| Gabriel Elorde | | Statistics | | Real name | Gabriel Elorde | | Nickname(s) | Flash | | Rated at | Super featherweight | | Height | 5 ft. 5½ in. (166 cm.) | | Nationality |
 Filipino | | Birth date | March 25, 1935(1935-03-25) | | Birth place | Bogo, Cebu, Philippines | | Death date | January 2, 1985 (aged 49) | | Stance | Southpaw | | Boxing record | | Total fights | 117 | | Wins | 88 (75%) | | Wins by KO | 33 (37%) | | Losses | 27 | | Draws | 2 | | No contests | 0 | Gabriel "Flash" Elorde (March 25, 1935 – January 2, 1985) is widely considered as one of the greatest Filipino boxers of all time along with featherweight slugger Manny Pacquiao and flyweight champion in the 1920s Pancho Villa . He was born and raised in the town of Bogo, Cebu. He was much beloved in the Philippines as a sports and cultural icon, being the first Filipino international boxing champion since 1920s boxer Pancho Villa. Mens classifications according to WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO: Weight classes for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics: See also Boxing Categories: | ...
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Elorde was the WBC Junior lightweight (Super Featherweight) champion from March 20, 1960 until June 15, 1967 and WBA Super featherweight champion from February 16, 1963 to June 15, 1967 making him the longest reigning world junior lightweight champion ever (seven years and three months). He also outpointed all time great featherweight champion Sandy Saddler in 1955 in a non-title bout. In 1956 he was given a rematch with Saddler, this time with Saddler's featherweight title on the line, but Elorde suffered a cut eye and lost the fight on a 13th round TKO. WBC logo mark “WBC†redirects here. ...
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Elorde also challenged lightweight Carlos Ortiz for his world title on two occasions. He was stopped both times by Ortiz in the fourteenth round. For other uses, see Lightweight (disambiguation). ...
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Elorde retired with a record of 88 wins (33 KOs), 27 losses and 2 draws and was named[attribution needed] "the greatest world junior lightweight boxing champion in WBC history" in 1974. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
After his retirement, Elorde remained in the Philippines within the public eye, prominent as a popular commercial endorser, especially of San Miguel Beer. In fact, his San Miguel Beer TV commercial (which he made with Bert Marcelo and Rico J. Puno) wherein he famously said the words ".... isang platitong mani (one plate of peanuts) was recently named as the No.1 Filipino advertisement of all time. San Miguel Pale Pilsen San Miguel Beer is a product of San Miguel Beer Division (SMBD) of San Miguel Corporation. ...
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Bert Tawa Marcelo (1939-1995) was a prominent Filipino television personality whose trademark high-pitched infectious laughter earned him the popular moniker Tawa, after the Tagalog word for laugh. ...
Rico J. Puno (born as Enrico de Jesus Puno on February 13, 1953) is a popular Filipino pop singing artist who is credited as a pioneer-promoter of original Filipino music. ...
He also remained active in the field of boxing.
A chain smoker, Elorde died of lung cancer at the age of 49. Chain smoking is the practice of lighting a new cigarette for personal consumption immediately after one that is finished, sometimes using the finished cigarette to light the next one. ...
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In 1993, he became the first Asian inducted into the New York-based International Boxing Hall of Fame. He was also enshrined into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Elorde's father-in-law, Lope Sarreal, was one of Asia's most prominent boxing promoters who was himself later inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta. ...
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Preceded by
Harold Gomes | World Super Featherweight Champion
16 Mar 1960– 15 Jun 1967 | Succeeded by
Yoshiaki Numata | This is a chronological List of World Super Featherweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in...
Yoshiaki Numata (born April 19, 1945 in Hokkaido, Japan) is a former world Junior Lightweight boxing champion. ...
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