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Macario Villon: The Thinking Fighter Who Thrived Where Instinct Reigns
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Feb 2025
Before the Philippines produced world boxing champions, before Filipino fighters made waves on the international stage, there was Macario Villon.
Born Maximiano G. Villon on March 10, 1901, in Balintawak, he knew struggle Read full story Pablo Dano: Unbreakable
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 22 Feb 2025
Boxing history remembers its champions—the ones who held gold, who stood at the top of their division, whose names were recorded into record books. But some of the toughest, most remarkable fighters never got that full recognit Read full story Diosdado Posadas: Call me Speedy
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Feb 2025
Some fighters had dynamite in their fists. Others had dazzling skills. But the rarest of them—the ones whose names linger long after they’re gone— had something more.
They had game, and they had class.
Speedy Dado h Read full story Philippine Boxing’s Temple of BOOM
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jan 2025
The Olympic Stadium exists only in memory, passed down from one generation to the next through old newspaper clippings, faded photographs, and stories. Gone are the fighters, the swells, and The Fancy of a golden era. W Read full story Francisco Guilledo: A Celebration of Life
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Filipino boxers have gained worldwide fame for their clever, aggressive style and gameness in the ring.
From flyweight to welterweight, all the way to middleweight, they have battled their way into contention and won wo Read full story Francisco Guilledo: A World Champion Forever
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Jul 2024
Art of Boxing: Courtesy of Rodolfo “Jun” Aquino.
July 14, 2024
San Francisco, CA:
Today, we bow our heads and remember Francisco Guilledo—known to the world as Pancho Villa—a champion Read full story Pancho Villa versus Jimmy McLarnin on the Fourth of July 1925: Francisco Guilledo’s Final Fight
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 04 Jul 2024
San Francisco, California—He was up against formidable foes: a raging sepsis from an ulcerated tooth, a 19-year-old diamond-in-the-rough named Jimmy McLarnin, a sole referee acting as judge, and a hostile American crow Read full story Greatest Pound for Pound Fighters Philippines (Second of Two Installments)
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Jun 2024
Gabriel 'Flash' Elorde.
The NBA/WBA Era
It was an entirely different era in pro boxing with just one international sanctioning body, the National Boxing Association or NBA, later known as the World Boxing Associ Read full story Greatest P4P Fighters Philippines (First of Two Installments)
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 May 2024
There is renewed interest in the Best Pound for Pounder Fighters in the world today as triggered by the Ring Magazine which comes up with updated listing depending on developments in big time international pro b Read full story William Eli Miller: The Bard who Illuminated Philippine Boxing in Print
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Apr 2024
If you’ve ever come across the colorful monikers of past Filipino boxing legends like Little Pancho, Small Montana, Speedy Dado, Young Tommy, or Star Frisco, chances are you've been enthralled by the work of a master publi Read full story
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