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The following is a list of Filipino boxing champions who have held titles from one or more of the "Big Four" organizations (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and The Ring. In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called Super world , commonly referred to ...
The national amateur boxing athletes of the Philippines represent the country and compete in regional, continental and international matches and tournaments sanctioned by the International Boxing Association (AIBA). Christopher Cain will be the training and conditioning consultant of the ABAP.
The first of the current organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship.
He is the longest-reigning Filipino boxing world champion, surpassing in 2014 the record set in 1967 by Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Gabriel "Flash" Elorde. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was one of the first three Asian fighters with world titles in at least four weight classes alongside fellow Filipinos Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire .
Pages in category "Filipino male boxers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 209 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Luisito Pio Espinosa (born June 26, 1967) is a Filipino actor and former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2005. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title from 1989 to 1991 and the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title from 1995 to 1999.
With the victory, East became the youngest ever Filipino to hold a world championship in boxing at the age of 19 years and 31 days old. He is also the second youngest boxer to win a world title at 140 lbs., second to Puerto Rico's Wilfred Benítez , who won the WBA World Jr. Welterweight title when he was 17 years old, the youngest ever to win ...
Philippines: 1992 Barcelona details: Rogelio Marcelo Cuba: Daniel Petrov Bulgaria: Jan Quast Germany Roel Velasco Philippines: 1996 Atlanta details: Daniel Petrov Bulgaria: Mansueto Velasco Philippines: Oleg Kiryukhin Ukraine Rafael Lozano Spain: 2000 Sydney details: Brahim Asloum France: Rafael Lozano Spain: Kim Un-chol North Korea Maikro ...