Filipino Boxing World Champions
Filipino Boxing World Champions
Filipino Boxing World Champions
) – Divisions Résumé
Record (Win-Loss-Draw)
Honors and Awards
2. Benjamin Gan NYSAC World Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 83 (KO 13) – 24 (KO 3) – 10
Alias: Small Montana |Sep 16, 1935 - Jan 9, 1937|
3. Eleuterio Zapanta World Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 46 (KO 21) – 7 (KO 1) – 9
Alias: Little Dado (Calif. version) |Nov 30, 1938 – 1940| Newspaper Dec.: 1 – 0 – 0
World Bantamweight Champion-118 lbs
(Calif. version) |Apr 24, 1940 – July 4, 1943|
NBA World Flyweight Champ-112 lbs (WBA
Predecessor) |Feb 21, 1941 – Apr 4, 1941|
4. Ceferino Garcia NYSAC World Middleweight Champ-160 lbs 103(68) – 27 (KO 5) – 12
Alias: Bolo Punch |Oct 2, 1939 - May 23, 1940|
5. Salvador Marino World Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 57 (KO 21) – 14 (KO 3) – 3
Alias: Dado Marino | Aug 1, 1950 – May 19. 1952|
6. Gabriel Elorde World Super Featherweight Champ-130 lbs 88 (KO 33) – 27 (KO 4) – 2
Alias: The Flash |Mar 16, 1930 – Feb 16, 1963|
WBA Super Featherweight Champ-130 lbs
|Mar 16, 1930 – June 15, 1967|
Inaugural WBC Super Featherweight Champ
|Feb 16, 1963 – June 15, 1967|
7. Roberto Cruz WBA Super Lightweight Champion-142 lbs 18 (KO 9) – 11 (KO 3) – 3
Alias: Roberto De la Cruz |Mar 21, 1963 – June 15, 1963|
8. Pedro Adigue Jr. Inaugural WBC Super Lightweight Champ 36 (KO 15) – 21 (KO 5) – 7
|Dec 14, 1968 – Jan 31, 1970|
9. Rene Barrientos WBC Super Featherweight Champion-130 lbs 39 (KO 14) – 7 (KO 1) – 2
|Feb 15, 1969 – Apr 5, 1970|
10. Bernabe Villacampo WBA Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 34 (KO 22) – 22 (KO 8) – 5
| Oct 20, 1969 –Apr 5, 1970|
11. Erbito Salavarria WBC Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 40 (KO 11) – 11 (KO 3) – 3
|Dec 7, 1970 – Feb 9, 1973|
WBA Flyweight Champion-112 lbs
|Mar 30, 1975 – Feb 27, 1976|
12. Ben Villaflor WBA Super Featherweight Champion-130 lbs 54 (KO 31) – 8 (KO 0) – 7
|Apr 25, 1972 - Mar 12, 1973|
WBA Super Featherweight Champion-130 lbs
|Oct 17, 1973 - Oct 16, 1976|
13. Rolando Navarette WBC Super Featherweight Champion-130 lbs 54 (KO 31) – 15 (KO 8) – 3
|Aug 29, 1981 - May 29, 1982|
14. Frank Cedeño WBC Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 43 (KO 23) – 10 (KO 2) – 3
Alias: Franklin Sedenio |Sep 27, 1983 - Jan 18, 1984|
15. Roberto Bernardez Inaugural IBF Super Featherweight Champion 31 (KO 17) – 6 (KO 4) – 1
Alias: Bobby Berna |Dec 4, 1983 - Apr 15, 1984|
16. Diosdado Peñalosa IBF Light Flyweight Champion-108 lbs 31 (KO 13) – 7 (KO 1) – 2
Alias: Dodie Boy |Dec 10, 1983 - Oct 12, 1985|
IBF Flyweight Champion-112 lbs
|Feb 22, 1987 - Sep 5, 1987|
17. Rolando Bohol IBF Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 34 (KO 7) – 15 (KO 4)
|Jan 16, 1988 - Oct 5, 1988| –3
18. Tacy Macalos IBF Light Flyweight Champion-108 lbs 29 (KO 12) – 12 (KO 5)
