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	OPBF.NET: Oriental & Pacific Boxing Federation
		While there certainly was boxing in the Orient between the birth of the new century and World War II, and success in that period, it was in the post-war era that the real strength began to emerge.
		Elorde started boxing in the early 1950s, won the Orient lightweight championship and on March 16, 1960, claimed the world junior-lightweight title on a seventh round knockout of Harold Gomez.
		The name Gabriel Elorde appears a number of times in the WBC’s Hall of Fame records, saying much for his achievements in boxing.
	www.opbf.net /history.html (2784 words)

	Flash Elorde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elorde was the WBC Junior Lightweight (Super Featherweight) champion from Mar. 20, 1960 until Jun. 15, 1967 and WBA Super Featherwight champion from Feb. 16, 1963 to Jun. 15, 1967 making him the longest reigning world junior lightweight champion ever (seven years and three months).
		Elorde also challenged all time lightweight great Carlos Ortiz for his world title on two occasions.
		Elorde retired with a record of 87 wins (33KOs), 27 losses and 2 draws and was named "the greatest world junior lightweight boxing champion in WBC history" in 1974.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flash_Elorde (213 words)

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		Before Elorde became a attraction on the world stage he was already a national hero in the Philippines wining national and Asian titles from bantamweight to lightweight.
		Elorde took a year of before returning but his best days were clearly behind him and lost his next 3 bouts, still he fought on until the age of 36.
		Elorde became a chain smoker in retirement and died of lung cancer in 1985 at the age of 49.
	members.tripod.com /~bxhof/elorde.html (757 words)

	IBHOF / Flash Elorde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Elorde, who turned pro in 1951 at age 16, had his first 11 fights in his hometown of Cebu, Philippines, winning 10 and suffering one kayo loss.
		Although Elorde didn't get another title shot for the rest of the decade, he remained a ranked contender and eventually won national and regional titles as a lightweight.
		Elorde's fall began in June of 1966 when he lost the Oriental lightweight title to Yoshiaki Numata via 12-round verdict.
	www.ibhof.com /flash.htm (403 words)

	Marquez the merciless ... - Mar. 16, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The son of the great Gabriel "Flash" Elorde is giving Pacquiao a 50-50 chance of winning against the Mexican dual champ.
		Elorde said that prior to the Marquez fight, Lorona, then 23 (30-15-3, with 14 knockouts), trained for a month at the Wild Card Gym in California, the same gym where Pacquiao honed his skills before Ring Magazine's current No.1 featherweight fought Marco Antonio Barrera.
		Elorde also said Marquez, who will stake his titles against Pacquiao on May 8, is a lot quicker and throws stronger punches than Barrera.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2004/mar/16/text/spo_2-1-p.htm (336 words)

	Elorde Awards to honor Gomes - Mar. 09, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		HAROLD Gomes, the American who lost his world junior lightweight crown to Gabriel "Flash" Elorde in an epic showdown four decades ago, will be honored with the Flash Elorde Memorial Trophy during the Banquet of Champions on March 25 at the Dusit Hotel Nikko in Makati.
		Gomes' reign ended in that stinging loss to Elorde, who went on to retain the title for seven straight years, from 1960-1967, and become the only unbeaten boxer in his division in the post-war era.
		The Elorde memorial award, which the Elorde family instituted last year, is given to former rivals of the Filipino boxing legend.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2004/mar/09/spo_5-1.htm (243 words)

	Gabriel Flash Elorde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Gabriel “Flash” Elorde helped establish the unfashionable super-featherweight division in the 1960s and paved the way for legends like Alexis Arguello, Julio Cesar Chavez, Azumah Nelson and Brian Mitchell.
		Elorde was born in Bogo on March 22, 1935 and soon became a national hero in the Philippines.
		But in March 1960, Elorde won the world super-featherweight title by knocking out Harold Gomes in seven rounds and so began a seven year run of supremacy including 10 successful defences, mostly in the Philippines against some strong challengers.
	www.visayanet.com /SPORTS/gabriel_flash_elorde.htm (663 words)

	eBalita - a FREE service that provides you the latest news from the Philippines through the Web and E-mail
		Elorde is planning to pit Pacquiao with another Venezuelan, Antonio Cermeno, who is not rated by the IBF, but is a two-time World Boxing Association (WBA) junior-featherweight and feather champion.
		Elorde is in the US, but before he left he made a P1-million cash advance to Pacquiao to strengthen his promotion rights.
		Elorde initially mentioned the 34-year-old Cermeno as opponent, but sensing that the IBF would not approve it, Elorde said he might tap rugged Australian-Lebanese Nedal Hussein.
	www.ebalita.net /go/news/news.php?id=1080 (464 words)

	IBHOF / Lope Sarreal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Sarreal is most often associated with Hall of Famer Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, the great Philippine junior lightweight champion.
		Elorde, incidentally, is Sarreal's son-in-law, having married his daughter, Laura.
		In addition to Elorde, other world titlists guided by Sarreal include flyweight Masao Ohba, super lightweight Saensak Muangsurin and super featherweight Ricardo Arrendondo.
	www.ibhof.com /sarreal.html (115 words)

