the fighters should do is just focus and continue their training and wait for the call from the promoters and organizers if they are good to go. More time more training so take advantage of it.

Just watched the highlights of Ancajas vs Jamie Conlan and that body shots was really wicked.

Maybe this will be his strategy against Ioka, his body shots because it will really slow down any of his opponents once he landed this one.

Unfortunately though, we will have to wait for this fight. But after watching Ancajas vs Conlan, I'm more leaning towards the Filipino here.

That's a good advantage for the pinoy pride. Once he landed a good body shot and slow the opponent, up he can then throw solid combinations either more on the body or he can attack the face to create more damages and a possible KO. We don't know how
the training camp will condition Ancajas and what strategy they have in mind.

But, in every fighter, there's always a combination of their system. I follow you with your pick

got that same impression. ;) ::)

It's always head and body combination, but if the defense of a fighter is good, he makes sure he will protect his body because if the body will fall, the head will follow, you know what I'm saying. After seeing how Donaire beat Gaballo with a "liver shot", that makes me think anyone would not be able to surive if hits hard in that area, so it's a good technique to beat an opponent especially if it's a taller one.

You never can tell what if loka have a good strategy in defending the shots of ancajas. 
Though ancajas is a very good fighter with good fighting skills but I can't really tell who will win the fight, sometimes who win is unpredictable.

Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire bet his fellow compatriot with a body shot. And if Ancajas has that in his arsenal then he should utilized is as the Japanese might be weak in that area.

And we've seen a lot of good boxers really good down with a good body shot so no surprised if Ancajas are going to throw a lot just like in the Conlan fight because it can really show down anyone. But it should be perfect as he is going to be open for a counter right which Ioka has some power in that hand.

Sometimes I'm biased and in this fight, I'm biased, lol.. I'm with Ancajas to win here, I did not review the highlights of his opponent but I believe that Ancajas could win. He is still young, I hope he will improve like Donaire because for me, Donaire is the greatest boxer in the Philippines alive, next to Pacquiao of course.

True, the Donaire vs Gaballo fight is a classic example on how a body shots can end a fight and that is the beauty of it. And that is what Ancajas did to the British fighter, it was not a once punch, although everytime he hits him in the body he grimaces in pain until the referee stop the fight.

@Gosgosking - I know that Ioka might have a good strategy against Ancajas. But what I'm saying is that Jerwin possesses a good body shot as well. May not be perfect but it can do the job if he hits on the right spot on Ioka.

It is true that most likely this is not an easy thing to do, but if the fight is delayed for too long it will have to be canceled or they will have to change the venue of the fight, and I suppose that canceling the fight should be even more costly, after all we must understand that in order to reach top shape boxers need a full team of specialists working for them 24/7, and if there is no fight then this means all of those expenses would have been for nothing.

Oh well, if the fight is going to be cancelled then so be it. I mean this fighters have been training already when the news come out that it will be postponed because of Japan's health protocol. And so it is not sure when the fight will happen next year or not. If Ancajas will have another offer, then I would say grab it and win and then he can go back to Ioka again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPfsYgFUY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oExTYsN3Ms8

Among Filipino boxers i would see that this would be really be following on the step of Pacquiao.
This man is a good and heavy puncher. You could see this man is good on technical aspects.
Had the stamina and power.

He just need to have more exposures and this fight will give him that, with the hype of social media,

Ancajas can bring his name to another level, good skills and a killer's punches, if Ioka will go blow by blow the chance
to see him down is possible to happen.

Unless he also has that same caliber to take Ancajas' punches and throw his own versions of heavy blow,
very exciting to wait for sure fans will enjoy if both fighters will show aggressions to win.

I think this fight has been postponed already because this will took place on New Year's Eve at Tokyo, Japan. And the Japanese government has issued ban on international flights to Japan and closing it's borders because of the omnicron variant. Just like Murata vs GGG, there's no schedule yet of when does the Japan will open again. But maybe sometime in the 1st quarter of January. I know it's frustrating because we already anticipated to watch this fight on this very month.

This is a tough wall to beat I could say but I do believe that Ancajas could beat it down but wont really be that simple.Its true that he does need more exposure. which simply means  that from now on he should really make wins and make some noise in  regards into its existence.

There would be considerations that he might be the next Pacquiao just like on what stomachgrowls said.

What Pacquiao did is an tough act to follow, and when we say that he's probably going closer to what Pacquiao has achieved might need for him to have more fights, I mean more fights from a remarkable and elite fighters. However, I agree that he's an underrated Filipino fighter like what the other says, he only needs to beat more opponents and improve.
Though he's 29 but he still has a lot of years to be more successful than what he had right now.
Pacquiao's career began booming after he defeat and dominated Barerra and he was 28 by that time.

You can tell already the difference between Pacquiao and the current popular boxing in the Philippines, and personally, I would say that no one is close to Pacquiao's skills and they'll never become an 8th division champion or even just 5th division champion. However it should not stop them from fighting as that makes the Filipino boxing proud and they bring glory to the country.

It's not that simple. The fight is just postponed, not canceled. A boxer can't just accept another offer until an official announcement is released and legalized.

Let's talk about that another offer issue if the fight will be canceled for good. As for my own view, the fight will push through. It's not that Japan will not lift its restrictions for several months especially if no such thing as a big alarm regarding the new virus variant.

Let's hope for smooth progress while waiting for the re-schedule date. We don't want another sports lockdown to happen next year.

It's only a rare case when a PH boxer can adopt the challenges in the pound for pound. Excluding Pacquiao, almost all caliber PH boxers stay only within the same weight class. The reason is, it's the limit for a Filipino Boxer and that's the fact. Pacquiao just becomes different because it's really destined that his body can surpass the supposed limit he should just fight. His experience that started from a very young age contributes to the capability of his body to step up within a much higher weight class.

Sorry but currently, no active PH boxers can have the same steps with Pacquiao. That boxer is not born yet. Ancajas, Gaballo, Magsayo, Casimero, or anyone else, will just dominate their respective weight class but no way they can be pound-for-pound boxers like Pacquiao.

I agree with this and also people or the fans would be the ones to notice it if there would be someone would able to follow the steps on what Pacquiao
had able to achieved and going for 8 world divisions is something  that cant really be easily achieved.If Ancajas would at least tend to step
on higher divisions and get those belts then he might be the potential one that follows Manny.

It's because Manny is just one of a kind the last great Pinoy p4p is Flash Elorde in the 60's and then Manny is 2000's. So it's just like one coming in every 50 years or so.

No disrespect to the boxers you mentioned they are all good in their own right because they are all champions but there's only one Manny Pacquiao is Philippine boxing or even in the boxing world. It's hard to duplicate what he has done in the sports.

I also have to agree. Our rising stars will just probably stay in their current division. If there's a possibility to move up, only a single division up and that's their final division, or maybe will revert back to their comfort zone. Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer that surpasses the weight division that a Filipino boxer can. It's a blessing for him as in terms of bodybuilding, we have limits as mentioned above. Unlike in European or Western countries, a baby has a chance to bout at the heavyweight class in the future, with or without forcing it to happen. We didn't even think that someday famous boxers like Oscar Dela Hoya, Shane Mosley, Ricky Hatton, will be faced by a Filipino boxer and even knocking them out.

Nonito Donaire, John Riel Casimero, Brian Viloria are some of the examples of those Filipino Boxers who are popular and the best "only" on their respective divisions.

^^ Right, there's a lot of good Filipino boxers, but Pacman is just above the rest of them. Not just inside the ring, but outside he has accomplished so much for the Philippines helping people and becoming a Senator.

Going back to the topic, Ancajas should be really sharp in this fight. 100% full and dedicated to training and even if the fight is push through he shouldn't lost focus on his Japanese opponent because Ioka is also very solid all around. I do hope that this fight will happen, this is going to be the biggest test on Ancajas and we wanted to see if he can pass it.

We all know that Ancajas is one of those Filipino great boxers of all time.
In this fight ancajas trained well because Loka is not just easy to beat and we all know that Loka has a strategic plan for his opponent, he is not greedy in terms of fighting. This is a challenging fight to ancajas.
In ancajas side I think he have a chance to win this fight,  all he need is to study the moves of loka then he must not greedy and prepare for a big counter punch.

So far, we haven't heard any Filipino boxers that can be compared like the speed and have a strong left punch like Manny Pacquiao because this is where Pacquiao has been known. There's a lot of good Filipino boxers, like Nonito Donaire, Casimero, Gaballo, and others and they have their own kind of game when they are inside the ring. About Anjacas I am referring to this fight record I think this rising fighter has a lot of potentials that can offer all throughout his career.

Does the betting odds of this upcoming fight are already out?

FYI, this fight is postponed because of Japan's strict safety and health protocol, so there will be no odds yet for this fight.

All we have to discuss is to speculate as who is going to win or whether Ancajas will have to seek other opponents next year as we don't know when is Japan going to allowed the fight to be held in their country. But I'm thinking that's better for Ancajas though to wait for everything to settled down and fight Ioka, just saying.

It's just postponed but it will certainly happen by next year. This is a unification fight if I'm not mistaken, so this fight is really interesting as whoever wins this fight will boost a boxer's chance to be popular and get bigger fights in the future, my bet or our bet is Ancajas.

I think we all understand that this is something the government has decided to do to protect their population and we respect it, but still as fans of boxing we are also disappointed, after all a lot of time passed before we could see good fights due to the pandemic and now it seems that we are bound to see something like what we are seeing at Japan happen again all over the world, since it is impossible that this new strain is going to be contained and most likely it is already infecting people all over the world.

That's what I'm also trying to point out, we as fans are also disappointed by the cancellation of the fight because we wanted to see this fight as we anticipated that it will be an action pack match. And we all thought that the virus effect to us has subsided because majority has taken a jab although we are not 100% protected. And then came the new variant that ruin everything again. Hopefully though, it will still happen next year so all we can do is wait for it.

I have doubts on the Senator part, I mean he has the highest absences back when he was still a Senator so I don't see how he is helping the people. Ancajas is on another level though, I mean he has only 1 lose and it's a close one too and around 20+ of his wins were by KO so I don't see how he is going to be losing in this one.

On the sport side, Ancajas have that great chance in beaing Ioka once the fight got a go signal.

I mean like we all are saying, he got the power punch if that combo landed direct to Ioka's critical part the win will be there
for him.

We just need to wait for further development about this fight and hope that he will bring the glory.

Yes, Ancajas is also a champion before we forget, he has defended this belt for a long time now.

So he has face a lot of good contenders and champions along the way, maybe this one will be his toughest fight but still he has a good chance if those powers landed on the chin and body of Ioka. Boxers are vulnerable to body shots and if hits you on the spot, for sure they will have to go down. So I'm seeing Ancajas utiliizing his power on slowing down Ioka thru body shots.