|Nov 4, 1988 - May 2, 1989| –3
19. Algerico Chavez IBF Minimumweight Champion-105 lbs 39 (KO 24) – 16 (KO 2) – 5
|Sep 21, 1989 - Feb 22, 1990|
20. Luisito Espinosa WBA Bantamweight Champion-118 lbs 47 (KO 26) – 13 (KO 7) – 0
Alias: Lindol |Oct 18, 1989 - Oct 19, 1991|
WBC Featherweight Champion-127 lbs
|Dec 11, 1995 - May 15, 1999|
21. Jesus Salud WBA Super Bantamweight Champion-122 lbs 63 (KO 38) – 13 (KO 4) – 0
Alias: The Hawaiian Punch |Dec 11, 1989 - Nov 26, 1995|
22. Rolando Pascua WBC Light Flyweight Champion-108 lbs 45 (KO 17) – 25 (KO 12) – 0
|Dec 19, 1990 - Mar 25, 1991|
23. Manny Melchor IBF Minimumweight Champion-105 lbs 38 (KO 6) – 35 (KO 10) – 6
Alias: Cabalay |Sep 6, 1992 - Dec 10, 1992|
24. Morris East WBA Light Welterweight Champion-142 lbs 20 (KO 12) – 4 (KO 1) – 0
|Sep 9, 1992 - Jan 12, 1993|
25. Eric Jamili WBO Minimumweight Champion-105 lbs 15 (KO 8) – 10 (KO 6) – 2
|Dec 19, 1997 - May 30, 1998|
26. Gerry Peñalosa WBC Super Flyweight Champion-115 lbs 54 (KO 36) – 8 (KO 1) – 2
Alias: Fearless |Feb 20, 1997 - Aug 29, 1998|
WBO Bantamweight Champion-118 lbs
|Aug 11, 2007 – April 2009 (stripped)|
27. Emmanuel Pacquiao WBC Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 51 (KO 38) – 3 (KO 1) – 2
Alias: Manny, Pacman, The |Dec 4, 1998 - Sep 17, 1999|
Destroyer The Ring Flyweight Champion-112 lbs
|awarded|
IBF Super Bantamweight Champion-118 lbs
|Jun 23, 2001 – Jan 2004 (vacated)|
The Ring Featherweight Champion-126 lbs
|Nov 15, 2003 - Jun 22, 2005 (relinquish)|
The Ring Super Featherweight Champ-130 lbs
|Mar 15, 2008 - Jun 28, 2008 (relinquish)|
WBC Super Featherweight Champion-130 lbs
|Mar 15, 2008 – July 2008 (vacated)|
WBC Lightweight Champion-135 lbs
|Jun 28, 2008 – Feb 2009 (vacated)|
IBO Junior Welterweight Champion-142 lbs
|May 2, 2009 – 2010 (stripped)|
The Ring Junior Welterweight Champ-142 lbs
|May 2, 2009 – present|
WBO Welterweight Champion-147 lbs
|Nov 14, 2009 – present|
28. Jomarie Gamboa WBA Interim Minimumweight Champ-105 lbs 31 (KO 22) – 10 (KO 4) – 2
Alias: Joma |Dec 4, 1999 - Aug 20, 2000|
WBA Minimumweight Champion-105 lbs
|Aug 20, 2000 - Dec 6, 2000|
29. Malcolm Tuñacao WBC Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 26 KO 15) – 2 (KO 1) –
Alias: Eagle Eye |May 19, 2000 - Mar 2, 2001| 3
30. Brian Viloria WBC Light Flyweight Champion-108 lbs 27 KO 15) – 3 (KO 1) –
Alias: The Hawaiian Punch |Sep 10, 2005 - Aug 10, 2006| 0
IBF Junior Flyweight Champion-108 lbs
|Apr 19, 2009 - Jan 23, 2010|
31. Florante Condes IBF Minimumweight Champion 23( KO 20) – 5 (KO 0) – 1
Alias: Little Pacquiao |Jul 7, 2007 - Jun 14, 2008|
32. Nonito Donaire Jr. IBO Flyweight Champion-112 lbs 24( KO 16) – 1 (KO 0) – 0
Alias: The Filipino Flash |July 7, 2007 – July 2009 (vacated)|
IBF Flyweight Champion-112 lbs
|July 7, 2007 – July 2009 (vacated)|
WBA Interim Super Flyweight Champ-115 lbs
|Aug 15, 2009 – present|
