JERWIN Ancajas had a rousing debut as a featherweight, scoring a fourth-round stoppage of Mexican Ruben Tostado Garcia on Sunday at the Hipodromo Caliente in Mexico.
The former world super-flyweight champion knocked down the hometown bet twice in the course of the scheduled eight-round fight, prompting Garcia to quit on his stool.
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Ancajas, 34, improved his record to 37-4-2 with 24 KOs as he fought for the first time following an eight-month layoff.
His last bout was a majority decision win against Ruben Casero of Uruguay last August in Long Beach, California in what proved to be his final outing as a super-bantamweight.
It was the first fight of Ancajas in Mexico in seven years or since scoring a sixth-round TKO against Miguel Gonzalez at the Auditorio GNP Seguros, Puebla in 2019 to retain his IBF super-flyweight crown.
The Filipino is also on a four-fight winning streak after a failed bid to win the WBA bantamweight crown following a ninth-round knockout against Takuma Inoue in Tokyo two years ago.
Garcia (28-16-1 with 11 KOs) lost for the fifth time in his last six outings,
The 32-year-old Mexican is coming off a third-round TKO against former WBC bantamweight champion and compatriot Alexandro Santiago.
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