Unfortunately it seems we are going to have to learn to live with this pandemic, after all even if scientists find a way to reduce the impact of this new strain the virus is going to keep mutating, our only hope is that it no longer mutates into something even more dangerous than the omicron strain which currently has everyone worried, if that is the scenario that happens maybe we could go back to some semblance of normality during 2022 or 2023 and we could go back to enjoy boxing matches as we used to, which is all what the fans of the sport want.

We are all thirsty or been longing on going back into those normal days on where we dont need any face mask or shield and our lives would go back to normal as well and so as with those sports matches
on where gamblers really longing to see these matches without having those kind of delays due to those mutated viruses that do keeps spreading and making things even more worst.
Lots had been delayed and been affected and could possibly start up all over again.

Going back on the topic then Ancajas would beat up Ioka but due to another delays then they would really be having more time to train but
this is actually making things even more longer.

Both of them will have more training, I'm not sure if it's good for them but sometimes delays are bad for the boxers as they only have a certain time to train, otherwise, they'll overtrain and it's not good for their body. However, we can understand that delays happened these days due to the pandemic, so hopefully, they know that and they'll adjust accordingly.

Yes, exactly, so the delays have a 50/50 effect on the boxers, just look at the Lopez vs Kambosos fight, the fight was delayed and then Kambosos was more resilent that's why he upsets Lopez by a big win.

Not saying the case will be the same here, but the delays will have a big psychological impact on this boxers because they have trained enough to peak for the schedule and then suddenly everything will change just like that.

The delays or the rescheduling of the fight gives a considerable amount of time to fighters to condition their body and mind on their upcoming fight but also at the same it reduces the momentum or the eagerness of the fighter to win the fight. As I have remembered most of the time once the fight is rescheduled or delayed it ended up canceled but I do hope this case will be just like the fight of GGG and Murata since this fight was also scheduled to be held in Japan but was rescheduled too because of covid.

I think still favors Jerwin here, I mean he doesn't need to get his body used to the cold December weather in Japan as this was raised earlier in the discussions.

If the fight is still going to be held in Japan but push back, then winter is over and Ancajas who is used to warm weather might not need to go to rigorous adjustments as the winter might be over when the fight is rescheduled for next year.

It's not a major factor for sure, his team knows the weather in Japan and they will be ready for that so Jerwin will not get affected by the weather, they will prepare him to be 100% during the fight as it's a very important fight for the Filipino Champion. Since it was postponed due to covid-19 restrictions, then he will get more time to train and get used his body with the weather condition.

Weather condition wont really be an issue and its impossible for Ancajas team wont really be aware on such factor which could possible affect their boxers performence or condition on that fight day.
They are getting used to different climate for sure specially when you are going for world stage fights which this wont be an issue imho.I have high hopes for Ancajas to win up this fight
although even if its been delayed even other fights as well due to that other strain of virus then this is a good time on making things better
when it comes into their training.

I think it will be a major factor, that's why boxers travel ahead before the fight, like 2 weeks or more to really get used to the environment as this is very much different to where Jerwin is trying is, (I'm assuming it will be in the Philippines).

Just imagine American boxer travelling outside and fighting in Japan, so they will have to adjust whether they like it or not. So same with any other foreign fighters including Ancajas.

This is definitely going to be a problem but it is just one more challenge they will have to overcome and the one that better adapts to these circumstances is going to have a huge advantage over the other boxer, after all it is known that professional athletes train themselves in a way that lets them reach peak condition just when they need it, after all it impossible even for them to be at peak condition all the time, so a delay in the fight will force them to adjust their training schedule, and if one of them cannot do it while the other fighter can then the difference in their performance can be big enough to decide the outcome of the fight.

With the delay of this match, can the OP update the title of this thread as well, as it is not dec 31 anymore?
We don't know when will this happen this coming year as it depends on covid restrictions in Japan.
If this will push thru in the first quarter, they may not accept live audience again.
There are good boxing matches coming up but I guess, we need to wait for these covid restrictions  to loosen up again.

Yeah, but since it will be reschedule I guess it won't be a factor now but if this fight happens in December wherein it is very cold, for me somehow Jerwin will have to double up because of the weather.

So let's just wait for any update on this fight, for sure Filipino fans are again very excited because one of their very own are in the headlines again and has a big chance to win against his opponent. And winning here means more fights in the future.

I don't know if the conditioning part is totally true so I won't refute but given that it's a Filipino boxer, it's probably for the training rather than acclimation to the place, US probably has a more well rounded and advance training facilities that's not just available in the Philippines or probably that's all there's to it, acclimation.

Every match had his own strategy towards the game. Once the game was defence by the player. It was very hard to made a win win against him. Because defence game of boxing is best one compared to other.

Ancajas is a problem man.  Smart ass fighter with power and great body shots.  I honestly think he can beat the top fighters in the lighter weights:  Chocolatito, Estrada, and Inoue. The future of boxing os in good hands with fighters like Ancajas, Davis, and Ryan Garcia.

Though I support Filipino boxers I don't think Ancajas is strong enough to beat the names you mentioned, especially Inoue. I guess we can take one step at a time, if Ancajas will beat Ioka, then we can talk on his possible match, maybe one of the names you mentioned.

Few days for this long fight I have been waiting for to take place. My support goes for ancajas he is a smart fighter with great tactics,  let me just chill and wait to watch the outcome of the fight.

We don't know if it's a long fight since both fighters are capable of knocking out their opponent. Ancajas may have more fans here from the Filipino boxing community, but we have to understand that Ioka is fighting in his country and that's his advantage. Both fighters are really strong since it's unification fight, it's the battle between the best.

Yup, this is an interesting fight as both are belt holders but IMO, Jerwin Ancajas has the advantage as he has fought in the US and other places more than Ioka since the latter mostly fought in his home country but the good thing about this fight for the Japanese is that it would be held in Japan which put some advantage points on Ioka.

For the information of everybody, this fight is going to happen next year as the promoter have postponed the fight due to the emergence of Omicron variant of covid-19 so we have to wait for a few more months before we can see these two face each other.

Yes, I think all the big boxing fights in Japan are canceled or postponed, like the fight of GGG against a Japanese opponent too. Let's wait for the official announcement as to what date it will happen, hopefully we will not have to wait for so long, 1st week next year is enough to wait as the hype is still there.

Here is an update, the fight is not going to happen. But our very own Jerwin will face Argentina’s Fernando Daniel Martinez in February.

While Ioka fellow Japanese fighter Ryoji Fukunaga.


https://www.boxingscene.com/jerwin-ancajas-fernando-daniel-martinez-ibf-title-fight-set-february-us--163094

So I guess the fight between Ioka and Ancajas can still happen next year if both fighters win their respective fights.

^^ I have to check Fernando Daniel Martinez record and see how tough this guy is:

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/809729

13 wins 0 losses with 8 KO. So this is a banger and has power as well. So for sure this fight will be very exciting to watch because of the two knock out artist and obviously this fight can in a a massive knock out and hopefully it will be Jerwin who will win this fight.

That's a good challenge for Ancajas, fighting an undefeated fighter is not easy because his opponent has all the confidence and will be aggressive in the fight. I know Ancajas is a smart figher, he has one lose but he is a quality fighter so I think he will take care of this opponent.

A fighter will always aim for winning. Even though we could say that Ancajas is a smart fighter, still he needs not to be confident but rather to keep on training hard and consistent with their plan. I assume this gonna be a tough fight for me, I can see it as he is fighting for an undefeated boxer, and to prove that he was smarter than him, then he must go for the knockout or else, he will lose.

Not bad and with that kind of stats, the KO power is interesting to watch out.

Hope Ancajas will bring some entertaining blow to blow counter punching so fans will enjoy this fight, and with the gamblers
this is a good time to place a bet on whoever they think will take this one.

This one would give both fighters a good hypes.. whoever wins will have good opportunities to get more high paying fights.

Aggressiveness is within the young blood, thinking to make a shortcut to make a good name under this sport.

I think with that kind of stats he will go for the kill, while with Ancajas, this man is a smart one. He will observe and see if what style to

used to bring his opponent's down. This is another challenge for him. He needs to train harder. A good preparation will be the key

to win this fight.

Ancajas' aggressiveness and speed is something that every opponent should be aware of and he was appointed as Manny Pacquiao's replacement as both are dangerous left-handed Boxers and have the same style.

If you look at the statistics, Ancajas are much more experienced (33-1-2) which is a very good record, and I'm sure Ancajas will win.

It's always necessary to train every fight whether you are the champion or challenger, and knowing how hungry Filipino boxers are, I'm sure Ancajas will not waste this opportunity to show to the world that he is a great fighter and he deserves bigger fights in the future. Filipino boxers are starting to be popular like Mexican fighters, so this is good for us and thanks to Pacman who started it all and supporting the young boxers.

We are heading to that journey but Filipinos are normally smaller than Mexicans so we will just probably reight in a lighter division, only Pacman is an exemption because he is the only 8th division champion who beats the biggest Mexicans in boxing. I think it's already enough to see some Filipino champions reigning in different lighter divisions.

Without a doubt boxers from the Philippines got a huge push on their popularity thanks to Manny Pacquiao, however there are many reasons why Mexican boxers are popular as well, and the most obvious one is that there is a huge Mexican community on the US which supports them no matter what, this means that when there is a fight scheduled on the US and one of the fighters is Mexican then most of the time the public will be on their side, besides we need to recognize that the Mexican school of boxing produces great fighters every single year.

We can't beat them in terms of popularity but we are happy to see some boxers in PH are getting a good promoter that brings them a good opportunity to fight abroad.  Magsayo and Casimero are good examples, they choose to fight abroad and they land a great promoter that could bring them big fight and if they'll continue to work hard for their dreams, for sure soon we will see another world champion that will make all the Filipinos proud.

I think boxing has been in-grain in Filipino blood, we have been campaigning since the beginning of boxing, Filipino's like Pancho Villa and others and then we have Pacquiao. The difference is that Mexico has a good amateur boxing as compare to Filipinos that's why they produce a lot of champions.

In any case, still this is a big test for Ancajas as others have pointed out and he shouldn't overlook Martinez because he is undefeated with good KO percentage.

Yes, he is still undefeated but look at these fights (https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/809729), those are not big fights and it's his first time to fight in the US while Jerwin Ancajas has fought many times in the US already.

martinez is undefeated even if we say most of his fights are not big. so ancajas should not take this lightly. and every boxer should not really take for granted their every fight. prepare as if there's no tomorrow. i believe that's the reason why pacquiao went after fight after fight and made his name. he did really put his all once inside the ring because he fought toe-to-toe whether he had big or small opponent.
now, these filipino boxers are on the limelight whether they can follow pacquiao's footsteps or make their own name inside the ring.

