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Boxing: Main event Ancajas-Sultan to push through on May 26

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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/sports/03/20/ancajas-sultan-2018-2018-032018.jpg"/><figcaption>Jonas Sultan and Jerwin Ancajas. Photos by Jonathan Cellona, Santino Honasan</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA -- The historic fight now has a date.The anticipated world junior bantamweight title clash between reigning champion Jerwin Ancajas and challenger Jonas Sultan will take place on May 26.“Yes, it&#x27;s confirmed: May 26 in Las Vegas. The historical fight will be the main event,” Sultan’s promoter Michael Aldeguer of ALA Boxing told ABS-CBN News via text message.The Ancajas-Sultan bout will be the first all-Filipino title clash in nearly 100 years. It was to be featured on the undercard of the Jeffery Horn-Terence Crawford bout that was scrapped after Crawford reportedly got injured during training.Sultan earned a mandatory-opponent status after pulling off a unanimous decision upset against former 2-division world champion Johnriel Casimero last September.It will be Ancajas&#x27;s second US fight since stopping Israel Gonzalez to defend his junior bantamweight crown last February.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/boxing/news/2018/04/03/pacquiao-confirms-world-title-fight-mathysse-july-15-39775">READ: Pacquiao confirms WBA title fight with Mathysse on July 15</a></li></ul>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

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Boxing: Main event Ancajas-Sultan to push through on May 26

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 03, 2018 12:07 PM PHT

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Updated January 09, 2019 02:43 PM PHT

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