Tag: Ryuichi Funai

Super-flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas beamed with pride upon receiving the Jersey Joe Walcott-Fighter of the Year award during the International ...

Coming off the seventh defense of the IBF 115-lb crown with a seventh-round stoppage of Japanese mandatory challenger Ryuichi Funai, ...

“Fighter talaga, suntok ng suntok (He’s really a fighter and loves to throw lots of punches),” - Jerwin Ancajas

Referee Ed Collantes declared the fight over with just one second into the round upon the advise of the ring ...

Gibbons is Ancajas’ official representative and a deal to fight unbeaten Andrew Moloney of Australia should take place in September ...

“He is a very talented fighter,” said Funai, the mandatory challenger, said on Thursday, two days before his first fight ...

“We’d like to see him put on a great performance and not looking gaunt and weak just so he can ...

“(I am) Very confident of winning,” said Funai, 33, and holder of a 31-7 22 KOs record.

Less than a week before defending his International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-flyweight crown against mandatory challenger Ryuichi Funai at the ...

Ancajas (30-1-2 with 20 KOs) feels that Japanese mandatory challenger Ryuichi Funai (31-7 with 22 KOs) is someone not to ...

“Maganda po ang takbo ng ensayo dito. Tamang-tama ang weather. Malamig sa umaga at gabi pero umiinit sa araw " ...

“Tutal napapanahon naman ang sakripisyo eh (Besides, it is the season for making sacrifices),” said Ancajas during a break in ...

By Nick Giongco Jerwin Ancajas puts not only his world super-flyweight crown on the line but his 18-fight winning streak ...