Hurricane coming

Manny Pacquiao isn't the only boxer to hold multiple belts in different weight classes. She is Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton, the Fil-Am boxing sensation from San Francisco, California and is the reigning WBO Super Bantamweight Champion and IBA Super Bantamweight Champion. She hopes to add a third belt when she faces WIBA super bantamweight champ and four-time world champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown on March 27 (March 28 Manila time).

At a young age, she trained in Bok Fu, a softer combination of Kenpo and Kung Fu. Not soon after she received her black belt at the West Wind Karate School (where she trained under Chris Thompson) in Berkeley, California, she took up boxing.

She began her amateur boxing career in 2004, along the way clinching the San Francisco Diamond Belt, and was ranked No. 6 overall in the U.S. She was the San Francisco State Champion, San Francisco Golden Gloves Champion, National Diamond Belt Champion, and eased a rank higher at No. 5 in 2006. And before she turned professional, she was the San Francisco Championship Gold Medalist, and ranked No. 2 the U.S. in 2007.

Julaton won the WBO super bantamweight belt after beating Kelsey Jeffries in September 2009 and annexed the IBA super bantamweight with her triumph over Deborah Biggers in November 2009.

Ana, born Luciana Julaton, was born in San Francisco, California, to Filipino parents. Her family is from Pagasinan.

Under the guidance of trainer Nonito Donaire, Sr., she is also in the running to becoming the undisputed world champion in her weight class, and arguably the best pound-for-pound female boxer.

Julaton’s bid to capture the WBA super bantamweight belt is on March 28 and will be shown exclusively on GMA Network.