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Gabriel "Flash" Elorde

BORN   March 25 1935; Bogo, Cebu, Philippines
DIED February 1 1985; (Some sources report January 2, 1985 in Manila, Philippines; Some report 1987)
HEIGHT 5-5 1/2 (Some sources report 5-6)
WEIGHT 117 1/4-139 lbs
MANAGER Lope Sarreal

Elorde was a very talented and popular left-handed boxer who compiled a career record of 88-27-2 with 33 knockouts; During his career, he captured the Super Featherweight Championship of the World, the WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World, the WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World, the OPBF Lightweight Championship, the GAB Lightweight Championship of the Philippines, the GAB Super Featherweight Championship of the Philippines, the OPBF Bantamweight Championship and the GAB Bantamweight Championship of the Philippines

"Flash"
defeated such men as Sandy Saddler, Ismael Laguna, Harold Gomes, Vicente Derado, Johnny Bizzarro, Ike Chestnut, Auburn Copeland, Vicente Rivas, Sakuji Shinozawa, Kenji Iwata, Fujio Mikami, Joey Lopes, Frankie Narvaez, Giordano Campari, Teddy "Red Top" Davis, Tommy Romulo, Masashi Akiyama, Hisao Kobayashi, Keiichi Ishikawa, Teruo Kosaka, Kang Il Suh, Sergio Caprari, Sonny Leon, Hiroshi Okawa, Tanny Campo, Hiroshi Horiguchi, Al Cruz, Solomon Boysaw and Tsunetomi Miyamoto

Elorde was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1988 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993

1951
Jun 16 Kid Gonzaga                Cebu City, Philippines             KO  4
Jun 23 Young Basiliano            Cebu City, Philippines             KO  3
Jun 30 Mike Sanchez               Cebu City, Philippines              W  5
Jul 14 Kid Santos                 Cebu City, Philippines             KO  5
Jul 28 Star Mercado               Cebu City, Philippines             KO  1
Aug 11 Fighting Chavez            Cebu City, Philippines             KO  1
Aug 20 Fighting Chavez            Cebu City, Philippines             KO  7
Sep  8 Little Patilla             Cebu City, Philippines             KO  6
Sep 15 Star Flores                Cebu City, Philippines              W 10
Oct 16 Kid Independence           Cebu City, Philippines             LK 10
Dec  1 Lucky Strike               Cebu City, Philippines             KO  5

1952
Jan 30 Tenejeros Boy              Davao City, Philippines             W  8
Feb 24 Little Dundee              Davao City, Philippines             L  8
Mar 16 Tommy Romulo               Davao City, Philippines             D 10
May  3 Benny Escobar              Caloocan City, Philippine           W  8
May 10 Paulito Escarlan           Caloocan City, Philippine           W  6
May 31 Tanny Campo                Caloocan City, Philippine           W  8
Jul 26 Tanny Campo                Manila, Philippines                 W 12
          -GAB Bantamweight Championship of the Philippines
Aug 12 Little Dundee              Davao City, Philippines            KO  4
          -GAB Bantamweight Championship of the Philippines
Oct 18 Hiroshi Horiguchi          Tokyo, Japan                        W 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Nov 18 Akiyoshi Akanuma           Tokyo, Japan                        D 10

1953
Feb 18 Willie Brown               Manila, Philippines                KO  4
Mar 15 Al Cruz                    Manila, Philippines                 W 10
May 20 Larry Bataan               Manila, Philippines                 L 12
          -OPBF Featherweight Championship
Jul  6 Akiyoshi Akanuma           Tokyo, Japan                        W 12
          -OPBF Bantamweight Championship
Aug  8 Shigeji Kaneko             Osaka, Japan                        L 10
Oct  8 Noboru Tanaka              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Nov 25 Masashi Akiyama            Tokyo, Japan                        L 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan

1954
Jan 21 Kiyoaki Nakanishi          Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Apr 21 Hiroshi Okawa              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Jun 29 Shigeji Kaneko             Tokyo, Japan                        L 12
          -OPBF Featherweight Championship
Aug  5 Roy Higa                   Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Aug 18 Tommy Romulo               Manila, Philippines                 W 12
          -GAB Super Featherweight Championship of the Philippines
Nov 20 Katsumi Kosaka             Manila, Philippines                KO  8
Nov 27 Masashi Akiyama            Manila, Philippines                 W 12

1955
Jan 12 Masashi Akiyama            Tokyo, Japan                        L 10
Apr 15 Severino Fuentes           Manila, Philippines                 W 10
Jun 15 Leo Alonzo                 Manila, Philippines                 L 12
          -GAB Lightweight Championship of the Philippines
Jul 20 Sandy Saddler              Malate, Philippines                 W 10
Oct  3 Shigeji Kaneko             Tokyo, Japan                        L 10

1956
Jan 18 Sandy Saddler              San Francisco, Ca                  LT 13
          -Featherweight Championship of the World
Apr 23 Cleo Lane                  San Francisco, Ca                  TK  1
May  8 Chico Rosa                 Stockton, Ca                        W 10
Jun 11 Gil Velarde                San Francisco, Ca                  TK  7
Jun 26 Cecil Schoonmaker          Stockton, Ca                       KO  9
Jul 24 Davey Gallardo             San Jose, Ca                        W 10
Aug 22 Miguel Berrios             San Francisco, Ca                   L 10
Oct 16 Luke Sandoval              San Jose, Ca                       KO  2
Nov  9 Miguel Berrios             New York, NY                        L 10

