| Jerwin Ancajas | |
| Realname: | Jerwin Juntilla Ancajas |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Panabo, Davao del Norte, Philippines |
| Nickname: | Pretty Boy |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in |
| Reach: | 66+1/2 in |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 40 |
| Wins: | 34 |
| Ko: | 23 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 2 |
Jerwin Juntilla Ancajas (born 1 January 1992) is a Filipino professional boxer. He held the IBF junior-bantamweight title from 2016 to 2022.
Jerwin was born and raised in Panabo, a suburb of Davao City, Philippines.[1] He was introduced to boxing in the second grade by his brother, Jesar. Jerwin would go on to win several national championships, including a gold medal at the Palarong Pambansa, before turning pro in 2009, at the age of 17.[2] Jerwin Ancajas has a 90–5 record in the Amateur Boxing.[3] Jerwin Ancajas currently lives in Brgy. Ramirez, Magallanes, Cavite together with his brother; Jesar Ancajas.
Ancajas made his professional debut in July 2009. He won his first major title; WBO Asia Pacific Youth junior-bantamweight title against Rex Tito scheduled in SM City Lipa. Jerwin Ancajas suffered a loss in his fifteenth pro bout, losing a majority decision to Mark Anthony Geraldo.
He became the IBF junior bantamweight champion when he defeated McJoe Arroyo on September 3, 2016.[4] Ancajas earned just $3,750 for the fight.[5] He entered the fight on an 11-fight win streak.[6] Ancajas comfortably outboxed Arroyo, and dropped him in round 8 to win a unanimous decision.[7]
Ancajas made his first defense on January 29, 2017, beating José Alfredo Rodríguez by technical knockout, after Rodríguez was unable to continue due to injury.[8] Ancajas made a further defense in July 2017, on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn against Teiru Kinoshita. Ancajas battered Kinoshita, opening a cut over his right eye and pummeling him to the body, before dropping him in round 7 with a right hook to the body. Kinoshita beat the count but the referee stopped the fight, giving Ancajas a TKO win.[9] On November 18, 2017, Ancajas defeated Jamie Conlan with a round 6 TKO. Conlan was battered from the first round, going down after a body shot. He was dropped three more times until the referee stopped the fight. Ancajas was deducted a point in round 5 by referee Steve Gray, following a legitimate shot to Conlan's abdomen. With the win, Ancajas made his third successful title defense in 2017, all by technical knockout and in different countries.[10]
In December, it was announced that Ancajas had signed with Top Rank and would make his U.S. debut in February 2018, defending his title against Israel González in Corpus Christi, Texas.[11] On 3 February 2018, Ancajas would successfully defend his IBF belt in his US debut.[12]
In his next title defence, Ancajas faced IBF #1 ranked title contender Jonas Sultan. Ancajas won the fight comfortably, winning by a wide margin on all three scorecards, namely 119–109, 119-109 and 117–111.[13]
On 29 September 2018, Ancajas battled IBF #14 Alejandro Santiago Barrios.[14] Barrios proved a tough opponent for the IBF champion, but could only fight to a draw as Ancajas was able to keep his belt.[15]
In his next fight, Ancajas fought #1 IBF contender Ryuichi Funai.[16] Ancajas overmatched Funai for most of the fight, as Funai was able to take some of his best shots, but did not counter Ancajas with any of his own. Ancajas finished his opponent in round seven.[17]
On 7 December 2019, Ancajas had another successful title defence, this time against IBF #14 Miguel Gonzalez. Ancajas won via a sixth-round TKO.[18]
Ancajas was scheduled to make his ninth IBF title defense against Jonathan Javier Rodriguez on April 10, 2021.[19] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 115-112, 116-111, and 117-110.[20]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Loss | 34–4–2 | Takuma Inoue | KO | 9 (12), | 24 Feb 2024 | |||
| 39 | Win | 34–3–2 | Wilner Soto | TKO | 5 (8), | 24 Jun 2023 | |||
| 38 | Loss | 33–3–2 | Fernando Martínez | UD | 12 | 8 Oct 2022 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 33–2–2 | Fernando Martínez | UD | 12 | 26 Feb 2022 | |||
| 36 | Win | 33–1–2 | Jonathan Javier Rodriguez | UD | 12 | 10 Apr 2021 | |||
| 35 | Win | 32–1–2 | Miguel Gonzalez | TKO | 6 (12), | 7 Dec 2019 | |||
| 34 | Win | 31–1–2 | Ryuichi Funai | RTD | 6 (12), | 4 May 2019 | |||
| 33 | Draw | 30–1–2 | Alexandro Santiago | SD | 12 | 29 Sep 2018 | |||
| 32 | Win | 30–1–1 | Jonas Sultan | UD | 12 | 26 May 2018 | |||
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Israel González | TKO | 10 (12), | 3 Feb 2018 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Jamie Conlan | TKO | 6 (12), | 18 Nov 2017 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Teiru Kinoshita | TKO | 7 (12), | 2 Jul 2017 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | José Alfredo Rodríguez | RTD | 7 (12), | 29 Jan 2017 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | McJoe Arroyo | UD | 12 | 3 Sep 2016 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Paul Apolinario | KO | 1 (10), | 13 Nov 2015 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Juan Purisima | KO | 9 (10), | 30 May 2015 | |||
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Fadhili Majiha | KO | 3 (8), | 23 Nov 2014 | |||
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Rachmat Santoso | TKO | 1 (10), | 23 Aug 2014 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Petchwanchai Sor Visetkit | KO | 1 (12), | 3 May 2014 | |||
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Inthanon Sithchamuang | KO | 2 (8), | 22 Feb 2014 | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Ryan Bongcawil | KO | 2 (10), | 14 Dec 2013 | |||
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | Armando Casa | TKO | 4 (8), | 30 Aug 2013 | |||
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 | Runlong Xu | TKO | 4 (6) | 21 Dec 2012 | |||
| 17 | Win | 15–1–1 | Miguel Tamayo | TKO | 10 (10), | 21 Sep 2012 | |||
| 16 | Win | 14–1–1 | John Paul Bautista | RTD | 3 (10), | 12 Aug 2012 | |||
| 15 | Loss | 13–1–1 | Mark Anthony Geraldo | MD | 10 | 17 Mar 2012 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Rodel Quilaton | UD | 12 | 23 Nov 2011 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Jing Xiang | UD | 10 | 27 Aug 2011 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Jason Egera | TKO | 8 (10), | 6 Aug 2011 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Rex Tito | UD | 10 | 16 Apr 2011 | |||
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Pit Anacaya | UD | 10 | 19 Feb 2011 | |||
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Menard Zaragosa | UD | 10 | 22 Dec 2010 | |||
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Julius Agcopra | TKO | 3 (8), | 20 Nov 2010 | |||
| 7 | Win | 6–0–1 | Leo de Guia | UD | 8 | 26 Sep 2010 | |||
| 6 | Win | 5–0–1 | Redney Quezon | TKO | 6 (6), | 7 Aug 2010 | |||
| 5 | Win | 4–0–1 | Leo de Guia | UD | 6 | 26 Jun 2010 | |||
| 4 | Draw | 3–0–1 | Ervin Yamo | TD | 6 | 15 May 2010 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Jimmy Paypa | MD | 4 | 25 Sep 2009 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Sherwin McDo Lungay | TKO | 1 (4), | 3 Sep 2009 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Reynaldo Buluan | TKO | 1 (4), | 27 Jul 2009 |
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