Whatever the reason is, that will not excuse him to get away from that defeat he got in their first encounter and it might be just good for Ancajas if he will just admit that he didn't expect Martinez to be that good that's why he lost the fight and it's somehow clear that his stamina is not keeping up in the late rounds too. Maybe this time they can score a win and bring back the championship belt to the Philippines.
Yes, agree too that it's irrelevant to have such excuses why a boxer loses because of a bad condition.
Take the example of the Featherweight Title match between Gary Russell Jr. who is the champion at that time against Mark Magsayo of the Philippines. Russel is clearly not in good shape as he is suffering from a shoulder injury but decided to continue with the match. After he lose the title to Magsayo, never did he make excuses about him being in a bad shape why he lose but instead, will promise to get back strong to take a chance again on the title.
Anyway, did Ancajas really mention that he loses because of that cramps or whatever reason? If yes, then that's a big problem since he doesn't recognize the strength of Fernando Martinez as he is just pointing out his disadvantage on that night where he loses.
I guess it's just second nature to combative sports athletes to make excuses, I mean everyone is in all facets of life.
The thing is that if this is true then Ancajas should recognized it, make the necessary changes in their second fight. The Gary Russell fight is different though, because he is really injured by proceeded to go and fight Magsayo. As compare to this scenario wherein it was during the fight that the leg cramps sets in. So his team by now know what went wrong with his training, and they need to avoid that. For sure Ancajas see Martinez strength and doesn't want to recognized it perhaps and just wanted to get his revenge.