Who is the greatest Phillipines fighter of all-time ?

I think it´s between Pancho Villa, Flash Elorde and Manny Pacquiao. Never really thought about it but I think these three would be Top3 and in one tier.

 

Pac from Elorde and Villa...I think its clearly Pac now.

 

Overall it's Pac imo.Elorde would be at least even money head to head with him.That's a great hypothetical stylistically...almost certain to be a great fight with everything that would be at stake.


erbito Salavarria is very underrated and rarely mentioned.Very nice tall standup technician taht threw really sharp, whipping punches.One of the excellent '70s flyweight crop with Oguma,Hanagata, Betulio Gonzalez,Espadas, Alfonso Lopez and so on.

 

Pancho Villa

 

Ceferino Garcia had an incredible resume including the Billy Soose tec draw 7.
Was really a case of Soose getting his ass whipped.

 

You'd have to say Pacquiao at this point, given what he's achieved, and I'm not as taken by him as most. No disrespect to Villa, Elorde or Garcia; great fighters all, especially Elorde. I think Villa gets a bit overrated to be honest. The record doesn't warrant the overall myth.

I think Pac might have even overtaken Harada as the greatest Asian in a career sense. Harada was the greater fighter at his peak though IMO. Pacquiao would have to beat Mayweather to top those two wins over Jofre.

 

Pacquiao for sure. I think hes done enough to be ranked higher than the others.

 

The heartbeat of an entire nation -
History defines the long love affair with the sport of boxing in the Philippines

An article by Nigel Collins, It's an overview of boxing in the Philippines

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9155189/history-defines-love-affair-boxing-philippines

 

Without any doubt, Manny Pacquiao.

 

Manny. I think Gerry Penalosa has to rate right up there, probably behind Villa and Elorde but ahead of Garcia. His loss to Morel was a robbery as was the Ponce loss.

Maybe I'm biased though. Penalosa is a favorite of mine. His insane durability, flawless technique, precision, defense, and stamina made him such a purist's delight. If only he had kept up a higher work rate he would have had less close fights go against him.

 

Slight thread hi-jack...

So...when exactly did Pac overtake Elorde and/or Villa to become the best boxer from the Phillipines...? Which fight put him over the top, as far as rankings go?

 

Pancho villa is da man!

 

Pacquiao, then Villa and Elorde.

 

elorde is my favorite, but pac was top 3 p4p for most of a decade