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Displaying articles 1 to 10.FULL CIRCLE AT WILD CARD: Jhay Otamias’ Tribute to a Fighter and a Fanbase
Mon, 30 Jun 2025
Fifteen years. Thousands of shutter clicks. One unforgettable moment.
Jayson “Jhay Oh” Otamias, the quiet Filipino-American photojournalist who built his name one frame at a time, recently returned to the famed Wild C
Guro Dan Inosanto: Guardian of the Filipino Fighting Spirit
Fri, 27 Jun 2025
Marina del Rey, California (June 21, 2025)
Guro Dan Inosanto remains as sharp as the blades he’s mastered, and his presence still moves with the calm precision of someone who has studied rhythm all his life. At eighty-
Sol Levinson: The Man Whose Gloves Elevated Boxing
Tue, 06 May 2025
Behind every devastating punch is an organic hero— the gloves. Solomon “Sol” Levinson understood this better than anyone.
He set out to change the fight game by crafting the best fighter’s gloves possible.
In bo
Dreamland: Where Filipino Fists Lit Up San Francisco Nights
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 name
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