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Displaying articles 11 to 20.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.
Varia
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
Cowboy Reyes: The Gatekeeper of the 1920s Golden Age of Philippine Boxing
Thu, 20 Mar 2025
Francisco “Cowboy” Reyes was a fighter who stood at the crossroads of opportunity. Back in the early 1920s and 1930s, if a boxer wanted to prove himself in the Philippines and earn a ticket to fight in America, h
Ignacio Fernandez: The Iron-Fisted Warrior of Silay
Mon, 17 Mar 2025
Silay, Negros Occidental, was built on hard work. Sugarcane stretched for miles, and the air smelled of molasses.
Like most kids in Silay, Ignacio Fernandez worked the land. The fields were tough, but he was tou
Johnny Hill: The Ebb and Flow of The First Filipino-American Boxing Star
Sat, 15 Mar 2025
There was a time when Johnny Hill was expected to be the next great Filipino fighter, mentioned alongside legends like Pancho Villa and Ceferino Garcia. He was fast, skilled, and fearless. A triple champion of the Orient,
Flores Family: Filipino Fistic Fury
Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Before Pancho Villa shocked the world, before Flash Elorde legitimized and ruled the junior-lightweight division, there were the Flores brothers— Francisco, Macario, Irineo, and Elino.
During the golden age of Phili
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