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AUG.1: 106th BIRTHDAY OF ASIA’S FIRST WORLD BOXING CHAMP
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Aug 2007
HOW WOULD HE FARE VS TODAY’S FLYWEIGHTS?
ILOILO CITY – Had he lived today, would Francisco Guilledo, popularly known as “Pancho Villa”, stand a china man’s chance against the best flyweights in Read full story THE TOP TEN FILIPINO BOXERS OF ALL-TIME
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 10 Jun 2007
Gabriel 'Flash' Elorde
The lovely Pia Guanio, best known for her Chica Minute portion on the evening news of GMA 7 – 24 Oras – recently hosted a program titled “Ang Pinaka Astig Na Pinoy Boxers” on Read full story FLASH ELORDE’S CHOICE AS ALL-TIME GREAT TOUCHES LAURA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 30 May 2007
Gabriel "Flash" Elorde.
Laura Elorde, the widow of the late world junior lightweight champion Gabriel “Flash” Elorde is a lady of few words but she told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today she was touched by the ch Read full story ELORDE NO. 1 AMONG FILIPINO BOXING GREATS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 May 2007
The late world junior lightweight champion Gabriel "Flash" Elorde has emerged No. 1 in a poll conducted among a select group of boxing writers and commentators by QTV Channel 11 for a special that was telecast at 6:00 p.m. last Saturday Read full story QTV 11 SPECIAL ON TOP TEN IN FILIPINO BOXING GREATS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 May 2007
The discussions continue on who is the top choice among scores of Filipino boxing greats and QTV 11 which conducted a poll over the past couple of weeks will telecast a special on the results at 6:00 p.m. this Sunday including rare footage of some of the fights.
Among the contenders for the top Read full story ASIAN HALL OF FAMERS
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
GABRIEL "FLASH" ELORDE
How do you measure greatness in sports? In track and field the difference between good and great may be just millimeters or milliseconds. Titles won and years of dominance are part of the criteria in any sport. Consistency is also used as a measuring stick. In boxing Read full story Pancho Villa’s Homecoming
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 Aug 2006
Pancho Villa (Francisco Guilledo) made history in 1923 with his epic seven round knockout win over Jimmy Wilde for the world flyweight title. He then fought an incredible twenty three times from July 1923 to August 1924. Most of them were non-title bouts. He already had three successful title defens Read full story GAB GOLDEN MOMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE BOXING
By Alex A. Paglumotan, GAB Commissioner, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 06 Jul 2006
The Games and Amusements Board under the abled leadership of Chairman Eric R. Buhain and the active members of the Board, in complete feeling of triumph and jubilation joins the whole nation in the great moment of victory brought to us by the convincing win of Manny "PACMAN" Paquiao against the "EL Read full story 'LITTLE BROWN DOLLS': A Gallery of Filipino World Boxing Champs
By Hermie Rivera, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 May 2006
THEY were called “little brown dolls,” but how they could fight!
Twenty-seven world champions enshrined in the record books since the early ‘20s attest to the ability, speed, courage and flash of Filipino fighters, who campaigned mainly in the lower weight classes.
If there was Read full story A QUICK HISTORY OF BOXING
By Alex A. Paglumotan, GAB Commissioner, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 22 Feb 2006
Many of us do not really have a complete grasp on exactly when and how boxing started. Boxing in general is classically defined as a SPORT "which involves the art of attack and defense protected by padded gloves". That's the easy meanig in the modern times.
According to the records of the GAB's s Read full story
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