INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight champion Jerwin “The Pretty Boy” Ancajas received from the Philippine Navy the prestigious “Gawad sa Kaunlaran Award” on Saturday and on Monday he will fly to Zamboanga City to help train Tokyo Olympics-bound Eumir Felix Marcial.
And while in Zamboanga, Ancajas will pay his benefactor—Big Boss Cement chief Engineer Gilbert Cruz—a visit to make the most of his stay in Zamboanga.
“Jerwin and Jonas Sultan [sparring partner] will join Eumir at his training camp in Zamboanga,” said Joven Jimenez, Ancajas’s trainer and manager. “Jerwin will primarily help Eumir in ring tactics and IQ.”
Ancajas as a super flyweight weighs around 52 kgs while Marcial, a middleweight, maintains 69 kgs.
Marcial set up camp at the Zamboanga MLV Boxing Gym in Zamboanga City and is being monitored by Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines coach Gerson Nietes. He will test his Olympic readiness in Asian Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships which was moved from Covid-19 stricken New Delhi to Dubai from May 21 to June 1.
Ancajas, 29, cross training at the Naval Special Operations Group (NAVSOCOM) base in Sangley Point in Cavite before the pandemic. He retained his title against mandatory challenger Jonathan Javier Rodriguez of Mexico last April 10 in Connecticut.
A reservist with a rank of senior chief petty officer, Ancajas thanked Navy Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlos Bacordo, Flag Secretary Captain Oliver Reforba, NAVSOCOM Commander Capt. Dwight Steven Dulnoan, Marine Commandant Major General Ariel Caculitan and Naval Reserve Command’s Rear Admiral Dorvin Legaspi, Rear Admiral AFP Vice Comamnder Adeluis Bordado, Rear Admiral Chief of Staff Nichols Driz, Brigadier General. Jose Johnriel Cenabre and retired Fernando Parcon.
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