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Manila · ManilaThe real Pancho Villa was a prominent Mexican revolutionary who won fame for his military victories during the early part of the 20th century. Exactly why Francisco Guilledo of the Philippines was renamed “Pancho Villa” is difficult to know, though it no doubt had something to do with Guilledo’s involvement with two important boxing figures in Manila, promoter Frank Churchill and trainer Paquito Villa. With an eye on eventually bringing their yo…Read Article
Fight City Legends: Pancho Villa. Great Champion Of The Philippines
Boxing · ChicagoAlas, for so many of boxing’s truly great champions, precious little or no film exists of their exploits, but despite this, we possess solid evidence of their splendid achievements. For example, consider the excellent and detailed first-hand account available to us of all-time middleweight great Stanley Ketchel’s 1908 knockout over highly regarded contender Hugo Kelly, aka Ugo Micheli, who boasted wins over Philadephia Jack O’Brien, Mike Schreck…Read Article
