REIGNING Boxing Worldwide Organization (BWO) bantamweight titlist Edward “General” Heno welcomed former world champion Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas to the 118-lb division despite the possibility for both Filipinos fighting for the crown.
“I’m glad that he climbed to the bantamweight division. If they need a great debut fight, I am available,” the 29-year-old Heno, a former world title challenger, told BusinessMirror Tuesday. “Jerwin is a world-class fighter and he needs a good fight.”
Ancajas, 30, decided to move up in weight after absorbing back-to-back defeats to Fernando Daniel Martinez of Argentina, saying he lost his punching power as a super flyweight.
Heno (15-1-5 win-loss-draw record with five knockouts) returned to the ring last August with a unanimous decision victory over Renoel Pael in Pasig City.
He is now waiting for an opportunity to defend his belt in the United States.
But Heno said he would be fighting first on December 17 in one of the supporting fights in Carl James Martin fight against a still to be undetermined opponent in La Trinidad, Benguet.