That would be Ancajas biggest mistake if he take Martinez for granted, I mean he should not overlook him because the guy is undefeated and for sure he also has some talent to show to the boxing community.

This is a good thing that even though the Ioka-Ancajas fight was canceled but the promoter of Ancajas is quick enough to seek another opponent for him to be busy next year.

Speaking of Ioka, he still fights this new years eve in Japan with another opponent, Ryoji Fukunaga but odds for this fight is not yet on the online bookies thus far.

Filipinos were popular even before Pacman reigns in the boxing industry. I remember Luisito Espinosa as a mexicutioner as well (but not as much as Manny), and the very popular Flash Elorde, including Peñalosa and Navarette. Those were some of the popular boxers before Pacman.
Pacquiao didn't actually started it all, instead he made it more resounding to the world of boxing.
Pacquiao is on a different level to the majority of the Filipino boxers and he's the inspiration to the rising filipino boxers including Ancajas.

The strategy of this two player was totally different from each others.Still they make a unique techniques to win a game in a very short period.Filipinos is good player then a Pacman.It doesn't mean, I don't like him.But the impressive techniques made them good boxer then other person.

There are lots of Filipino boxing legends but most of them did really just stop and didnt tend to go for more belts on different divisions on which Pacquiao did and what makes him more popular and been known.
Yes it did turn out to inspire other filipino boxers to take the same path and now we are seeing those potential ones who could potentially go on the same step on that Pacquiao had achieved
even though its still too far to consider out but having these small steps would really progress out.

Maybe he is considering following the step of the champion legends who were defeating every champion in their respective weight division while climbing to the top just like Manny Pacquiao did when he started to beat Ledwaba in his first fight in the USA. Ancajas have some similarities with Pacquiao and if he trains hard and works for his new technique that would surprise his opponent and break their defense, he might become one of the great boxers in history. But that will require a massive amount of effort and dedication to making it come true.

Nothing is assured when it comes to future but basing on what we are currently seeing on how Ancajas do well on his career then we could somewhat tell that he does have the potential.
All the thing he do needs is to persevere and do his best as a he could and making out big moves on his career specially on dominating each division and might able to achieve
on what Pacquiao did. Of course this one wont be easy but it wont be impossible and its not bad to have this kind of goal or mindset.
Therefore all things he do need is to put up extreme effort on achieving that.

The potential is there no doubt, actually there are a lot of good Filipino boxers in the past, they all have the potential, however when it comes to big stages, they always feel short until Manny Pacquiao come and everyone wanted to become Manny.

As he truly inspired a lot of Filipino boxers to follow his path. But everyone is very different, I don't think that Ancajas can rally and go up in weight many times. So for now he needs to concentrate on this division and clean it up and beating everyone including the American Gary Russell.

Of course, every boxers from the Philippines uses Manny Pacquiao as their inspirations. How many Filipino boxers or at least how's the boxing community in the Philippines exploded after Pacquiao breaks into the scene? And up to know new boxers are looking at him because of his accomplishments. But this fight is really difficult for Ancajas but a win here will be really big for him career wise. He could really break in the US mainstream just like Manny did when he beat the champion Ledwaba.

Why do you find it difficult when Ancajas is the most experience boxer and has a good record compared to Martinez? His opponent may be undefeated but Ancajas had some big fights that he succeeded to win, I would say it's difficult for Martinez not for Ancajas as we know who is the favorite to win here.

It's difficult because Martinez is an undefeated fight, no easy fight for any boxer as both are training hard to win. It's better that way than saying it's an easy fight as we've already seen some upsets in the past, like when we thought that Pacquiao would easily beat Ugas but what happened was the opposite.

He needs to continue working with his fighting capabilities. Winning fights can hype his name up. There are many aspiring champ that just waiting for a good opportunity. Ancajas is now taking another one to bring more good potential fight once he takes Martinez down. With many competitors, winning is the only key or ticket to bring you up with this sport.

Manny Pacquiao did all his best to climb and inspired pinoy fighters to dream high.

Once you have been given your chance, showcasing all your skills and capabilities should always be inside you. Every win is your chance to create your destiny. ::) 8)

Yeah that's the unexpected one, Pacquiao was heavy favorite but sadly he's lose.

I missed the update, IMO Kazuka Ioka has more potential to win than Martinez to be honest since he's a champion too and more experienced. The undefeated record isn't really a big matter, we should judges by his previous perform and I saw Martinez aren't that good. Still, Ancajas will be favorited since he's more popular and already defend his title multiple times.

And for the record, Ioka won over his opponent Fukunaga To Retain his WBO Title.

Scores were: 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110 in favour of Ioka.


https://www.boxingscene.com/kazuto-ioka-outpoints-determined-ryoji-fukunaga-retain-wbo-title--163156

So maybe we can definitely see Ancajas vs Ioka still in 2022 if Jerwin will win his match against Martinez in February.

That's great to hear that ioka win his fight against his fellow Japanese. I never seen the fight, but base on the score it is really close as Fukunaga might be thinking of pulling an upset against the champion.

Nevertheless, the last title fight for this year was expected as usual and there was no derail for a potential fight between Ancajas and Ioka. Maybe in the last quarter of the year, if they still wanted the fight to be held in Japan, this fight can push through.

Ioka is expected to win this fight though, Fununaga might be a game fighter but he is not on the same level as Ioka. And you can clearly see the Ioka has ring rust in this fight because he could have just walk by and knock out Fukunaga. So just imagine if that is Jerwin that he fought, he might get knock out by Ancajas by a left straight, just saying. And now that the ball is on Ancajas court to win his fight so that they fight will Ioka can be realised in the future.

Ancajas will win the fight and will beat Ioka, that's what I believe so I hope this fight will push through this year so we will see an Ancajas vs Ioka fight this year as well. With lots of unpredictable things happening related to the covid-19, we cannot be sure if the given date would be really realize.

I also wanted for Ancajas to win against Martinez but it will not be easy.

Martinez is very durable and rugged fighter, a knock out artist, but hopefully, once the power of Ancajas landed on Martinez chin, it will be over as no one can deal with Jerwin's power yet. Every opponent tries to believed that they can a good chin until Jerwin breaks it. Also Jerwin has a good body punch as well so we should all watch out for that huge punch.

I'm thinking that this Martinez is just a nobody but when you say he is durable, I began to think that Ancajas has to take his training seriously and beat an undefeated fighter. He will eventually get bigger fights in the future but it should start by beating all the opponents that will be thrown to him.

I also hope that Ancajas will be challenged by the win of Ioka and also win in this fight so they will face this year.

I also agree with you. I don't think Martinez will stand any chance against Ancajas.

You know Ancajas has a very strong punch and raw power. And if he can land at least one on Martinez's jaw, that will be the end of the match in my opinion. But, I also would not say that Martinez is a bad fighter, but I think that Ancajas surely has the edge over him. There is still a lot of time left, maybe I will place a bet later.

There's plenty of time left as it is scheduled next month, however, you cannot place your bet yet since the betting odds are not yet available. I'm afraid that just like a nonpopular fight, the odds will only be available a day before the actual fight, so you gotta wait and be patient.

Even with no scheduled fights, Jerwin Ancajas always trains hard in the gym (as posted on his social media account) that's the good thing about him and he never underestimates an opponent so he threats this Martinez fight as a championship fight.

Ioka won that entertaining fight in Japan but I thought that if Ancajas was his opponent that time, the output could have been different as his performance is not dominating.

That's good to hear, Ancajas just have to win this fight so we will see the fight that was originally designated for him. This virus is really a big constraint for the sport, hopefully, this year we will be able to handle it better so international fights would not be canceled and we will finally see a big fight for Ancajas against a Japanese.

It could be, the output could be very different, maybe Ioka will win, maybe Ancajas will score a big knock out and go home with the belt.

The good thing is that the fight is still open for the two, Ancajas just need to do his part against Martinez in February and then maybe his manager can talk to Ioka's promotion and set the fight again in Japan in the second half of the year.

I think we can't really compare Ioka's performance here as he is obviously facing a different opponent.

So who knows what will be the outcome of the fight and what if Ioka was upset by Fukunaga.

And the best gauge is to really see the two in the square ring. Ioka did his share with a tough win, so Jerwin should do the same against Martinez. And we just hope that there will be no derailing of the fight and no upset from Martinez.

That's correct, and I think Ancajas here has a tougher opponent and if he beats his opponent then I'll completely be confident that they will beat Ioka as well. No one could really tell what will happen in this fight, the outcome could be different from our expectation but I believe that even if Ancajas will lose, he can still get an opportunity to look for big fights.

The fight between the two was canceled for a reason but they didn't become inactive as they will face another fighter. Ioka already did his job and that is by beating his opponent, Ancajas' time now to win so they can still set up the fight against Ioka, probably in the same venue it was originally announced.

we may expect possible postponement of this event if things will not look good owed to omicron. but if this will push thru, the better. as we will know if ancajas will indeed face ioka. so now, the ball is on ancajas. he needs to win his match or else, he will traverse a different path afterwards.
if this will be an upset, i don't think ancajas-ioka will happen.
but high chance that ancajas will win on this one because of several advantages like long years of being pro (12 vs 4- martinez), long reach, height advantage. so if ancajas will use those to his advantage, he can easily win this match.

Right, he has a tougher opponent in Martinez which is also undefeated and we never heard about him. And that makes him dangerous as maybe Ancajas may have a difficult time adjusting to Martinez style, although I haven't check if there is a fight of him in Youtube that team Ancajas can review and see his stance and style. So they really need to step up and train hard for this one and never underestimate any opponent even if you are the favorite to win the fight.

Well apparently Ancajas has a clear advantage with respect to his strength and his technique, although I could not say that everything is lost for Martinez, there can always be a little surprise, this reminds me of what is speculated with Inoue, everyone wants him to Fight against casimero because they are completely sure that he will win, but Martinez does not fight badly, he is a boxer who has a lot of potential and has a traditional technician but I think it is something efficient, at the moment of entering the ring when seeing statistics they favor with great advantage to Ancajas, but everything is a matter of waiting for the fight to see what happens, if this time the statistics are not wrong.

It will definitely be a big test for Ancajas, however, I believed in Jerwin's capability to still win despite his opponent of a knock out artist and hasn't lost. It could be the same case of Sultan, who is the underdog in his fight and facing a boxer who has a perfect knock out record. But Sultan took everything and on the contrary, knock down that boxer (I forgot his name) en route to a good win in the judges scorecard. So the same might happen in Ancajas here, but this time it might be a knock out victory for him.

