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The Philippines' Jerwin Ancajas (R) fights against Japan's Takuma Inoue during their WBA Bantam Weight championship boxing bout in Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on February 24, 2024. Philip Fong, AFP.

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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/022424_Ancajas-Inoue_AFP.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="The Philippines&#x27; Jerwin Ancajas (R) fights against Japan&#x27;s Takuma Inoue during their WBA Bantam Weight championship boxing bout in Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on February 24, 2024. Philip Fong, AFP."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">The Philippines&#x27; Jerwin Ancajas (R) fights against Japan&#x27;s Takuma Inoue during their WBA Bantam Weight championship boxing bout in Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on February 24, 2024. <strong id="isPasted"><em></em></strong><em></em><em>Philip Fong, AFP.</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Japan&#x27;s Takuma Inoue retained his WBA bantamweight title after stopping Filipino challenger Jerwin Ancajas on Saturday night at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A vicious body shot from Inoue forced Ancajas to his knees in the ninth round, and the Filipino was unable to beat the count.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/06/23/ancajas-expects-title-challenge-vs-inoue-in-february-2024"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/06/23/ancajas-expects-title-challenge-vs-inoue-in-february-2024">READ: Ancajas expects title challenge vs Inoue in February 2024</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inoue, the brother of unbeaten champion Naoya, improved to 19-1 in his career. It was only the fifth time that he won by knockout. He has now won six straight matches since suffering his first professional loss to Nordine Oubaali in November 2019.</span></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:802px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1761371557967114560&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-02-24T13%3A04%3A59.195947%3Ab5b6161d-c327-448d-8314-7c78a337b07f%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=b194b03831ad5e31d7aba308ef94db5ffc7d9aae&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1761371557967114560"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For the 32-year-old Ancajas, it was his third loss in his last four fights. The Filipino had been aiming to become a two-weight champion had he been successful, but instead lost via stoppage for the first time in his professional career. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This marked the first time that Ancajas had been in action since June 2023, when he stopped Wilner Soto in a match in Minnesota. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Filipino had been competitive despite the long layoff, and teed off against Inoue in the fourth round. But he absorbed some tough body shots in the ensuing rounds, and a pair of big right hands by the champion in the ninth dropped him to the canvas. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ancajas now has a 34-4-2 win-loss-draw record. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/03/23/with-title-fight-on-hold-ancajas-returns-to-survival-camp"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/03/23/with-title-fight-on-hold-ancajas-returns-to-survival-camp">READ: With title fight on hold, Ancajas returns to Survival Camp</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Another Filipino in Jonas Sultan also suffered a knockout loss on Saturday night.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sultan was knocked out by up-and-coming Japanese fighter Riku Masuda in the very first round of their bantamweight bout, also at the Kokugikan Arena.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It was a tough loss for Sultan who arrived in Japan just two days before the fight from the United States. He fell to 19-7 in his career.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></span></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="950" height="534" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FRRdSybshtc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Japan's Takuma Inoue retained his WBA bantamweight title after stopping Filipino challenger Jerwin Ancajas on Saturday night at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.</p>

Japan's Takuma Inoue retained his WBA bantamweight title after stopping Filipino challenger Jerwin Ancajas on Saturday night at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

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Takuma Inoue stops Ancajas to retain bantamweight title

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Published Feb 24, 2024 09:13 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 24, 2024 10:40 PM PHT

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