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Filipino boxer Kenneth Egano has died days after collapsing in the ring following a fight. He was 22 years old. “The entire agency of Games and Amusements Board (GAB) mourns the passing of ...
Angelito "Lito" Sisnorio Jr. (October 10, 1982 – April 1, 2007) was a Filipino World Boxing Council youth flyweight champion boxer who died following a controversial boxing match in Thailand in April 2007.
Francisco Villaruel Guilledo (August 1, 1901 – July 14, 1925), commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino professional boxer.Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch (154 cm) tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds (51 kg), despite the racial discrimination of that time, rose from obscurity to become the first Asian to win the World Flyweight Championship in 1923, earning the ...
Toto Landero (20 October 1995 – 4 July 2022) [1] was a Filipino professional boxer who challenged for the WBA minimumweight title in 2018. [2] Professional boxing ...
In February 1995, it was estimated that "approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884." [1] 22 boxers died in 1953 alone. [1] The list is incomplete; many other boxers not listed here have died as a consequence of injuries sustained in a contest.
Villanueva became a professional boxer at age 20. [1] His first fight as a professional was with Shigeo Nirasawa of Japan at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City which took place on October 2, 1965, as part of Fiesta Fistiana, a fund raising event organized by the Philippine Sportswriters Association for disabled boxers.
Karlo P. Maquinto (8 July 1990 – 3 February 2012) was a super flyweight Filipino boxer who resided in Baguio, Benguet, Philippines. He died after he collapsed at the end of his 7th professional bout.
Leopoldo Cantancio (July 6, 1963 – April 20, 2018) was a Filipino boxer who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1988 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal at the 1986 Asian Games and a bronze medal at the 1990 Asian Games. [1] and was a two-time gold medalist in the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships.