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Boxing: Main event Ancajas-Sultan to push through on May 26
Boxing: Main event Ancajas-Sultan to push through on May 26
Dennis Gasgonia,
ABS-CBN News
Published Apr 03, 2018 12:07 PM PHT
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Updated Jan 09, 2019 02:43 PM PHT
Jonas Sultan and Jerwin Ancajas. Photos by Jonathan Cellona, Santino Honasan
MANILA -- The historic fight now has a date.
The anticipated world junior bantamweight title clash between reigning champion Jerwin Ancajas and challenger Jonas Sultan will take place on May 26.
“Yes, it's confirmed: May 26 in Las Vegas. The historical fight will be the main event,” Sultan’s promoter Michael Aldeguer of ALA Boxing told ABS-CBN News via text message.
The Ancajas-Sultan bout will be the first all-Filipino title clash in nearly 100 years.
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It was to be featured on the undercard of the Jeffery Horn-Terence Crawford bout that was scrapped after Crawford reportedly got injured during training.
Sultan earned a mandatory-opponent status after pulling off a unanimous decision upset against former 2-division world champion Johnriel Casimero last September.
It will be Ancajas's second US fight since stopping Israel Gonzalez to defend his junior bantamweight crown last February.
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