Ancajas vs Funai

Who won Ancajas vs Funai?

Jerwin Ancajas beat Ryuichi Funai by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Stockton Arena in California.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Jerwin Ancajas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the IBF super flyweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev's and Radivoje Kalajdzic's clash for the IBF World Light Heavyweight championship.

Ancajas vs Funai stats

Back in May 2019, Jerwin Ancajas stepped into the ring with a record of 30 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ryuichi Funai made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 22 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Funai had a slight advantage in power over Ancajas, with a 71% knock out percentage over Ancajas' 67%.

Jerwin Ancajas was the younger man by 6 years, at 28 years old.

Funai had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ancajas.

Both Jerwin Ancajas & Ryuichi Funai fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ancajas was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 year and 5 months later than Funai, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 156 more professional rounds, 257 to Funai's 101.

Ryuichi Funai was ranked number 1 by the IBF in the 115lb division.

Ancajas vs Funai form

Ancajas had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had drawn with Alejandro Santiago on 28th September 2018 by split draw in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Oracle Arena, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jonas Sultan on 26th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Selland Arena, Fresno, California.

Going into that contest, he had beat Israel Gonzalez on 3rd February 2018 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Bank of America Center, Texas.

Before that, he had defeated Jamie Conlan on 18th November 2017 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at The SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

He had won against Teiru Kinoshita on 2nd July 2017 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia.

Activity check

Ancajas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

Funai's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Ancajas vs Funai start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Stockton Arena, California, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Ancajas vs Funai?

Ancajas vs Funai was broadcast on ESPN+ in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Ancajas vs Funai?

Jerwin Ancajas was a 2/25 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Ryuichi Funai made his way into the ring at 13/2 (+650) with oddsmakers.