By Nick Giongco
The Philippines’ Jerwin Ancajas and Marlon Tapales look to share the local spotlight at the height of the Southeast Asian Games fever in the Philippines when they figure high-profile fights today on the world stage.
Official weights from Puebla Mexico for IBF super-flyweight title fight: Jerwin Ancajas, 114.5 lbs; Miguel Gonzalez, 114.8 lbs (Photo courtesy of Nick Giongco)
Ancajas defends the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown against Chile’s Miguel Gonzalez in Puebla, Mexico.
Tapales, a former world champion, shoots for the interim IBF super-bantam title against Japan’s Ryosuke Iwasa at the Barclays Center n Brooklyn, New York.
During the official weighin, Ancajas and Gonzalez both made the weight.
Ancajas came in at 114.5 while Gonzalez tipped in at 114.8. the division limit is 115.
Over in New York, Tapales and Iwasa scaled in at 121.5, half a pound below the division max of 122.
Ancajas was supposed to make the eighth defense of the IBF 115lb plum last month in Carson, California, but his Mexican foe Jonathan Rodriguez failed to show up on US soil, forcing Top Rank to scrap the fight.
This will be Tapales’ third fight in America.
The officials for the Ancajas-Gonzalez fight are Wayne Hedgpeth of California as referee and the three judges are Joel Elizondo of Texas, Chris Wilson of Arizona and Zach Young, also of California.
For the Tapales-Iwasa duel, Shada Murdaugh is the referee while the the three judges are Frank Lombardi of Connecticut, Robin Taylor of New York and Steve Weisfeld of New Jersey.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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