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Phillipino boxers
Posted: 23 May 2005, 12:33
by 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
Posted: 23 May 2005, 17:28
by 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
thanks
Posted: 24 May 2005, 04:15
by infamous_mrt
thanks great help
Re: Filipino Fighters
Posted: 24 May 2005, 15:41
by 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
Re: Filipino Fighters
Posted: 24 May 2005, 20:42
by Ric
Chuck1052 wrote: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.
Posted: 25 May 2005, 18:27
by enrique
Gabriel Flash Elorde. A great little champion.
Posted: 11 Jun 2005, 20:44
by jeremy
For more info check out boxrec and philippineboxers.com, the two sites are like peanut butter and jelly.
Posted: 19 Jun 2005, 19:27
by RICHARD PERRY
PANCHO VILLA.....THE BEST PHILLIPINO BOXER ...
LOOK HIM UP....
RICHARD PERRY