It's Caraballo, if my memory serves me right, but we can't compare the two fighters though. Martinez might be a different kind of break of knock out artist, maybe he has a tough chin not like Caraballo that when every time Jonas touches him, he immediately goes down.

But we still want Ancajas to win, no matter what method it was, knock out or thru the judges decision. We need another Filipino in the boxing world to carry the flag.

i am seeing Ancajas has many advantages over Martinez here. that is, if he will take this fight seriously and work on his weaknesses because he has edge already. experience and reach alone is a big factor that will contribute to the outcome of the fight. so if all goes well and no delay or any suspension of the fight, we will see this coming month. when it comes to odds, ancajas will be favoured here.

Let's wait for the betting odds but I also have a feeling that Ancajas will be favored to win here.  Not because his opponent is undefeated it will be tough for Ancajas to crack him, let's all remember that Ancajas is the more experienced fighter with 33 fights while Martinez has only 13.

I'm also checking the betting odds from time to time but it doesn't show anything online, it only means the we cannot expect it soon and most likely it will be out as the fight is approaching like a day or two. Most Filipinos will go for Ancajas, so I will not go the other way.  :)

Should be expected as usual.

Odds will be released once the fight is almost closed to date. First, the general odds in fiat sportsbook which should be released at least a week before the scheduled fight then expect at least a day or two for crypto sportsbook.

For now, we can refer to some boxing gurus and analysts regarding their fearless forecast about the odds but for reference purposes only.

Whatever the odds of this fight we already know who gets the most bets from our community here. Most posters are talking about Ancajas winning this fight and I wouldn't be surprise as most posters in this thread are Filipino, they could be bias or will bet according to their emotion.

Obviously it will be biased, nevertheless, Ancajas has all the tools isn't it? So I wouldn't be surprised if even non-Filipinos here will think that Jerwin has a good chance to win against a unknown Martinez.

But the odds are not out their yet, maybe though ML is not a good bet here, as it is better to look as to what rounds are Ancajas is going to win or whether this fight will be extend to 12 rounds.

Well, I think it is safe to say that they are very supportive on their fellowmen who will have a big fight on the said date. I think they are a kind of people who really value the effort of the Filipino fighter and I heard they are a solid fan of boxing which like the big fight of Manny became an expected holiday for them, no people are on the street because they are all busy watching the game like even if they are only watching it on television they really support their boxers. I think Anjacas deserve to bet on because of his skills and potentials not just by relying on the betting odds and that's what our other member here in community find it to Anjacas which yeah it includes me.

Well, of course, he has a better record than his present opponent so it's nice to put a bet on him. However, if he is highly favored to win, I guess the excitement will be gone as we always like to bet on the good odds that we also think have a good chance of winning. I hope the odds dis not below 1.60, that would already convince me to bet on Ancajas to win.

That was because local big TV stations are airing the fight of Manny Pacquiao in prime time. Unfortunately, not all PH boxers are having that kind of treatment by the big stations here because of an obvious reason that it needs to be a big fight for more advertisements to come.


I think the odds for Ancajas won't be below that 1.60.

It's not that his opponent has no chance. I even think that it will be in the range of @1.7-1.8.

I was looking for some sportsbooks and they don't have the odds yet. I will bet on Ancajas here because he has all the advantages. Maybe they will give the odds at least a week or two before the fight. Especially for them the names are not so big or popular in boxing.

No, it's not the reason why there are no available odds. Even our popular Casimero or Donaire previous fights, odds are just released a few days left before the fight. Maybe while the date is approaching, there are still lots of happening that might happen on the way that might change the odds.

Let's not rush on odds availability if, in the first place, you will only bet on Ancajas regardless of the odds. :)

That's exactly the point, we will still put our bet on Ancajas to win so there's no need to rush. However, knowing the betting odds early will give us an idea of how the public sees this fight, whether Ancajas is the favorite or not, it doesn't matter though but we just love to analyze this fight.

I think for this fight, it might in the last couple of days before we can see the odds.

At least that's what I observed on not so big fights, some sportbookies are late on opening the line of such fight but at least they will give everyone a chance to put their fight as the date gets closer.

So we will have to wait then, you will be surprised how time flies.

When it comes to experience, it always has some advantage no matter how good the records of their opponent are because they know how to counter styles based on the past fights they had in the past. Now if Martinez is a real prodigy in boxing like Garcia, Ancajas is in real trouble because he can't just knock him out based on mere experience. He really needs a real working strategy to surprise him when they step in the ring.

He has a working strategy for sure, his record is good so I believe he can still win this fight despite an undefeated opponent. No one could say he is guaranteed to win but I stick with what I believe that Filipino boxers are championship-caliber fighters now. This could be a tough match for Ancajas but he'll find a way to win.

I agree with that; he needs to find a good working strategy to knock Martinez down,

Boxing is not always about experienced. Itits more on system and adjustment, though it's also true that experienced gave
a fighter a good edge since he can calculate and quickly change his plan when the current is not working with his opponent,

I mean, experienced fighter will give tough fight to anyone that got lesser fight, it will all depends from how both fighters
prepared and execute their strategies.

We will only find out if the strategy is working if he wins the fight. Though a boxer trained hard but it doesn't guarantee a win as both of them would want to win. Maybe the best fighter wins, that's what we are going to see here and all we can do now is just hope that the fighter we are betting will win.

Also, with the increasing number of omicron virus, let's hope together that it will not result to a postponement or worst cancellation of the fight.

I think everyone has his strategy to knock out his opponents, it's just how they are going to execute it perfectly.

And that's why there are smart trainers and boxers who said that they are not going to push or look for a knock-out, they want it to come to them and then take advantage of that situation.

So Ancajas might have his own strategy, but it the knock out didn't come they he should have a plan B or even Plan C.

You are right, we've seen Mark Magsayo raising the flag for the Philippines with a big win against Gary Russell to win the belt. So it's true that Filipino are championship-caliber fighter and Ancajas could continue the tradition and the winning streak for Filipinos in the boxing scene.

Of course every match is going to be tough, as fighters wanted to knock each other out. But for sure Jerwin has seen what Magsayo has done and could inspired him to beat Martinez here.

i have the feeling that with the recent win of magsayo in boxing, sportsbooks will think on how to give odds with upcoming fights of these filipino boxers. but just looking at the tale of the tape (https://champinon.info/schedule/ancajas-vs-martinez/#close), it is clear that ancajas has many advantages over martinez. experience alone - 12 yrs of being pro vs 4, that's a big advantage in my opinion.
so am thinking that they may give 1.4-1.7 odds here in favour of ancajas. let's see after a week if they will release the betting lines for this match.

They might give that some weight. After that, upset from Magsayo bookies will balance this out. They can give that range in favor

to Ancajas, this might be a good value to bettors. They can get some decent odd bigger if compared to other favorites, but we are unsure

they might see other factors that affect the odds.

Let's wait till next week if they will provide it up and see who's going to get the favor and what are the odds for each fighter.

So it's not available in the sportsbook yet? I think Ancajas being the more experienced and a champion himself is going to be the favorite here. According to this site - https://champinon.info/schedule/ancajas-vs-martinez/#iw-modal, the latest odds are as follows.


So I guess that wouldn't change a lot, we just need to wait until it's officially listed.

I could see Alcajas' determination in all his fights even with Rodriguez. It was tough and quite hard for him but his strikes are too surprising. I do not doubt that he could perform better again this time. Alcajas is starting to put up a good name and I guess it will be another opportunity for him to prove more.

Ancajas is expected to win this fight. I mean he all have the advantages. Experience, reach and height, strength and the belt.
I
Though Martinez may not be an easy opponent, infact they are worthy of each others opponent. If they go toe to toe this fight might end up in a TKO as they both have good KO percentage above 60%.
This will be an interesting match up but then again, Ancajas is in an obvious advantage right here.

It will be, and I think Ancajas will not have this one as an easy fight since Martinez also has a good record. The only reason why Ancajas is the favorites is because he has more experience, but you can never underestimate a boxer with less experience but hungry for a win.

Hmm, good take though, I mean there have been upsets recently involving Filipino boxers, first in Sultan vs Caraballo, wherein Sultan is like 4 is to 1 underdog. And now we have Mark Magsayo also a huge underdog and beat Russell. So just maybe the next time this sport bookies are going to open up their betting line that involves Filipino boxers, maybe they will have to think about the odds first because for sure they are going to lose a lot of money if the Filipino boxers are going to win specially if they are the underdogs.

Indeed, right, Ioka will also try his own best to upset Ancajas. There's no room for Ancajas to make a mistake

 not to take this one seriously and not condition himself and train harder, his experienced maybe the best advantage, but there are way camps will able to scout him and study the way he fight, they can penetrate him if there's no adjustment or enchantment, maybe the best
Term. He needs to keep enhancing his skills and capabilities, more challengers will come each win he earns from his current division.

Power punches. If both decide to go toe to toe, I see your point since experienced wise Ancajas can work things around.

If he sees that he's opponents got that killer combos, he will adjust and will try to limit those punches to land in his critical areas, we

know how young fighters attitude towards his chances, and that might be the turning point if Ancajas will take advantage of defending

before taking control of this fight.

Still unpredictable, both fighters have that killer instinct, which is probably the best reason to watch this exciting upcoming fight.

I am very anxious for this fight, because Ancajas for me is the favorite, however any surprise could happen, I only realize with the GARY fight when Magsayo surprised him and this for me gave an indication that currently all probability and statistics in boxing They are no longer as effective, bets can be dropped at any time depending on the boxer's way of fighting, as I said before, I think that now the type of training is having a lot of influence on boxers.

Indeed.

I also think that this fight would be exciting. Ancajas is famous in Philippines for his clean and good records while Kazuto has nice records to match the former too. It definitely won't be an easy fight given the competitiveness of both boxers inside the arena. Although I think this fight would be more in favor to Ancajas once he got the specific proximity he needs to be able to successfully land strong and powerful punches against Krook. But let's also recognize Krook who is also good at his footworks and certainly a good puncher too because it is already evident in his record of 27wins that he also throws nice punches and strikes against his opponent. Hopefully, this fight won't be intervened by anything and really push through by next month. It's roughly few weeks from now and surely fans are very excited to witness their battle inside the arena.

You'll never know, upset does happen in the sports of boxing, and even in other types of sports. We, bettors, are risking our money based on chances and here I see that Ancajaas will win and no upset is going to happen. In the end, it's very important that we enjoy what we are watching and betting at the same time, because that's the real essence of sports betting which is to add some spies on the entertainment value.

no odds from bookies but i am guessing, ancajas will be at least slightly favourite here because of his record. but ancajas has longer inactivity than martinez. but don't think it will give him problem. maybe we will see the odds after a week or so.
this is interesting for filipino fans as they will be watching another filipino in the boxing ring. seems that they are conquering the boxing ring even after pacquaio's retirement.

