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