Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Gabriel "Flash" Elorde (March 25, 1935 – January 2, 1985) was a Filipino professional boxer. He won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at super featherweight division for the longest title reign, spanning seven years.

  2. GABRIEL (FLASH) Elorde is one of the greatest fighters to ever come out of the Asia-Pacific region. Every year from 1952 to '67 he was involved in a national, regional or world title bout. Elorde, who turned pro in 1951 at age 16, had his first 11 fights in his hometown of Cebu, Philippines, winning 10 and suffering one kayo loss. He branched ...

  3. Hayles deducted a point after 3rd round clash of heads, Elorde suffering a manageable cut.

  4. Died on this day: Gabriel ‘Flash’ Elorde. Featherweight champ Sandy Saddler reaches to the canvas for his mouthpiece in the eight round as challenger Gabriel (Flash) Elorde of the Philippines moves in. Ref. Ray Flores also reached for the elusive mouthpiece.

  5. Jan 23, 2024 · Born on March 25, 1935, sports icon Gabriel “Flash” Elorde would turn the tide for the country, breaking the 20-year-old world boxing championship drought. Flash Elorde grew up from a family with 15 children. At the young age of 16, Elorde would learn boxing from his good friend, former professional boxer Lucio Laborte.

  6. Elorde became the first Asian boxer to be inducted in the Boxing Hall of Fame. The award Gabriel “Flash” Elorde is given in Philippines since the year 2000. He died at the age of 49 as a result of pulmonary failure.

  7. People also ask

  8. May 1, 2024 · The late Philippine boxing icon Gabriel “Flash” Elorde earned another feat in his myriad of accolades after being inducted in the 2024 National Boxing Hall of Fame (NBHF) at the Quiet Cannon Crystal Grand Ballroom in Montebello, California last Monday, April 29 (Manila time).

  1. People also search for