Wait for the odds next month, still few weeks before this fight, so we can't expect to see the odds this early because this isn't a very popular fight.
It will be;
https://www.rappler.com/sports/boxing/jerwin-ancajas-dangles-world-title-vs-fernando-martinez-las-vegas-debut/

I'm sure me and my family would enjoy watching this fight and I will make sure to put my bet when the odds are available.

I also checked bookies that I usually bet and it's weird that the fight odd is not listed when fights that is months from now are already there. Maybe there is no hype in this fight, nevertheless, we still have weeks before the actual fight and maybe as the fight gets closer to the date, sport bookies are going to open the line. And I wouldn't be surprise if Ancajas will be the slight favorite. And this could be the another must watch fight for Philippines.

It's not weird, it's just normal, even the fights of Inoue and Casimero who are both champions, the odds were not also released early, so the same thing is happening here, all we have to do now is just to continue following the update and wait until the odds are out.

I expect that he will be the favorite, and I also expect that he will win.

Tomorrow we will be in the new month or February 2022, so this means the fight is fast approaching and yet we still have no idea about the betting odds of this fight. Well, I don't know if the information from this site is accurate, but this tells the odds of the favorite sportsbook which I'm sure are going to list this game.

https://www.bettingexpert.com/boxing/fernando-martinez-vs-jerwin-ancajas

https://i.imgur.com/ksGx7R6.png

You already said the reasons already, no hype for this fight, but for us I would say hard core fans of Filipino boxing definitely we are awaiting for this fight and are eager to put a bet on our boy Jerwin Ancajas.

Nonetheless, the probability that it will be listed is very high, so we just need patience. Just like any other fight that involves Filipino fighters that doesn't have odds early present in our favorite sport bookies, this might be open up days before the date of the fight, so stay tune.

Ok I got it, yeah, maybe it's because the fight to most is not that hype. But at least with weeks to go some bookies, or least our favorite one could have at least have an line already.

Nevertheless, it could be true that they are going to open the line just a couple of days before the fight so we must monitor our sport bookies if we really wanted to bet on this fight.

No need to monitor it consistently, just make sure you put your bet a day before the fight as for sure the odds are already available that time. This is going to be an exciting fight, though Ancajas is the more experience boxer here his opponent is not an easy opponent as well, so hopefully, the odds is not going to make Ancajas a heavy favorite.

Mot of the time that is the case, bookies list the line few more days before the actual event.

Unless the fight was anticipated by more gamblers, they have that much influence to move bookies to add this fight
much earlier, both the camp and the promoters need to work with hyping this one if they want to make a good sale
without any ads or any set dramas from social medias it will remain this way, an ordinary fight that will be passed by..

I have reviewed in many sports sites, and especially in forums that have to do with sports and specifically boxing, for this match it is incredible, but Ancajas is the one with the most chances of winning, in fact I am surprised that here in the photo Many will bet on Ancajas with their eyes closed, the confidence and security they have is incredible, and I really admire that, from the point of view of probabilities the winner is Ancajas, but if we go to the technical part, the possibilities that They have to win for both is the same, I think I'll decide to make a good bet at least 15 days before, and don't worry, the platform will surely include that fight.

Looking forward for that as I cannot enjoy this fight without putting a bet. We have sportsbook in the Philippines too but it's still good to bet on crypto sportsbooks as they have a more competitive betting odds and it's easier to transact and we can enjoy gambling anonymously.

There's no problem upon betting on Philippines since many sportsbook which based on fiat accept gcash so there's no problem if we talk about faster transaction since by using it we can get the same experience with crypto. The only matter we can consider is playing anonymously but for now since many are into gambling I think this is normal to see by anyone.

For me, I got used to using a crypto sportsbook that I don't want to gamble using fiat or gcash digital cash. I am gambling and at the same time I am also supporting the adoption of crypto in our country, so I'm happy to choose crypto over fiat or gcash as you were saying.

Of course, crypto all the way, there are a lot of reputable and reliable sportbookies that we all know and love. So instead of going out and try to bet on this fight, we will just have to wait till sport bookies open up the line, deposit some crypto and put our bet, and then we wait till the fight night and watch and root for so whoever we bet. And there's no need to go out again if we won, just have to withdraw and then you can convert it to local fiat if you want.

I guess we should monitor the top 3 bookies, for sure they'll be the first to list the betting odds. Those are fiat bookies, right? honestly, I don't have an account but I'm hoping we can access the betting odds without opening an account, but a summary of the odds would be enough for us to have an idea of what to wait from out favorite crypto bookies.

^ Yes they are all fiat-based bookies but you can able to use your BTC but not directly deposit to the site.
In Bet365 you can use your BTC to bet by opening a Neteller account, this is a very convenient way to fund Bet365 if really you wanted to use it to place a bet on this match which looks like a very exciting match. I hope there is on the Sportsbet.io soon so that we can able place a bet on those who do have not an account listed above.

I'm not comfortable with that, I want to directly deposit and withdraw my bitcoin to and from the platform without no other 3rd party app, that way it's easier and I can really feel the essence why I'm using crypto in gambling, and that is to maintain my privacy.

In that case, you have no choice but to wait until the odds are available in crypto bookies. The fight is happening this month, I'm sure the odds will be out soon. I just made a quick check on one of the crypto bookies here, it's still not available now. (just an update) :)

great read here.

https://www.rappler.com/sports/boxing/jerwin-ancajas-dangles-world-title-vs-fernando-martinez-las-vegas-debut/

No choice but to wait. The site shared is just for others' reference that looking for what will be the possible odds or some betting sites. Bet365 is a legit company and I think the biggest in the European region. In less than 2 weeks, we can expect to have a glimpse of the odds maybe next week, at most as the fight is nearing it's scheduled date.

In most cases, odds will be released or should I say, be listed on our preferred crypto-gambling sites a few days before the fight, maybe about 1-2 days before the fight. I don't know the reason but since then, even for a much bigger fight including our locals (different if it's about Manny Pacquiao though), that's the usual period of time before they are listing the fight.

Regardless, shouldn't be a big problem after all.

Accurate or not, it's good to see that something like that has already been released although not checked the links yet. And these sites are reputable makes me think those are legit.

We can now see the possible odds while the fight is approaching. Better than to have those instead of just speculating what will be the distribution of odds on that day.

If Ancajas won, another recognition for PH boxer will happen again. The winning streak is hoping to continue.

It's no guarantee that this fight will be an easy fight for both of them because they are really strong despite their height but I'm rooting for Jerwin Ancajas because he really has some good skills to defeat his opponent though he's not that famous, I'm sure this is one step for him to become popular in the USA. Ancajas's loss was only to his fellow countrymen which were 10 years ago, I'm sure he already gt through of that and the result is satisfying so far since he's winning every fight after that.

Yes, this is no easy fight specially for Ancajas as he wants to prove that he is one of the best in this division. Same with Martinez, this is his break out fight so for sure he will come up smoking as well. But as you have said, we want Ancajas to win and to win big, like a knock out or something so that he can make a name for himself as Filipinos are into some kind of momentum specially in the lower division.

We are going to support Jerwin no matter what, I think he is one of the most underrated Filipino fighters and I'm seeing him having a good run at this weight division. He will go in the body in this fight and will test how strong Martinez is. If he sense that he is about to go down then go head hunting and look for a knock out in the latter rounds.

Nice strategy, but I wish that he will not be in a situation where he will become so desperate to win the fight. I mean, he if trains hard and device a good strategy, then he will likely win this fight no matter how good his opponent is. So how about the betting odds? is it already available?

It is support, but look at his own strength and strategies will really depend but let say if he has developed him self very well and ready then  most set to win first he should remove desperacy or shouldn't be desperate over rather than focus on his technical skills which he will apply to enable him win.

The probability of him to win is 1 or 0. So lets see how it goes

For sure, majority of us are excited because we can just watch this match and its going to be interesting fight.Both Kazuto and Ancajas are intelligent and a great boxer. But i think Ancajas will gonna win this this fight against Kazuto.Jerwin Ancajas is the next Manny Pacquiao,very classy and definitely one of the best Filipino boxer out there.

In this fight I will prefer choose ancajas not just I am Filipino that's why I choose him but what I saw from him is he had disciplined and professional boxer his strategy is what I like he can adjust the flow of the fight and for sure this fighter will rise and became a legendary in the world of boxing someday. I think he will win this match and my bet is favored to him.

He should be focus finding his advantages, no need to be desperate or aggressive but to plan every movement that he will going to use.

Before the fight, there are many trainings and drills being conducted, familiarizing with how his opponent's moves will give him good ideas

where to hit. Attacking Martinez in critical areas would give him a high chance of knocking him down. Hopefully Ancajas will discover those

parts to win this fight..

Being technical fighter which is easier than to be done but when you are inside the ring then applying those things would really be hard as hell.Each boxer would really
be normally be finding out ways on how to defeat the opponent in front of you and there would be lots of factors which would consider out the outcome of the
fight whether its on how hard you do punch or how clever you do make points against your opponent or simply stood still because of your will and perseverance
to win the fight.

Ancajas has the experience already in big fights, so by that he should  know how to strategized. For sure his team has watch the tape of Martinez, see his weaknesses and maybe that is what they are going to exploit. Nevertheless, Ancajas has one nasty body shot so for sure this will be his main weapon to at least slow down Martinez early and test him out. No need to force himself for a knock out, it will come. Odds is not yet available to our favorite sports bookies unfortunately.

Though he has the most experience I see this fight as one of the biggest challenges in his career. I can't be too confident that he will easily win this fight, he should consider this fight as a serious one so he'll be able to train hard and be in his best condition. I'm still rooting for him but I would only bet if I see the odds that is not like a robbery for the favorite to win.

Right, this is still a big test for Ancajas, and I would agree that this is one of the biggest in his career. This is a career defining fight for him, as he could really break in the US soil and make a name for himself and fight other champions in this division, like unification. So he has to focus and concentrate on this fight and give his 110%. Of course, we are going to support and root for him, just like the rest of the Filipinos around the world.

I have really been thinking about this fight for days, until before I went to sleep I had been thinking about what a victory could become for Ancajas, and he really is a fighter that has a lot of followers, also I have been looking for a lot of information from the Philippines and it is a country beautiful, he also has many boxing followers and that is something that excites me a lot, that's where Pacquiao is from and really the technique of the Filipinos for boxing is exquisite, I think that this time I want to make a bet based on what I feel in the heart and based on the statistics giving Ancajas the winner.

