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Mon, 28 Apr 2025
Before the condos and skyscrapers rose like silent monuments to the wealthy, before memory gave way to glass and steel, there was a place in San Francisco where fists, not fortunes, determined your worth.
A place called
A Seat at the Table of Antonio Lopez Aldeguer: A Reminiscence
Fri, 25 Apr 2025
On March 22, 2024—on the eve of the Gala of Champions—I met Antonio Lopez Aldeguer in person for the first time.
We sat quietly in the Ambassador Suite at the Manila Grand Opera Hotel. The celebration was still a day away
Young Gildo: The Baguio Bearcat
Tue, 22 Apr 2025
If you were a fight fan in the 1920s or ‘30s, you couldn’t miss the name Young Gildo. He was everywhere—Manila, Australia, Japan, Hawaii—taking on anyone who would stand in front of him. He fought like a man who
There Are No Miracles— Just Nora Aunor
Fri, 18 Apr 2025
Himala - A painting by Rodolfo "Jun" Aquino.
There are no miracles, she said. But there she stood—defying gravity, time, the odds, and the expectations of an industry that once tried to cast her aside. No miracles? Th
Little Pancho: A Filipino Fighter in the Ring, an American Soldier to the End
Thu, 17 Apr 2025
San Francisco Civic Auditorium – June 17, 1940
The air inside the auditorium was thick with tobacco smoke, anticipation, and something special. Filipino farmers, laborers, sailors, and immigrants leaned forward in
The Civic’s Sacred Ring: Filipino Fighters and the Heart of San Francisco
Mon, 14 Apr 2025
The Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, once the San Francisco Civic, stands tall at 99 Grove Street—a quiet giant nestled in the city’s civic core. Time has worn its walls, but the building still breathes. For those who know
Young Tommy: In the Gaze of Dempsey, In the Shadow of Villa
Mon, 07 Apr 2025
In the small town of Silay in the sugar bowl region Negros Occidental, a Filipino boy named Fernando Opao was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1910. Years later, the boxing world would come to know him by another nameâ€
Ancient Warriors, Modern Stage: Kun Khmer in America
Sat, 05 Apr 2025
April 12 is going to be loud. Not just from the crowd or the announcer’s voice cutting through the air, but from the thud of gloves, the rhythm of bare feet, and the sting of elbows and knees. Inside Thunder Studios in Lo
The Hard Road of Young Nationalista
Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Federico Angulo Buenaflor— i.e. Young Nationalista— stood in his corner, fists clenched. His gloves were laced tight, his body aching from weeks of brutal training, his mind sharpened by years of struggle.
Across th
Lope Tenorio: El Bulakeño Matón (The Bulacan Brawler)
Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Lope Tenorio was a mystery. He was a fighter whose fists did the talking, a bruiser who carved his name into boxing history but left little behind about the man he was outside the ring. He came from Manila, but his bat
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