33. Donnie Nietes WBO Minimumweight Champion-105 lbs 27 (KO 15) – 1 (KO 0) – 3
Alias: Ahas/Snake |Sep 30, 2007 – present|
34. Marvin Sonsona WBO Junior Bantamweight Champion-115 lbs 14 (KO 12) – 1(KO 1) – 1
Alias: Marvelous |Sep 4, 2009 – 2010 (stripped)|
35. Rodel Mayol WBC Light flyweight Champion 23 (KO 20) – 5 (KO 2) – 2
Alias: Road Warrior |Nov 21, 2009 – Jun 19, 2010|
36. Johnreil Casimiro WBO interim Light Flyweight Champion 14 (KO 8) – 1 (KO 0) – 0
Alias: Quadro Alas |Dec 19, 2009 – Jul 26, 2010|
37. Edren Dapudong WBC Silver Flyweight Champion 19 (KO 10) – 2 (KO 0) – 0
Alias: The Sting |Jun 2010 – present|
Bowling World Champions Major World Titles Résumé
Honors and Awards
(1) Rafael Nepomuceno 1976 Bowling World Cup Champion Greatest International Bowler of
Alias: Paeng |Nov 1976, Tehran, Iran| All Time – Prestigious Bowlers
1980 Bowling World Cup Champion Journal Int’l, 2003
|Nov 1980, Jakarta, Indonesia| 6-time Bowling World Champion
1984 World’ Invitational Bowling 3 Guinness World Records:
Tournament Champion 1. Most World Cup Wins (4)
|Aug 1984, Las Vegas, USA| 2. Most Bowling titles won (118)
1992 Bowling World Cup Champion 3. Youngest World Cup
|Nov 1992, Le Mans, France| Champion (Age: 19)
1996 Bowling World Cup Champion Only bowling athlete to receive
|Nov 1996, Belfast, N. Ireland| the prestigious International
1999 World Tenpin Masters Champ Olympic Committee President’s
|Mar 1999, London, England| Award
1st bowler inducted in the World
Bowling Writers Hall of Fame
(1993)
3-time WBW Bowler of the Year
(1984, 1985, 1992)
(2) Lita dela Rosa 1978 Bowling World Cup Women’s 2-time Bowling World Champion
Champion |Bogota, Colombia| “Only one of two women who
1979 FIQ/WTBA Masters Champion have won the AMF Bowling World
|Manila, Philippines| Cup and the FIQ/WTBA Masters in
successive years (the other is
Annette Hagre Johansson of
Sweden (1986 AMF Bowling
World Cup, 1987 FIQ/WTBA
Masters)”
WBW Hall of Fame Inductee
(2000)
(3) Olivia Bong Coo 1979 Bowling World Cup Women’s 4-time Bowling World Champion
Alias: Asia’s Bowling Champion |Bangkok, Thailand| 1st bowler inducted in the World
Queen Quadrennial World Championships Bowling Writers Hall of Fame
(Fédération Internationale des (1993)
Quilleurs), consecutive in 1979 and most gold medals in the Asian
1983 Games by a Filipino athlete with
Quadrennial Asian Games, five
consecutive in 1978 and 1986 First Filipino athlete listed in the
Biennial Zone Championships Guinness Book of Records.
(Fédération Internationale des
Quilleurs), 14 years apart 1972 and
1986
Biennial South East Asian Games,
consecutive in 1981 and 1983
(4) Arianne Cerdena 1988 Bowling Olympic Gold Medallist Former Olympic Bowling
|Seoul, South Korea| Champion (Demonstration)
(5) Christian Jan Suarez 2003 Bowling World Cup Champion Former Bowling World Champion
|Tegucigalpa, Honduras|
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