Phillipino boxers

[infamous_mrt]

can anyone tell me the greatest phillipino boxers past and present? I'm half phillipino but rarely go there and they have a reputation for being quite a tough lot! Just wanna find out more about them

[Ric]

Old-timers include: Mike Ballerino, Dencio Cabanella, Joe Calder, Young Corpuz, Little Dado, Speedy Dado, Lil' Dempsey, the Flores brothers (Elino, Ireneo, Marcario), Ceferino Garcia, Johnny Hill, Freddie Imperial, Varias Milling, Small Montana, Young Nationalista, Clever Sencio, Lope Tenorio, Young Tommy, and Pancho Villa, among others.

Check out "The Great Pinoy Boxing Era (1920 to WWII)" video by Corky Pasquil (1994).

See also, Filipino World Champions:
http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/C ... _Champions

[infamous_mrt]

thanks great help

[Chuck1052]

According to the 1978 Ring Boxing Encyclopedia and
Record Book, Mike Ballerino was born in Bayonne,
New Jersey and was of Italian descent.

- Chuck Johnston

[Ric]

According to the 1978 Ring Boxing Encyclopedia and
Record Book, Mike Ballerino was born in Bayonne,
New Jersey and was of Italian descent.

- Chuck Johnston

He sure didn't look Filipino in the one photo I saw of him, so that makes sense. The early Tacoma papers said he was from the Philippines, however. Was he in the Army stationed in the Philippines at this time, or what? Do you know, Chuck? He was in the US Army by the time he got to the Tacoma area.

[enrique]

Gabriel Flash Elorde. A great little champion.

[jeremy]

For more info check out boxrec and philippineboxers.com, the two sites are like peanut butter and jelly.

[RICHARD PERRY]

PANCHO VILLA.....THE BEST PHILLIPINO BOXER ...
LOOK HIM UP....



RICHARD PERRY