LOS ANGELES: Unbeaten Argentinian Fernando Martinez ended Filipino Jerwin Ancajas’ long International Boxing Federation super flyweight reign with a 12-round unanimous decision victory in Las Vegas on Saturday. Martinez pressed the action in a lively bout at The Cosmopolitan, consistently outworking the champion to earn the upset victory, with two judges scoring it 118-110 and a third seeing it 117-111 for the 30-year-old challenger. Martinez improved to 14-0 with eight wins inside the distance. Ancajas, who was making his 10th defense of the title he won in 2016, fell to 33-2-2 with 22 knockouts. Ancajas, also 30, said after the fight he would take advantage of his contractual right to a rematch. Meanwhile, his plans to take on Japanese WBO champion Kazuto Ioka in a unification bout later this year were blown. After an 11th round dominated by the aggressive Martinez, Ancajas appeared to need a knockout in the 12th to retain his title. But he couldn’t hurt Martinez, who continued to land solid punches to the head and body in the final round.
Mercuria, a global commodities trading firm headquartered in Geneva, finds its senior executives under scrutiny…
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained bullish for the second session in a row on Monday,…
The rupee remained on the back foot against the US dollar in the interbank market…
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has approved the Scheme of Arrangement between Pakistan…
Gold price in the country snapped a six-session losing streak and increased by Rs2,500 per…
Chairman of the Prime Minister Youth’s Programme(PMYP) Rana Mashhood has underscored the success of the…
Leave a Comment