Not even the Lenten break prevented soon-to-be rivals Jerwin Ancajas and Jonas Sultan from showing up in the gym on Maundy Thursday.
Ancajas, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight champion was all business at the Survival Camp in Magallanes, Cavite, according to lead trainer Joven Jimenez.
Sultan, the mandatory challenger to Ancajas’ coveted IBF 115-lb title, also worked out a sweat Thursday at the ALA Boxing Club headquarters in Cebu City.
Top Rank head Bob Arum is holding their showdown sometime in late-May or early-June in the US.
But Ancajas and Sultan both took a break on Good Friday but promised to resume training on Black Saturday.
The Ancajas-Sultan faceoff will be the first time in 100 years that two Filipinos are figuring in a world title fight after Pancho Villa beat Clever Sencio in their flyweight title match at Wallace Field (now Luneta) in 1925. (Nick Giongco)
