Soto vs Ancajas

Who won Soto vs Ancajas?

Jerwin Ancajas beat Wilner Soto by technical knockout in the 5th round on Saturday, June 24th, 2023, at Armory, Minneapolis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Carlos Adames beating Julian Williams for the WBC Interim World Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Erickson Lubin beat Luis Arias, Fernando Martinez defeated Jade Bornea for the IBF World Junior Bantamweight title, and Caleb Truax was defeated by Burley Brooks.

Soto vs Ancajas stats

Back in June 2023, Wilner Soto stepped into the ring with a record of 22 wins, 12 losses, and 0 draws.

Jerwin Ancajas made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws.

Wilner Soto was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Soto had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ancajas.

Both Wilner Soto and Jerwin Ancajas fought out of an orthodox stance.

Soto was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 8 months later than Ancajas, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 75 fewer professional rounds, totaling 187 compared to Ancajas' 262.

Soto vs Ancajas form

Ancajas had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Fernando Martinez on October 8, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Home Depot Center, Carson, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Fernando Martinez on February 26, 2022, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jonathan Javier Rodriguez on April 10, 2021, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Casino, Connecticut.

Before that, he had beaten Miguel Gonzalez on December 7, 2019, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Auditorio GNP Seguros, Puebla, Mexico.

He had defeated Ryuichi Funai on May 4, 2019, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Stockton Arena, California, United States.

Activity check

Ancajas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Soto vs Ancajas start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Armory, Minneapolis, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Soto vs Ancajas?

Wilner Soto was a 15/1 (+1500) underdog going into the contest, while Jerwin Ancajas made his way into the ring at 1/50 (-5000) with oddsmakers.