The history of boxing in the Philippines is the history of boxing and the evolution and progress of the sport in the Philippines. In the Philippines, boxing is one of its most popular sports, together
Pancho Villa: The first Asian world champion; June 18, 1923.
A boxing match in Olongapo in 1909.
Ceferino Garcia: Middleweight world champion on 1939. Was credited to as the first well known user of the bolo punch.
Manny Pacquiao: World's first and only octuple champion. Also only boxer to hold world titles in four different decades, in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s
Donnie Nietes
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Donnie Liboon Nietes is a Filipino professional boxer who has won world titles in four weight-classes, having previously held the World Boxing Organization mini-flyweight title from 2007 to 2011; the
History of boxing in the Philippines
…four world titles in four weight divisions by defeating South African Simpiwe Vetyeka to claim the WBA featherweight title on May 31, 2014. In 2017, Donnie Nietes became the third Filipino boxer to win world titles in three different weight divisions when he defeated Thailand's Komgrich Nantapech in May 2017. In…
Nietes in 2019