Gabriel "Flash" Elorde was born to a poor farmer's family in the town of Bogo, Cebu on March 25, 1935, the youngest of the 16 children. Renowned for his boxing skills, speed and ability to slip ...

The Philippines remains a boxing hotspot with a deep-rooted history in the sweet science – with legends such as Pancho Villa and Gabriel “Flash” Elorde. In more recent times Manny Pacquiao ...

He follows into the Hall of Fame his countryman Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, a 1960s super featherweight world champion who died in 1985 and in 1993 became the first Asian inducted into the ...