1957
Feb  5 Hidemi Wada                Osaka, Japan                       KO  5
Mar 16 Tommy Romulo               Malate, Philippines                 W 12
          -GAB Super Featherweight Championship of the Philippines
Apr 27 Hideto Kobayashi           Nagoya, Japan                       W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Jun 23 Omsap Laemfapha            Bangkok, Thailand                   L 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Sep 24 Shigeji Kaneko             Tokyo, Japan                        L 10
Oct 23 Leo Alonzo                 Malate, Philippines                 W 12
          -GAB Super Featherweight Championship of the Philippines

1958
Mar  2 Hiroshi Okawa              Tokyo, Japan                        W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
May  3 Javellana Kid              Malate, Philippines                 W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship;
          GAB Lightweight Championship of the Philippines
Jun 10 Ike Chestnut               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Sep  2 Hisao Kobayashi            Tokyo, Japan                        W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Nov 15 Keiichi Ishikawa           Malate, Philippines                TK  6
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Dec 27 Kiyoaki Nakanishi          Manila, Philippines                TK  4

1959
Feb  6 Takeo Sugimori             Tokyo, Japan                        W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Feb 23 Paolo Rosi                 San Francisco, Ca                   L 10
Mar 31 Teddy "Red Top" Davis      Stockton, Ca                        W 10
May 25 Sonny Leon                 Caracas, Venezuela                  W 10
Jun 15 Vicente Rivas              Caracas, Venezuela                  L 10
Jul 29 Solomon Boysaw             Cleveland, Oh                       L 10
Oct  7 Hisao Kobayashi            Tokyo, Japan                        W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Nov 26 Isami Ikeyama              Tokyo, Japan                       TK  4
Dec 15 Bert Somodio               Malate, Philippines                 W 10

1960
Mar 16 Harold Gomes               Quezon City, Philippines           KO  7
          -Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul  9 Hachiro Ito                Quezon City, Philippines           TK  5
Aug 17 Harold Gomes               San Francisco, Ca                  KO  1
          -Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 17 Sakuji Shinozawa           Malate, Philippines                 W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Dec 16 Vicente Rivas              Quezon City, Philippines            W 10

1961
Mar 19 Joey Lopes                 Malate, Philippines                 W 15
          -Super Featherweight Championship of the World
May 31 Giordano Campari           Manila, Philippines                 W 10
Sep  2 Teruo Kosaka               Malate, Philippines                 W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Dec 16 Sergio Caprari             Malate, Philippines                TK  1
          -Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1962
Mar 10 Somkiat Kiatmuangyom       Malate, Philippines                KO  2
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Apr 30 Teruo Kosaka               Tokyo, Japan                        L 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Jun 23 Auburn Copeland            Malate, Philippines                 W 15
          -Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug  4 Teruo Kosaka               Cebu City, Philippines              W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Nov 17 Isarasak Puntainorasing    Manila, Philippines                TK  3
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Dec 21 Solomon Boysaw             Quezon City, Philippines            W 10

1963
Feb 16 Johnny Bizzarro            Manila, Philippines                 W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun  1 Tsunetomi Miyamoto         Manila, Philippines                TK  9
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Aug  3 Love Allotey               Quezon City, Philippines            W 10
Nov 16 Love Allotey               Quezon City, Philippines           WF 11
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1964
Feb 15 Carlos Ortiz               Malate, Philippines                LT 14
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
May  8 Takashi Matsumoto          Manila, Philippines                 W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Jul 27 Teruo Kosaka               Tokyo, Japan                       TK 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 21 Kang Il Suh                Manila, Philippines                 W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship

1965
Feb 27 Rene Barrientos            Cebu City, Philippines              W 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Jun  5 Teruo Kosaka               Quezon City, Philippines           KO 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug  4 Frankie Narvaez            New York, NY                        W 10
Dec  4 Kang Il Suh                Quezon City, Philippines            W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1966
Mar 19 Ismael Laguna              Quezon City, Philippines            W 10
Jun  9 Yoshiaki Numata            Tokyo, Japan                        L 12
          -OPBF Lightweight Championship
Aug  7 Percy Hayles               Quezon City, Philippines            W 10
Oct 22 Vicente Derado             Quezon City, Philippines            W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 28 Carlos Ortiz               New York, NY                       LK 14
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

1967
Apr 25 Fujio Mikami               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Jun 15 Yoshiaki Numata            Tokyo, Japan                        L 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug  4 Salika Yontrakit           Bangkok, Thailand                  KO  3
Oct 28 Akihisa Someya             Manila, Philippines                 L 10

1969
Feb 16 Eugenio Espinoza           Quito, Ecuador                      L 10
Apr 26 Jaguar Kakizawa            Quezon City, Philippines            L 10

1970
Mar  1 Munchai Rorfortor          Manila, Philippines                TK  5
May 16 Isao Ichihara              Davao City, Philippines            KO  9
Jun 27 Kenji Iwata                Manila, Philippines                 W 10
Aug 28 Chico Andrade              Quezon City, Philippines           TK  5
Oct 31 Tatsunao Mitsuyama         Davao City, Philippines             W 10
Dec 18 Isao Ichihara              Agana, Guam                         L 10

1971
Feb 14 Isao Ichihara              Quezon City, Philippines           KO  6
Apr  1 Shunkichi Suemitsu         Manila, Philippines                 W 10
May 20 Hiroyuki Murakami          Tokyo, Japan                        L 10


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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