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April 28, 2021 | 6:27 pm
IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas wants a shot at WBA champ Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico in a unification fight. ALVIN S. GO
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Speaking at the media conference hosted for him by the Games and Amusements Board on Wednesday, Mr. Ancajas shared that there is nothing definite yet on when his next fight will be and against who, but given the opportunity, he would like to battle Mr. Estrada, the World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) champion.
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Former National Boxing Champion Creates Scholarship
Fund pays tribute to longtime friendship with world champion boxer Vernon Forrest
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AUGUSTA, Ga., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Vernon Forrest was a decorated world boxing champion and member of the 1992 US Olympic Team. Then in 2009, Forrest was senselessly murdered. Now, his former teammate has created a boxing scholarship to honor his friend s legacy.
Pictured from left to right are Vernon Forrest and Frank M. Durst IV playing golf in the early 2000s.
The Durst-Forrest Boxing Scholarship established by former Augusta boxer Frank M. Durst IV and his wife Caroline was recently founded to support Augusta Boxing Club student athletes pursuing secondary education opportunities. The Dursts formed the charitable fund with an initial $50,000 contribution through the Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA).