BOXER

Francisco Guilledo

1901 - 1925

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Francisco Villaruel Guilledo (August 1, 1901 – July 14, 1925), commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino professional boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch (154 cm) tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds (51 kg), despite the racial discrimination of that time, rose from obscurity to become the first Asian to win the World Flyweight Championship in 1923, earning the reputation in some quarters as one of the greatest Flyweight boxers in history. Villa is widely regarded as one of the greatest Filipino boxers of all time alongside Manny Pacquiao and Gabriel Elorde. He was never knocked out in his entire boxing career, which ended with his sudden death at only twenty-three from complications following a tooth extraction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Guilledo is the 58th most popular boxer (up from 226th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Philippines (up from 79th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Filipino Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Francisco Guilledo ranks 58 out of 496. Before him are Ezzard Charles, John L. Sullivan, Tommy Morrison, Rocky Graziano, Piero Toscani, and Oliver Kirk. After him are Calistrat Cuțov, Félix Savón, Ernesto Hoost, Július Torma, Pascual Pérez, and Jersey Joe Walcott.

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Among people born in 1901, Francisco Guilledo ranks 185. Before him are Ivan Pyryev, Alexandre Alexeieff, Zeppo Marx, Mercedes Comaposada, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, and Clyde Geronimi. After him are Claude Aveline, Karl Arnold, Sekiryo Kaneda, Peter van de Kamp, Grete Hermann, and Jan de Quay. Among people deceased in 1925, Francisco Guilledo ranks 102. Before him are Jules Méline, Chittaranjan Das, Magnus Enckell, Giovanni Battista Grassi, George Bellows, and Alfred Perot. After him are Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, Richard Teichmann, Roger de La Fresnaye, Nelson A. Miles, Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg, and Alexandru Marghiloman.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Francisco Guilledo ranks 39 out of 155. Before him are Marcelo H. del Pilar (1850), Francisco Balagtas (1788), Florencio Campomanes (1927), Arturo Tolentino (1910), Apolinario Mabini (1864), and Noli de Castro (1949). After him are José Villanueva (1913), Pedro Paterno (1857), Oscar Cruz (1934), Jaime Sin (1928), Maria Ressa (1963), and Leila de Lima (1959).

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Among BOXERS In Philippines

Among boxers born in Philippines, Francisco Guilledo ranks 2. Before him are Manny Pacquiao (1978). After him are Gabriel Elorde (1935), Mansueto Velasco (1974), Nonito Donaire (1982), Nesthy Petecio (1992), Aira Villegas (1995), Eumir Marcial (1995), and Irish Magno (1991).

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