Quote from: lionheart78 on Today at 06:32:27 AM

Quote from: freedomgo on August 24, 2022, 10:46:53 AM

That fact alone will be one of the reasons why Ancajas should be more eager to get the belt that was once safe in his possession before he got lost by a first time title challenger, Martinez. Let's just give Ancajas the benefit of the doubt too because having a sudden exchange of opponent will of course make him struggle or any boxer in the industry as Ancajas himself didn't prepared for Martinez.

Definitely, it is an anti-tempo where an opponent has to be changed at the last minute. Since the boxer needs to scout, prepare a strategy, and put it in the boxer thru training. The last-minute change of opponent is disastrous to a boxer since he needs to throw away all the initial preparation and input another strategy at the last minute. Somehow a boxer is accustomed to the initial training regime and has trouble adapting the new strategy for the new opponent. That may serve as an excuse in the last fight, but it won't be this rematch.
So I think we will be seeing better Ancajas this time and I hope he can pass the weight limit requirement without any problem.

Certainly right! It's really hard to win for an opponent that you haven't prepared for while that same foe has been preparing for you for months and has been waiting if there's some back-up needed. As for Ancajas case, it's understandable why he got lost too but his other issue was different because he had a hard time meeting the required weight, his camp admitted that.

Anyway, there are too many reasons regarding their first encounter and why Ancajas lost. This time, he has a chance to prove that Martinez just got lucky that time and I hope that Ancajas will get that belt again so that he can fight Ioka next and settle the unfinished business.