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TRIBUTE TO FIRST FILIPINO AND ASIAN WORLD BOXING CHAMPION, PANCHO VILLA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 19 Jun 2015
Pancho Villa whose real name was Francisco Guilledo became the first Filipino and Asian World Boxing champion when he battered an ageing but heroic Jimmy Wilde to win the world flyweight title at the historic Polo Read full story MAYWEATHER vs. PACQUIAO EVENT SHATTERS RECORDS, GENERATES MORE THAN $500 MILLION IN REVENUE
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 13 May 2015
NEW YORK (May 12, 2015)?The boxing blockbuster event, Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, shattered the previous record for total pay-per-view buys and now ranks as the highest-grossing pay-per-view of all time. Initial repo Read full story LEGACIES
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 05 May 2015
Manny Pacquiao came to fight, Floyd Mayweather wanted to box.
The boxer won.
Let?s accept that and move on. Pacquiao remains a beloved figure in the Philippines and an inspiration to the impoverished masses.
I bou Read full story Pacquiao-Mayweather By The Numbers: Did Floyd Really Win the Fight of the Century?
By Reylan Loberternos, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 04 May 2015
Tagbilaran City, Bohol ? The encounter dubbed as the fight of the century is already history. Majority of the fans, particularly those inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, thought Manny Pacquiao should have been awarded the vict Read full story Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Manny Pacquiao to win the 'Fight of the Century'
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 03 May 2015
LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr. exhibited his superb defensive skills and excellent countering ability against a rampaging Manny Pacquiao, to win their much anticipated fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Mayweather Read full story 1,000 JOURNALISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COVER #MAYPAC
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 03 May 2015
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The record media attendance has already been shattered even before the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather million dollar fight could break all existing norms in pay-per-view, gate attendance and revenue i Read full story NIETES SURPASSES ELORDE?S LONGTIME RECORD, STEPS INTO HISTORY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 01 Jan 2015
When the clock strikes twelve midnight on December 31, heralding what millions of Filipinos fervently hope will be a peaceful and prosperous New Year, a 32 year old product of a fighting boxing clan from Murcia not far fr Read full story NIETES BREAKS ELORDE'S RECORD AS PH LONGEST REIGNING WORLD CHAMP
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 01 Jan 2015
CEBU ? On September 30, 2007 at the Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Cebu City, Negros Occidental native Donnie Nietes, then 25, captured the vacant WBO minimumweight title against Pornsawan Porpramook of Thailand. Nietes su Read full story EMMANUEL, THE MESSIAH OF PHILIPPINE BOXING
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Dec 2014
Emmanuel signifies "God with us" (Matthew 1:23), and is the name of the child predicted in Isaiah 7:14: "Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel."
According to New Advent C Read full story Remembering Pancho Villa
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jun 2014
Ninety one years ago this month, Pancho Villa became the first Filipino and, Asian, for that matter, to have been crowned world boxing champion.
On June 18, 1923, the then 22-year-old Villa, Francisco Guilledo in real name, son of a vaquero (cowhand) and an abandoned housewife, knocked out cold Read full story
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