Jerwin Ancajas notched his 22nd win after stopping Tanzania’s Fadhili Majiha. Screengrab from ringtv.craveonline.com/
NEWLY crowned International Boxing Federation junior bantamweight champion Jerwin Ancajas won’t have to settle for “peanuts,” after all.
Told that Ancajas’ prize money for his upset of Puerto Rican McJoe Arroyo late Saturday at the Navy Gym in Fort Bonifacio was a measly $2,700 (about P125,000), Sen. Manny Pacquiao gifted the champion from Panabo, Davao del Norte, with P500,000 on Monday at his Senate office.
“I took pity on him,” said Pacquiao. “He deserves a bonus for bringing honor to our country.”
The 24-year-old Ancajas said he never thought about his prize money while fighting Arroyo.
Pacquiao will fly to Los Angeles tonight to promote his WBO title bout against Mexican Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas. Roy Luarca