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

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