Jerwin Ancajas is coming off a knockout loss to Takuma Inoue in their WBA bantamweight bout last February.
It didn’t take Jerwin Ancajas long to move on from the knockout loss to Takuma Inoue in their WBA bantamweight bout in Tokyo last month.
Inoue, the younger brother of undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya, launched a pair of body shots in the ninth round, the last one of which was a right hook.
The 32-year-old Filipino could no longer fight on after that.
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Ancajas didn’t mind the loss. What devastated him, though, was his eight-year-old son Kyle’s reaction to the knockdown.
“Tanggap po natin na matatalo tayo kasi sports yan. Ang bigat lang sir nung nakita ko video ng anak ko na sumigaw sya sa TV na papatayuin nya ako,” Ancajas told One Sports.
“Pagtapos ng laban, parang OK lang natalo. Pero nung nakita ko video ang bigat sa pakiramdam. Akala ng anak ko maririnig ko sya, sabi nya, ‘Papa, tumayo ka. Lumaban ka.”
That’s why Ancajas, who now tots a 34-4 win-loss tally, is now more motivated to bounce back.
“Sabi ko gusto ko makabawi pa sa sunod. Ayokong matapos career ko na ganun nangyari,” said the former IBF super flyweight champion, who added they are still finalizing his next fight.
“Pag natapos career ko sa boxing gusto ko maganda, hindi katulad nung nangyari sa akin ngayon.”