We should always forget the idea that every fight of our own representative is always easy. There's no easy fight at each of their fights.

Jerwin Ancajas will surely do his best on this fight as winning that fight will open lots of opportunities that he never expected before.

He will continue the winnings that were started by Donaire (although against a fellow Filipino) and the newly crowned World Title holder Mark Magsayo.

True, there could be boxers that are what we call outstanding favorites, but nevertheless they can be upset anytime if they don't give their 100% on training, classic example, Tyson vs Douglas.


Don't you forgot about Jonas Sultan as well, he was a huge underdog against a KO artist - Caraballo. But he knock him down 4 times en route to winning the fight. So Filipino flags waving all over the lower weight division in boxing right now.

If we win when we are an underdog, then most likely we will win when we are the favorite to win.

As for this fight, it was rumored that Ancajas is the favorite to win, I used the word "rumor" because I could not confirm it on betting sites.
Based on this article - https://champinon.info/schedule/ancajas-vs-martinez/#iw-modal.. odds are as follows .

The draw is very attractive too, I'm gonna put a little bet on that odds once it's already available. This odds as you said may not be the real case in the bookie, it still needs to be verified and I think Martinez is just so undervalued here, but it's a good odds for backers.

As a fighter, treating your fight as your last should always be inside your mindset. It gives you a big challenge but a good confident to

give everything when you already inside the ring. I hope the same case with Ancajas, not to treat this as ordinary fight but to  do everything

and think of it as his ticket for much better upcoming fight. I also on him, waiting and hoping for a considerable odd.

We must not try to put such a pressure upon any boxer, there was only one Manny Pacquiao, there have been many great boxers before Manny and there will be a lot of great ones after him, but each one of them will create their own story, if we place such high expectations over someone then most likely they will fail, whether because they will fail to live up to that image or because they will become conceited on their skill and they will not reach their full potential as they believe the are great already.

They can always make their own name in the boxing ring. There's no need to chase the record of Pacquiao.
If they will do their best and create a dent in the boxing history, that's more than enough to be proud of.
They have their own time to shine. So long they are doing their part as a boxer - training hard and aim for the best.
That would be more than enough in my opinion. They can always aim high for themselves though.

I go with that mindset. It's better for them to create their own destiny,

Instead of comparing or being the next Pacman, it's much better to be known with a self identity
as long as they are excelling with this sport, pinoy fans will recognize them and idolized them, many
young generations will follow the path that they are journeying right now. Good luck to every pinoy
fighters and continue to work harder.

If we will compare every Filipino boxer to Pacman, then I'm pretty sure they'll not be appreciated because Pacman is always the best, it will certainly take a lot of time before someone could surpass his achievement, so instead of comparing, make Pacman's achievement as their inspiration to work harder and achieve more success.

It's impossible to chase the record of Pacquiao and I don't see any Filipino that can match his record or even his fighting style, Pacquiao is very hungry when he is in his quest for greatness he fought the best, Ancajas and Magsayo is good in their own way and style but not impressive enough to match Pacquiao's speed and power, and motivation to win every fight.

Exactly, there is only one Manny Pacquiao and no one can duplicate what he has done to Philippine boxing and boxing in general. He proved a lot during his prime, moving up in weight and fighting big guys.

What the rest of the Filipino boxers right now is to take inspirations from him, but not necessarily trying to do, like going up in weight class because that is a hard thing to do. Donaire for instance have tried to go up in weight but was knock out.

That was really wrong decision for him, but at least he tried although he failed. Donaire is now a champion and maybe soon we will see him having a rematch with Inoue as these two boxers could attract the crowd. Ancajas is still young, he is making his own name so let's hope him success and he should win his battle.

You can tell it's a wrong decision but he was brave enough to test his limit, and he did the right thing because he gets more popular although his attempt failed. Donaire is now a champion, probably the oldest champion ( correct me if I'm wrong).

Donaire has no rumored fight this year, but for sure there's one coming now that Inoeu and Donaire have no fight scheduled this year yet. It still depends on their promoter, and knowing Top Rank, they want a bigger fight always that their fighter has a good chance of winning, and Donaire should be a good target.

Much better to let him create and established his own journey.

He's still young and with the way he is proving himself from this sport, we can expect more from him. Maybe he can have
more belts or he can also try moving up if he thinks that he's more capable.

for now, let's focus on his upcoming fight and cheer for him. It's good if he is able to knock Martinez down to create
good hype in his career.

Donaire might be the best fit if in terms of a good money fight, but we never know if they are in plan to discuss this as there's no update yet.

That last fight from these two fighters provides entertainment to the fans, though it was Inoue who shine but we see how Donaire tried his

best shot to beat the young monster. skills wise, Inoue has that edge against our old Nonito. Maybe if ever top rank will choose between

Donaire and Casimero, they will pick Donaire..  ;)

He is really a promising boxer in this era and hopes that he will continue to climb up until he will be recognized as one of the legendary boxers. But before that, he still has lots of rocky roads to cross and every time he beats some opponent, he needs to stay humble as we already know the outcome of the arrogant. they failed to shine even more when they taste their first loss.

He has to beat every challenger in his division, he is not too young though, he is already 30 years old and he should take the opportunity that he is working on a popular promoter, if he keeps winning fights, for sure one day he will be fighting a champion and beating it would be the sweetest victory on his career.  For now, there are plenty of Filipino champions already, so they just have to stick on their goal and keep defending their title.

I am also rooting for a successful career of Anjacas and this scheduled fight of him against Martinez will supposedly one of the anticipated fight of Anjacas for this year and I am one of the fans who is hoping and wishing for Anjacas success either win it via knockout or unanimous decision. This fighter really has a great future ahead and he is considered as one of the promising boxer in his era, now in this fight all he need to do is to prove his worth through winning the game against Martinez.

For me, the best win is through knockout, however, Martinez is surely a tough opponent so I would be happy already if he would win via split decision as long as he can win and can prove to the world once again that he is a quality fighter and that he deserve a bigger fights in the future.

Ancajas is a good fighter and he has been doing well a a young fighter,  he is a man full of energy. I think the way he has been performing very nice he will definitely be a the top time to come.

Obviously, they will pick Donaire as revenue-wise Donaire has an advantage over Casimero and Inoue already beat Donaire so there's no reason at all to be afraid of. Besides he is a monster, by the name itself, he should be willing to fight everyone as long as the price is right, if you know what I mean.

Every boxer is going to look for a knock out win and hopefully we can see Ancajas accomplishing this one in this fight. Because a knock out win will bolster his status in this weight class and he has a opportunity to face champion that can give him a good paycheck. So if he can do it, then good, but if not but still he manages to take a win I think it will still help him a lot gaining some respect from boxing promoters.

In the end, it still depends on his opponent, the more aggressive his opponent, the higher the chance of Ancajas winning a KO. He has 22 KOs from 33 wins per https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/506289, so it's possible that he could score a KO on this one.

That record is very decent, but look at the record of Martinez as well, he has a good KO rate as well. He only has 13 fights and 8 of that wins are from KO, this kid has potential and it will be a big success for him if he will beat Ancajas.

his record ; https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/809729

With only 13 fights, Martinez has yet to show the boxing community that he has the tools to become a world champion and for sure they knew that his fight with Ancajas is a risky one. Though he have a good knockout ratio but the quality of opponents is the big question mark in his career.

Few more days but still no odds yet on my favorite bookies.

that's right, only the match of brook vs khan is in the immediate lineup of most bookies. is it because of the superflyweight category?? or are they going to include it couple of days before? huh!
just looking at the tale of the tape, you will for sure bet on ancajas here..

Seeing this, Martinez doesn't have it easy, Ancajas is a boxer who can decide a fight in an instant if he wants to, and I think Martinez knows this, because Ancajas has a good record, but what to do? What criteria to take for a possible bet? If the fight was now, would it be unreasonable to go for Martinez? Since in many forums and information they give Ancajas as the winner? Something that always tends to happen is that the statistics fall, we all know Ancajas' trajectory, but we also know Martinez's scope, I'm sure he won't allow himself to be knocked out, also Martinez's preparation must be at least x3 knowing how it is Ancajas.

Exactly, after all even if someone in the future is as good as Manny they are going to be a completely different person, for example I find Manny to be a very likable individual however that does not means that the next star of of Philippines will be the same and will be loved by the public as much as Manny was, so it is better to let boxers to forge their own story, that way instead of a cheap imitation of Manny we will see who they truly are, and to me that is way more attractive.

Maybe Ancajas is not so popular in the US, might be the reason why bookies are still not covering his fight but i expect that they will put markets for this fight on Friday as that is what they usually do to non-popular boxers outside of the US.

For sure i will bet for my compatriot Ancajas but i wanna see what's the best and logical option first before pushing that bet button.

I have checked just now if bookies like Stake.com and Sportsbet.io already listed the fight but unfortunately, not listed yet. Usually, 24-48 hours before the fight on that weight class, they are listing the match.

I also checked the popular Bet365 and no market yet on Ancajas vs Martinez fight.

No choice but to wait tomorrow.

Every boxer with good potential that will come out in the Philippines will be compared to Pacquiao's achievement it's possible we have up and coming boxers because of the inspiration brought by Pacquiao to the local Philippine boxers, they can be as good as Pacquiao but to equal what he achieved is almost impossible, they will have to trail what Pacquiao has undergone, they must start in the lowest division like a flyweight division to have a chance to equal the 8 belt championship.

I'm not expecting anyone either to be as good as Pacquiao, but to be a champion is already enough. We already have a lot of Filipino champions that we didn't have before Pacman became popular in boxing, it's a blessing and Pacman was there to help the Filipino boxers that has a potential to get bigger fights under his promotion.

Exactly, even the other races like the Americans and Mexicans who are good at boxing, experts still do not think that the boxers of the current generation will be able to surpass the achievement of Pacman who is the only 8th division champion.

Ancajas can make his country proud by winning fights, and as long as he dedicates his fights to his country, the support of the Filipino fans will always be there.

Not only that, Pacman helped his fellow countrymen boxers to be known as one of the best race to lace up in a boxing ring.
It's true, Pacman's achievement is such a tough act to follow, but who knows, even Ancajas has a shot to this, but then again, it takes a lot of sacrifice, talent, and dedication to achieve what Pacquiao has achieved his entire career.

Some information regarding the fight, it can be seen here.
https://champinon.info/schedule/ancajas-vs-martinez/#close

As per the article, the odds of Ancajas is "Ancajas to win: 1/3"... I cannot confirm it since my bookie has not listed the fight yet. By the way, the date in the OP should be changed to February 26.

