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A BRIEF HISTORY OF PINOY SUPERFLYS
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 May 2018


The super flyweight or junior bantamweight division is not one of the original eight weight classes in professional boxing but was created by the WBC in 1980. Rafael Orono of Venezuela was the first 115 pound division champ
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ANCAJAS-SULTAN FEATS, FACTS AND FIGURES PART I
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 May 2018


Jerwin Juntilla Ancajas was born on New Year's Day January 1, 1992 at Panabo, Davao del Norte. Nicknamed "Pretty Boy," he has been the IBF junior bantamweight champion since September 2016. As of Jul
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ANCAJAS AND SULTAN MAKE HISTORY ON APRIL 14
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Mar 2018


Jerwin Ancajas' mandatory defense of his IBF junior bantamweight title against Jonas Sultan is all set on April 14 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, according to matchmaker Sean Gibbons and Ancajas? manager Joven Jimenez as
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The greatest boxer ever
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Dec 2017


Two-time world boxing champion Gerry Penalosa insists he?s not biased but from his objective point of view, Manny Pacquiao is the greatest fighter who ever lived. ?It?s not because Manny?s a friend and I?m Filipino,? says Pen
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PANCHO VILLA, SECOND OF A SERIES
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 22 Jun 2016


Immediately after crowning himself the world flyweight crown via a seventh-round stoppage of defending champion Jimmy Wilde of Wales, Pancho Villa, who thus emerged the first Filipino and Asian to b
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JUNE 18, 1923: PANCHO VILLA BECOMES ASIA'S FIRST WORLD CHAMPION
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 18 Jun 2016


On this day in 1923, a bantam-sized but fast, two-fisted Filipino fighter gifted the Philippines, and Asia, for that matter, their first world boxing champion. Pancho Villa, then only 22, knocked out cold Jimmy Wi
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FISTS OF GREATEST FILIPINO BOXING CHAMPIONS TO BE CAST IN STONE AT MEMORABLE ?FLASH? ELORDE ANNUAL AWARDS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 31 Jan 2016


Leave it to Liza Elorde, the prime architect behind the Annual Gabriel ?Flash? Elorde Awards, to come up with a creative innovation every year. The Elorde family headed by the matriarch Laura Elorde said the annual rites, w
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KA HERMIE
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 20 Jan 2016


?Rich, pakitingnan mo nga itong laptop ko at di ako maka-connect sa internet.? (Rich, can you look at this laptop because I cannot connect to the internet.) Hermie Rivera asked me during fight week of one of Manny Pacquiao?s
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Remembering The Thrilla In Manila (First of a Series)
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 04 Oct 2015


For a few morning hours, stretching past noontime 40 years ago on Oct. 1 1975, the attention of the world was focused on the Philippines, which was hosting the third and final chapter of the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier historic tri
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WBC REMEMBERS PANCHO VILLA?S PASSING
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Jul 2015


The World Boxing Council has remembered the passing of the great Filipino world flyweight champion and Hall of Famer Pancho Villa in its segment ?A Day Like Today? by Victor Cota. The WBC website noted ?the gre
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