THAT was the interesting question posed by a caller on Canada’s “In this Corner with Russ Anber” boxing show.
View the YouTube video clip to find out Anber’s answer.
How about you, do you agree?
Pancho Villa’s real name, by the way, was Francisco Guilledo. Here’s a video of his June 18, 1923 fight with Jimmy Wilde for the vacant world championship, courtesy of the same YouTube user who uploaded the previous clip.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
for me its hard to compare both fighter in a different time frame. Pancho Villa brought first to the world that filipino is a world class fighter.In his generation with the technology is still on the slow pace where news and to view is very remote.But base on thier individual accomplishment they both earned the respect and recognition of the boxing world.Manny on the other hand enjoys the overwhelming exposure that the world has to give,ppv,indosements and media exposure sure manny reach the wider audience globally.Thus making manny has the edge over pancho villa in terms of recognition.But for me both deserve to be named as the greatest filipino boxer ever emerge in the phippine soil.
September 6th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
with over a hundred professional fights under pancho’s belt before he died at the age of 24, I would say pancho’s the greatest filipino boxer ever. hands down… on skills, manny is much better definitely. but that is only because of the better training manny got
September 6th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
For me the greatest Filipino Boxer was Manny Pacquiao. He fought all Top rated boxers in the world, and indeed knock them all out. He even erase the career of of the mexican legends. He also unite Filipinos and as a whole nation by his boxing skills and that boxing sports program in the philippines was so greatly improved.
September 6th, 2007 at 11:04 am
for me both are greatest fighter for filipino
September 6th, 2007 at 10:45 am
pancho villa for me.
for nathaniel rosolada, how can Filipinos at that time watch pancho villa on tv or stay glued to a radio? manny pacquiao is the present idol. can’t compare though for the skills