OP is very active here so he is aware of this discussion I also thought it will happen today together with the Brook-Khan fight but it's two different dates the odds are correct Ancajas is a much better fighter between the two he is a better technical fighter I saw his training and he is very prepared and there's a report that he knocks down his sparring partner causing a commotion after that.

And we all know that if that news is true, then it can happen in real fight, although Martinez is very tough opponent and a knock out might be hard for Ancajas to execute before for sure Martinez will be a tough cookie to crack. Anyhow, we are just weeks away from the fight, trainings has unwind, they might be just looking for the right diet to make the weight next week. Filipinos are excited to see another one of them in the ring in Vegas and for sure they are going to support him.

Well I missed the update about this fight, why the hell Martinez want to challenge Ancajas? He do have good record, but all of his opponents are newbies :P Watched his replay, his skill is awful just like a rookie... it's really different with Ioka. To be honest I don't see any chance we will see an upset in this fight, he might got knocked out below 8 rounds. Pretty sure I'll bet Ancajas when the bookie already listed this fight.

And this is the video of the sparring for those who wanted to witnessed what really happen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa8FELed5_w

And here is the video of Ancajas apologizing, but I don't think he needed to do that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvnh59_oiy0

Maybe others who don't understand Filipino will have to use the close captioning .

Anyhow to summarized, his training partner was hurt with the body shot but tells Jerwin to continue so he hit him with a over hand left. But his sparring partner didn't like what he see thats' why there's some kind of commotion (bottle throwing).

That punch was lethal, if there was no protection in the head, that would hurt a lot, it's going to be a big knock out in real boxing.




What's with that bottler throwing? It should be a towel to be thrown if the camp would like to stop the fight. Anyway, it's just a sparring session, not so serious but the other camp maybe carried away by their emotion, or to whoever threw that bottle.

^ It's probably just the trainer can't take his boy being plummet by a smaller guy, and it's good that Jerwin has reacted on the bottle throwing because we shouldn't take this kind of bullying even in training.

@Hypnosis00 - I have updated the date.

And it looks like Jerwin is very sharp already, but the odds are not yet there, I'm looking for a knock out win by Ancajas.

He really prepared for this fight, but his opponent is for sure better than his sparring partner, however, seeing that he is in condition and he has the power to knockout an opponent, that already makes me confident that he will give a good fight and he will win the fight.

Well probably both fighters are preparing good for this fight but we can only say which one effectively prepared for this fight once they were already inside the righ performing their best to win the game. I am rooting for Jerwin Anjacas to win this fight and so excited also to see these two fighter inside the ring but who knows right if who will be the winner. I am not sure if the betting odds for this fight is already available but like what I have said earlier I am all in to Anjacas.

Taking the hard time to build good stamina, I go with him too. The chance of winning is high but bookies still don't have any line for this fight; we need to wait for whatever available odd for Ancajas, 1 more week and maybe before the fight start bookies or crypto gambling website will provide.

Can't predict if how bookies will give Ancajas for sure. He will be the favorite here,.

aside from ML rounds or any available alternative option will do.. ::) 8)

Bookies for sure will favor Ancajas here as he will defend the title for the 10th time. That's a long one to hold this belt. But Ancajas is not taking this lightly as his training camp said that he is well-prepared and conditioned already. Maybe the reason why bookies are not listing this yet because it is in the flyweight division. But for fiat bookies, maybe we will see this soon. Crypto bookies may come later maybe at least couple of days before the event.

There are many possibilities, maybe Ancajas offered him the chance and he could not refuse as who knows when he could get another chance like that? Or maybe he is overconfident on his skills and actually believes that he can beat Ancajas? Or finally maybe he knows he cannot beat him but the money was too good to give up? Anyway while the chances that he can upset Ancajas are very low they are never zero which is why it is important to watch this fight.

And that's where sparring comes into picture, to prepare you even though they are not giving it 100% during their training.

But damn, Anjacas at this weight class is very powerful, I think he can even go on the next higher weight and still have the same power. This is the last week of the fight so maybe sport bookies are going to open their line not just for ML but for other better options.

Unfortunately, we might not be able to bet early on this fight because the odds until now is not yet available. There's no other choice but to just wait until they will open the betting lines and for sure they'll provide all the odds especially if you'll put your bet on the day of the fight.

And as expected, Jerwin is the favorite to win 1.16, Fernando Martinez 5.20.

Not looking at the ML, maybe tomorrow we will see more options, looking for a per round win by Ancajas, for sure this is ore attractive for us.

But for now, the chances of Ancajas is great as per sport bookies and hopefully he can translate it to the ring.

Seriously? I can't believe that Ancajas is heavily favored here with that kind of odds, I think it will be around 1.50 and below, but that is too low, I mean who would take 1.16? It's not even a sure win IMO.

By the way, what sportsbook is your basis for the odds?

Actually 1.15 at sportsbet.

There are no alternative lines now, only the Moneyline, you can get 1.15 for Ancajas while 5.20 for Martinez.
Check it here;
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/boxing/international/international-matchups/ancajas-jerwin-vs-martinez-fernando-6216379dd2eeb928bac23cb4

Most probably the complete listing of betting odds will be out by Saturday. Not too long to wait though, just have a little patient so you'll be able to get a good odds if you are backing Ancajas to win, ML is not a good bet if you don't put a decent amount, go for the per round winning or KO by Ancajas.

stake also has the odds available too, https://stake.com/sports/boxing/international/international-matchups/42516370-ancajas-jerwin-martinez-fernando

but 1.15 is better than 1.13 at stake.

There's no sure win in any sports betting, Even Ancajas get that heavy favored odd

the chance of him being beaten by Martinez is still possible. If you don't have any decent amount of fund, this odd is not
going to work for you.

Unless you have that amount and you are willing to take that high-risk bet, whales and those who are a real fans might
take it but for others, waiting will be the only option for other alternative lines to come out.

I'm with you, it's more likely to wait for other available odds than the ML, though as per bookies, Ancajas have the heavy favor here,

But likewise, if you don't have that much money to risk, the value of your profits if in case Jerwin takes this one, is not that much.

Maybe if bookies add per round or KO options odd might be more decent.

That's even lower than sportsbet but the odds are still low and I won't take it. I'm still checking on the betting odds from time to time, and as of my current check, the alternative odds is still not available yet, I have a feeling that they are going to make this up by tomorrow.

edit : oops, looks like the entire odds are out, check it out now.

Thanks, odds are now updated.

Some interesting odds.

Ancajas by KO 2.25

Winner & round range - Ancajas 1-3 @14. .. It's a very attractive odds for me, if he will have a good start and will hit Martinez clean, the fight might end earlier than expected.

That is a good odd indeed, but I would rather bet on winner & round range:

either:  Ancajas 4-6 @7.40

Ancajas 7-9 @5.80

I think Martinez is a tough fighter so I'm not seeing Jerwin winning around 1-3. He will have to break Martinez mid to later rounds.

Yeah, also think that Martinez is a tough fighter and we must remember that he is also undefeated so i will go with the flow on this fight, will be betting for Ancajas via decision.

https://i.imgur.com/AaMRy1V.png

This is Ancajas' debut on the Sin City, he might have a trouble adjusting to the lights in the ring lol.

Looking at the face-off, Jerwin seems to be the bigger guy. I will have to pass this fight though, but if I will even going to bet, I will have Jerwin to knock out Martinez here.

Of course Martinez will bring his A-game here and will not go without any fight. But Jerwin has more power and that will be the difference in this fight.

It's somewhat crazy to bet with particular round range, even an easy guess either which is win and losing I'm not 100% true guessing that :D
For me Martinez isn't a tough fighter based what I observed from his past opponent, but yeah I have no idea which round it will be ended. I think I will bet Ancajas by KO here, let's see how the fight will goes.

Good luck on your bet, a KO is possible because Ancajas has a good KO rate.

This fight will be tomorrow, hope these two will have a good sleep so they'll be fully conditioned tomorrow. I'm also watching this through live streaming because it's not available in our local channel, not sure if our cable provider offers a PPV on this fight but if they'll not, there's still a way to watch it.

You can bet on that two lines and if you win, you are still guaranteed a profit. You have 6 rounds for Ancajas to beat by KO his opponent, you just have to hope that it will not happen in the early rounds because that means you will lose your bet.

Ancajas by KO is also a good bet, but if you are betting on the round ranges, betting on the KO is not a good idea anymore, you are staking a lot of money with one outcome, not profitable IMO.

One better if you want to feel the thrill, you'll get a winning of 6.40 if you bet on the 4-6 rounds and you win, that's the beauty of gambling when you think you can easily win, that's the time you'll easily lose, that's why it's so unpredictable and the favorites are not guaranteed to win. How about on the other side, is anyone here thinking of an upset?

Martinez 1-3 @50
Martinez 4-6 @30.

Yeah, I have taken the chances already and go with Ancajas here. And as you have said, good bet and the two lines is a guaranteed profit if I hit either one of them.

So I think boxing fans, specially Filipino around the world and in the US are going to tune in and the fight because Ancajas is a rising champion. Someone needs to carry the flag for them after Pacman is retired now.

For those who wanted to see the full weigh-in for this guys:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjMxCfVIgH0

Seems that Jerwin is looking sharp, maybe a little weight drain that's why he take fluids after making the weight. But both can rehydrate prior to the fight so there is no issue there. Best of luck to Jerwin and hopefully he can continue to be one of the longest reigning champion.

For sure many Filipino boxing fanatics are going to watch this fight as Ancajas seldom fights hehe. In terms of talent, Ancajas is next to Donaire if i were to rate them but in terms of popularity, Casimero is the one who is the more popular among the two because of his antics.

Like i said above, this will be Ancajas debut in Las Vegas so he will do his best to win convincingly on this one.

The fight is underway I'm surprised at Martinez's performance he's hitting Ancajas with big shots Ancajas is very slow Martinez has been hitting him with big punches, Ancajas is now working on the body we'll have a good fight as both fighters love to engage and are not afraid to go toe to toe. let's see who will yield the body shots will take its toil later on one of the boxers.

Crossing our fingers, Jerwin seems to be flat footed in this fight so he needs to be a comeback in the next coming rounds. Martinez looks tired though, so it might be good for Jerwin to really become the aggressor. So hopefully he can turn around things and not be beaten by Martinez because this will be a huge upset in the division.

Ancajas long reign as a champion is now over, Martinez has now crowned the new champion via unanimous decision  Martinez show heart and power he overwhelms Ancajas with so many punches the number is very staggering, Ancajas cannot keep up with those many punches he landed good body punches but not enough to stop Martinez's barrage of punches I thought the referee will stop the fight because of those big punches by Martinez,  congratulations to Martinez.

That was a one sided match, Ancajas suddenly became flat-footed in that fight as you can see he was really exhausted. He himself knows he is gonna lose in that fight,it was an upset, and congratulations to those who see it coming.

