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Varias Milling: The Bicol Ghost Chicago Couldn’t Ignore
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Mar 2025
The boxing ring does not care where you came from, what you gave up, or how much you deserve a break. It only knows one thing— the fight. The pain. The will to stand up when everything tells you to stay down.
Varia Read full story Socrates Batoto: A Champion of the Orient, Inspired by the Great Flash Elorde
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 25 Mar 2025
Edgar ‘Socrates’ Batoto was a proud Waray, a fighter from Bato, Leyte—a land shaped by challenge, determination, and quiet strength. Boxing can be both unforgiving and rewarding. Talent, skill, and grace can take a fighte Read full story Cowboy Reyes: The Gatekeeper of the 1920s Golden Age of Philippine Boxing
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Mar 2025
Francisco “Cowboy” Reyes was a fighter who stood at the crossroads of opportunity. Back in the early 1920s and 1930s, if a boxer wanted to prove himself in the Philippines and earn a ticket to fight in America, h Read full story 65 Years of Flash Elorde's Historic Feat; The Decline of Local World Boxing Bouts
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Last Sunday, March 16, marked a history-making event 65 years ago which seemed lost or overshadowed by the current political issues and to-dos.
On that date in 1960, Gabriel Flash Elorde brought the Philippines back Read full story Ignacio Fernandez: The Iron-Fisted Warrior of Silay
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Mar 2025
Silay, Negros Occidental, was built on hard work. Sugarcane stretched for miles, and the air smelled of molasses.
Like most kids in Silay, Ignacio Fernandez worked the land. The fields were tough, but he was tou Read full story Johnny Hill: The Ebb and Flow of The First Filipino-American Boxing Star
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 15 Mar 2025
There was a time when Johnny Hill was expected to be the next great Filipino fighter, mentioned alongside legends like Pancho Villa and Ceferino Garcia. He was fast, skilled, and fearless. A triple champion of the Orient, Read full story Flores Family: Filipino Fistic Fury
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Before Pancho Villa shocked the world, before Flash Elorde legitimized and ruled the junior-lightweight division, there were the Flores brothers— Francisco, Macario, Irineo, and Elino.
During the golden age of Phili Read full story A Pilgrimage of Gratitude: Remembering Gabriel ‘Flash’ Elorde
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2025
(March 27, 2024 @ Sucat, Parañaque)
Some moments in life never fade. They don’t just pass by— they stay with you, shaping how you see the world and reminding you of the people who left a lasting mark on history.
St Read full story Frisco Concepcion: The Most Overlooked Name in Pinoy Boxing
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Mar 2025
Boxing history remembers its champions, but some fighters, despite their triumphs, slip through the cracks. Frisco Concepcion is one of them. He was the first man to defeat Pancho Villa, the Filipino powerhouse wh Read full story Pete Sarmiento: A Fighter in the Ring to the Waterfront
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2025
Pete Sarmiento never played it safe. In the ring and in life, he went all in, never thinking too far ahead. He was relentless— a human buzzsaw who never clinched, never backed down. But boxing is a cruel business. It gives Read full story
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