Boxing: Ancajas gets COVID-19 jab ahead of title defense

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/01/20/jer.jpg"/><figcaption>IBF junior bantamweight champion Jerwin Ancajas. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>Boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas has received &quot;partial protection&quot; before his mandatory title defense on April 10 in the US.</p><p>The IBF junior bantamweight king has already received a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/24/21/ancajas-better-off-leaving-top-rank-says-analyst">Ancajas better off leaving Top Rank, says analyst</a></li></ul><p>In fact, members of his whole team for the title defense against Jonathan Rodriguez were vaccinated to keep Ancajas protected from the coronavirus while he trains at Freddie Roach&#x27;s Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles.</p><p>&quot;Kami nina Coach Joven, na-vaccine na po. Pfizer po &#x27;yung vaccine,&quot; the &quot;Pretty Boy&quot; said during their recent virtual presser organized by his sponsor Big Boss Cement.</p><p>When asked if he experienced negative side effects after getting his first dose, the crafty lefty shook his head. &quot;Wala naman po. Parang normal na tinurukan ka ng vaccine. Nangalay lang ang braso ng dalawang araw,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/22/21/boxing-ancajas-eyes-sor-rungvisai-after-mandatory-title-defense">Boxing: Ancajas eyes Sor Rungvisai after mandatory title defense</a></li></ul><p>The 29-year-old champion will make his ninth title defense against Rodriguez in Uncasville, Connecticut.</p><p>Ancajas, who has been in the US training alongside Olympic-bound Eumir Marcial since October, was supposed to defend his title against Rodriguez in November 2019 but the Mexican fighter ran into visa issues.</p><p>That bout was then moved to April 2020 but that, too, didn’t happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Now that the bout is finally pushing through, the team is making sure that Ancajas will come in well prepared for the title defense.</p><p>&quot;Focused po talaga tayo sa laban,&quot; said Ancajas, who has been sparring at Wild Card thrice a week.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1646675	" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas already has received "partial protection" before his mandatory title defense on April 10 in the US.<br /> </p>

Boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas already has received "partial protection" before his mandatory title defense on April 10 in the US.

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Boxing: Ancajas gets COVID-19 jab ahead of title defense

Boxing: Ancajas gets COVID-19 jab ahead of title defense

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 24, 2021 04:51 PM PHT

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