I agree, it was one sided beat down from the very first round, as other have observed, there is no movement from Anjacas and he chooses to go toe to toe, yes he can take the punch, but it was wrong strategy because Martinez does have that energy to continue with those volumes. And when we thought that he is getting tired and Ancajas started to hit him, Martinez goes volume punching again. Too bad that I have lost my bet but it is what it is.

I heard from the announcer that Martinez made history for throwing the most numbers of heavy punches to his opponent in this division. It was a well deserved win by Martinez, although I back Ancajas to win but I would be mad if the judges scored it the other way.

Is Martinez taking PEDs? It seemed like he does not feel tired in the fight, until the 12 rounds, he is still very active and he could really go toe to toe. I also see the mistake from Ancajas because he doesn't use a lot of movement, instead, he just trust his power to much and give a toe to toe fight, I mean he is the champion, he should not give the fight easily, use his head movement and foot work to score and win.

It's so hard to see those punches landing on Ancaja's faces there are so many punches thrown by Martinez and many of them badly hurt Ancajas, bad strategy by Ancajas no movement at all no lateral movement, although Martinez received hard body blows coming from Ancajas it did not stop him from throwing those bombs.
Martinez deserves the win he comes to take the title from Ancajas I don't think this deserves a rematch after Martinez total domination.

He has employed the wrong strategy he thought that he can take Martinez by standing toe to toe, I'm surprised at how tenacious Martinez was he throw everything but the kitchen sink, he is all over Ancajas and Ancajas has no answer, it looks like he underestimated Martinez the decision is overwhelming and unanimous. I wonder what's next for Ancajas after this fight he can invoke a rematch if there is a clause, but he needs a different strategy next time.

He choose the wrong strategy, so he lose in the fight, I'm not sure if he undertrained or overtrained, but whatever, Martinez was obviously the better fighter in this fight and he deserves that belt.

Don't ask this kind of question, let's just accept that Ancajas lose and we lose our bet as well.

Let's just give it to Martinez, if he is taking something then it would be known because they have this post-fight testing and he will be stripped of the belt if found guilty.

In fairness to the new champion he deserved this because he was relentless and Ancajas' ring rust really showed in the fight. Imagine, he has not fought for 15 months and he might also has over-trained. Hope MP Promotions would realize this mistake and take good care of him because the way i see it, it seems that they are just throwing their boxers whoever is available, just my two cents.

Lose my bet but it's okay and i just hope Ancajas can bounce back from this defeat and learned from it.

I don't think he is taking PEDs Pacquiao fought that way in his younger years relentless and throws so many big punches I heard in one of the commentators that he is dedicating this fight to his late father who dreamed and train him to become a champion, he trained hard for this fight he's not going to risk that by taking PEDS I was worried on Ancajas because he's taking so many punch in the head his defense is very weak.

This is a bad fight for Ancajas in the early rounds he is being hit and that gains momentum for Martinez, I have never seen so many punches landed, Martinez throw everything in every direction, and he tries to bully Ancajas, halfway through the fight Martinez intensifies the attack, I don't want to see a rematch if we are going to see the same Ancajas slow and lack defense he is not ducking at all.

Oh man, it's very unexpected upset here. I don't know why Ancajas is really different with his previous fought, he's slow and can't evade Martinez's punch especially on the early rounds. Many clean punch landed successfully by Martinez, watching the early rounds there's a lot gap from both of their performance. Hell yeah Martinez is really aggressive and not even tired on the 12th round.

Is there any user who bet Martinez here? The odds indeed juicy ;D

At the start of the fight, I told myself that there is something different with Ancajas, maybe it's the ring rust or the bright light of fighting in Las Vegas.

And I still hoping that he can turn the fight over in the mid round, but there is no strategy and he goes straight up walking on Martinez hook. Anyhow, his long reign is over, just sad to see it end this way. Hopefully he can bounce back from this defeat and be a champion.

Well ,this is just a part of a game. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose but that's just normal.Maybe he was affected by the long absence of a fight.Thats why he became so slow. He lose his footwork and look so exhausted. But thats okay..Ancajas needs some work out so that he will be better in his next fight.

I do agree that upsets do really happen, but in this one, Ancajas some time to prepared the replacement fighter and yet it seems he was not really prepared for the fight. We've seen him knocking down his sparring partner, but in this fight, we didn't see his power and body shots and that's what very frustrating to see as a fan of him. And I'm not sure if there is a rematch clause, because he deserves to have a rematch.

Well ,this is just a part of a game. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose but that's just normal.Maybe he was affected by the long absence of a fight.Thats why he became so slow. He lose his footwork and look so exhausted. But thats okay..Ancajas needs some work out so that he will be better in his next fight.
[/quote]

Being a fan of Anjacas it's kind of sad news but that's what a game looks like, not all the time you will going to win fight, there's probably a losses and wins. Still, for me it's a good fight that Anjacas have shown inside the ring. He maybe losses his footwork at this fight but I do hope that in his next and future games he might learned a lesson out of this game. This man is a great fighter in the makin and with that being said he just needed to focus and needed some extra hard work on his trainings.

i don't expect it also to be an upset. i have high regards on ancajas because of his record. so don't know if it was the preparation of ancajas that somehow affected his performance inside the ring. ancajas by the way wants a rematch here as per this  article  (https://www.boxingscene.com/jerwin-ancajas-i-want-rematch-i-learned-lot-martinez-great-challenger--164420). so we will see if there will be a rematch for this fight. as ancajas already tasted the power of martinez, he knows now where he failed short inside the ring. so let's see...

I'm going to admit it that was a very impressive demonstration by Martinez, I would have never imagined that he will be able to throw so many punches, his opponent had no chance to respond at all during the whole fight, so without doubt Martinez deserves the win, it is going to be interesting if Martinez makes clear how he was able to reach such an amazing performance because I don't think that we have ever seen him being so aggressive in a single fight.

Maybe his inspiration is just to get that belt from Ancajas, and snatch his long reigning period for that belt. Definitely, the UD is well deserved. I am rooting for Ancajas here but it is truly different when it comes to actual performance inside the ring. A lot I think betted on Ancajas because of his record. But in boxing, you can never tell the outcome until the fight is over.

All technical analysis after the fight is cleared, Martinez won the fight fair and square. To tell you honestly, that was Ancajas' usual performance. It's just that Martinez found a way to stop Ancajas from being on his usual phase and control the fight all throughout.

What's next for him?

Think why he loses from head to toe. Accept the loss slowly. Redeemed himself. Move on.

It's ok to lose but the decision is unanimous. Our own Ancajas didn't even get a chance to win one of the judges.

Too much confidence that he can overthrow his opponent. He didn't expect that Martinez will go wild preventing him to some counters.

Hope that loss will serve him a lesson. Congrats to Martinez. He deserved being a Champion.

Jerwin Ancajas didn't even give the judges a hard time to decide who will win lol.

The majority of the rounds are clearly taken by Martinez. In other words, he dominated the fight and Ancajas don't have any answer. His morale got low maybe he thinks he can't handle Martinez.

If only he stayed inspired, he might have come back in action.

Stamina-wise, Martinez knows how to adjust when he already feels that he's now being tired. But on the other hand, Ancajas is also tired too making it easy for Martinez to adjust while waiting for the final ring. His strategy is to try to gather big points and when he feels tired, he will slow down focusing on his defense then when he got replenish a bit, will go again as an aggressive.

Ancajas didn't expect that to happen. Martinez did a good job on this fight.

Yes, seems that he loses morale from the early rounds and not to try to bounce back,

The decisions coming from the judges states that Martinez overpowers Jerwin sad to see but there's nothing fans can do about it.
the performances of two fighters dictate the fate of this fight.

Congrats to Martinez and to those who bet for him..

That's it. The fighter Jerwin Ancajas lost to another fighter Fernando Martinez. That fight, which actually means the IBF super flyweight title, was won fair and square. Ancajas didn't have the arsenal to either stop Martinez or outpoint or outstyle him. Martinez was simply the better boxer. One of the two undefeated fighters will have to have 1 loss.

Ancajas will have lessons learned though. That's another experience for him on different kinds of boxers. The next time he faces another Martinez he knows how to handle him already.

I don't agree with another rematch they have a saying in boxing styler makes a fight, that's Ancajas way of fighting he goes toe to toe and gives his best punch and all he faced in the fast cannot keep up with his punches, unfortunately, in this fight, he had this guy who can take big punches and can throw volume of punches that throws him out of his game, even if you are a hard puncher but if you get hit dozens of punches you will be thrown out of your game.

That is just how it is, it means that becoming the next Manny Pacquiao is almost impossible for this young generation because the motivation and their conditioning are not enough. Though he did all he can, it's not enough to beat Martinez, and finally, Martinez beat him as if he already knew the fight will be easy in the first place. Well, Congrats to him for winning this fight, and may he gonna improve in his next bout.

Manny Pacquiao's achievement his a hard act to follow, and judging on this fight alone, Jerwin is way too far from what Manny's achievements. He seems not passionate and just give up with this fight as he clearly lacks of preparations and conditioning. Elite fighters doesn't just throw a match, he could've used his height advantage. He went toe to toe the whole fight which clearly he has no chance of winning, especially with lack of footwork, head movements, and stamina lol.

I am also not in favor of a rematch. The fight was a clear victory for Fernando Martinez. There is no reason for the camp of Jerwin Ancajas to protest and demand for a rematch. There is nothing to settle in a second fight. Jerwin Ancajas was outclassed by Martinez. Martinez was a clear winner. He won it via unanimous decision with two 118-110 scorecards and one 117-110.

What I meant when I said, "The next time he faces another Martinez he knows how to handle him already", is that Martinez's way of fighting is a lesson for Jerwin. The next time Jerwin faces a fighter who fights just the way Martinez did, he should know what to do.

^^ Perhaps as former champion he just wanted to show that Martinez win against him is a fluke so we basically wanted revenge.

But I do agree that there's no need for a rematch, there is no robbery whatsoever, it was a clear victory for Martinez. I know that it's hard to swallow that a Filipino who is one of the longest champion was defeated by a unknown boxer.

Championship can be contested for any boxer ranking including newcomer against the boxer with longest championship, it is not impossible that there will be a surprise after the bell rings and then only the strong boxer is leading the match until the winner is announced, Martinez deserves the championship and he feels the thrill of victory overwhelming for victory his first in the Las Vegas ring.

Locking this thread for good. Whether we will see a rematch, depends on their promoter. I know that majority here loses money on Ancajas, but we can always recover and bounce back on other fight. And congrats to Martinez and we do hope that Jerwin will learn a lot from this fight and comeback strong.