There are 240 articles attributed to this author. Displaying articles 11 to 20.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 name
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
Varias Milling: The Bicol Ghost Chicago Couldn’t Ignore Thu, 27 Mar 2025

The boxing ring does not care where you came from, what you gave up, or how much you deserve a break. It only knows one thing— the fight. The pain. The will to stand up when everything tells you to stay down.
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Star Frisco: Fighting with Heart, Never with Fear Sun, 23 Mar 2025

Francisco Yaba— known to the ring as Star Frisco— was the kind of fighter who didn’t need to announce his arrival. Some are born for the ring. Others grow into it. He was both.
His path to the ring wasn’t hand
GEORGE FOREMAN (1949–2025): THE GENTLE GIANT WHO TAUGHT US TO FIGHT WITH KINDNESS Sat, 22 Mar 2025
 George Foreman, Painting by Jun Aquino.
Today, we bow our heads for a man whose presence once filled arenas and whose kindness filled hearts. George Edward Foreman, “Big George” to the world and a quiet source
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