Boxing: World champ Ancajas assured his health, safety a priority during ring return

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Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv World junior bantamweight champion Jerwin Ancajas has begun sparring after receiving word that international promoter Top Rank Inc.

will start holding fight cards next month.

Ancajas was supposed to make his Las Vegas debut on April 12 against Jonathan Rodriguez, but the fight was scuttled when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. Now that Top Rank's Bob Arum has started lining up features next month, the camp of Ancajas decided to ramp up his training with sparring sessions in Magallanes town, Cavite.Jimenez said that, like in the case of fellow champion John Riel Casimero, MP Promotions president Sean Gibbons is helping him to secure a date between June and July.

The trainer added that he was elated to hear that boxing will be resuming, after all sports came to halt for months due to coronavirus.Lahat na pro boxers ay umaasa lang sa laban para mabuhay ang pamilya nila," Jimenez said.When asked about Ancajas' safety amid virus fears, Jimenez said they have been assured by Gibbons that there will be measures in place to avoid getting infected.

Jimenez said that everyone who will participate in the staging of the bout will undergo quarantine before fight night."Napag-usapan din namin ni Jerwin 'yan kanina. Sinabi naman ni Sean Gibbons sa amin na ang Nevada Commision ang mag-ayos sa lahat tungkol sa patakaran nila na gagawin. At 'yon din sinabi ni Bob Arum," he said.He added that the fight will be held behind closed doors to prevent mass gathering.

 

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