JERWIN “THE PRETTY BOY” ANCAJAS gets a chance to become world champion again when he fights World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue of Japan on November 15.
Inoue, 27, is the younger brother of unbeaten unified super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.
International matchmaker Sean Gibbons confirmed to BusinessMirror the Ancajas-Inoue fight on Thursday. The venue will be announced at a later date.
“Jerwin’s camp and the people behind Takuma have agreed to fight on November 15 in Japan,” Gibbons said. “It’s going to be a great fight and awesome opportunity for Jerwin to be a two-division champion.”
Ancajas, 31, held the International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion for some time but lost it in three consecutive fights. He moved up as a bantamweight and defeated Wilner Soto of Colombia via fifth-round technical knockout last June 24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
His win-loss-draw record stands at 34-3-2 with 23 knockouts.
Takuma, on the other hand, is said to be not as tough as his elder brother but is a tactical fighter with good counterpunching skills and head movement.
Takuma owns an 18-1 won-lost record with four knockouts. He lost to former World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Nordine Oubaali of France in 2019.
Two years later, the Frenchman fighter lost to Nonito Donaire Jr. via fourth round knockout.
Inoue won his last five bouts, including a unanimous decision win over Venezuela’s Liborio Solis last April in Japan for the vacant WBA bantamweight belt.
