Gabriel Elorde Legend of Filipino Boxing Remembering Photo Credit: m.bayaniart.com Gabriel "Flash" Elorde ( Born : March 25, 1935 - January 2, 1985) was a Filipino professional boxer. He was born and raised in the town of Bogo, Cebu. Elorde was a World Junior Lightweight Champion, he won the title in 1960. In 1963, he was inaugurated as WBC and WBA champion. He still holds the junior lightweight division record for the longest reign of the title. This lasted seven years, and in doing so he made the division legitimate. Elorde is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time along with eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao and flyweight champion in the 1920s, Pancho Villa. He is highly loved in the Philippines as a sports and cultural icon, as the first Filipino international boxing champion since Pancho Villa. Gabriel "Flash" Elorde was a Filipino professional boxer. He won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural
The Philippine Arena is the largest indoor arena in the world. It is a multipurpose indoor arena with a maximum seating capacity of 55,000 in Ciudad de Victoria, a 140-hectare tourism enterprise zone in Bocaue and Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines about 30 kilometers north of Manila.