	Flash Elorde honored by ... - Mar. 27, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Gomes and the absent people's featherweight champion, Manny Pacquiao, were the main recipients of the Gabriel "Flash" Elorde Awards at the Dusit Hotel Nikko in Makati City Wednesday night.
		During the Elorde Banquet of Champions, Gomes, who now works as a fight judge for the World Boxing Organization (WBO), recalled how he and the Filipino boxing hero fought toe to toe until he could no longer take the punches.
		On Wednesday, Gomes received the Gabriel "Flash" Elorde Memorial Trophy and joined 12 other world and international champions who held sway in their respective divisions in what is considered a breakout year for Philippine boxing.
	www.inq7.net /spo/2004/mar/27/text/spo_3-1-p.htm (331 words)

	Flash Elorde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In sports, Cebu’s pride is Gabriel “Flash” Elorde, regarded by many as the “the greatest Filipino boxer.” Born to a farming couple in the northern town of Bogo, the youngest of 16 children, Lord’s family was so poor that he and his siblings were “distributed” and raised by various relatives.
		He started fighting in the ring at the age of 15 and came to be known not only for his lightning jabs and fast legs but his courage and determination.
		Flash Elorde died in 1985 at the age of 49.
	www.ngkhai.com /pointcebu/profile/elorde.htm (301 words)

	World Boxing Foundation Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Elorde became Sarreal’s son-in-law, having married Sarreal’s daughter, Laura.
		Elorde also promoted a successful WBF international card in September this year in commemoration with the 100th birth anniversary of his grandfather, the imminent Lope “Papa” Sarreal, where four Filipino boxers were crowned WBF “international” champions.
		Elorde indicated he was forced to tap a dangerous foe for Peñalosa in order to avoid a repeat of what happened in the latter’s comeback fight in Cebu.
	www.worldboxingfoundation.com /news_phi.html (7619 words)

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		Elorde’s daughter-in-law, Liza Elorde, told the Bulletin yesterday that Gomes called up Sunday and told her husband Johnny Elorde that he would like to come over with his family.
		Spearheading the affair is Laura Elorde, the widow of The Flash, who reigned as world junior-lightweight champion from March 1960 until June 1967.
		Elorde had won the title from Gomes when they met at the Araneta Coliseum on March 16, 1960.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2004/03/05/SPRT200403054024.html (377 words)

	Asian Journal Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Elorde, son of the great Flash Elorde, has tapped an undefeated Thai to battle it out with former world champion Peñalosa.
		Elorde said he was forced to tap a dangerous foe for Peñalosa in order to avoid a repeat of what happened in the latter's comeback fight in Cebu.
		Peñalosa's comeback fight, which was held last Sept. 19 in Cebu, ended comically when opponent Samingkao Chutipol went down for the third time even without absorbing a blow, thus resulting in a second-round technical knockout win for the ex-champ.
	www.asianjournal.com /cgi-bin/view_info.cgi?code=00007767&category=SP (307 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Oyson: Tributes to ‘Flash‘ Elorde
		He was given a special tribute during the 3rd Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Boxing Awards “Banquet of Champions” at the Manila Hotel.
		Elorde would not become a world junior lightweight champion until March 16, 1960 in Quezon City when he knocked out Harold Gomes in seven rounds.
		Elorde was elevated to the Cebu Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2003/04/05/sports/oyson.tributes.to.flash.elorde.html (654 words)

	GABRIEL ELORDE INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME COVER - (eBay item 140158613672 end time Sep-20-07 19:06:31 PDT)
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	World Boxing Foundation (WBF)
		Elorde said he received negative feedbacks from taxi operators and “concerned” citizens when they learned that Magahin would be released temporarily on a bail provided by Croucher, who personally visited the inmate at the Quezon city jail last Aug. 2.
		Elorde said although his neighbor did not identify Magahin as among those who victimized his cab, “there were witnesses who claimed that one of the suspects was a former boxer.”
		Elorde said he would just keep the P14,000 cash entrusted him by Croucher for Magahin’s bail and inform the WBF boss about the development.
	www.samarnews.com /News_clips/news17.htm (3516 words)

	After the euphoria, a few things in perspective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Then there was the epic series of fights Elorde had with Terou Kosaka, the never-say-die Japanese challenger with whom he had a total of five bouts in all.
		Elorde retired a beaten man. With age creeping up on him and his forays into the higher division snuffed out by Ortiz, he was eventually dethroned by Yoshiaki Numata.
		But Elorde remains a true Filipino champion even if all he took to his retirement were memories of his heyday.
	www.thefreeman.com /editorial/story-20031218-13192.html (394 words)

	Elorde okays Valbuena as Pacquiao’s title foe; wants Manila as venue
		Elorde is eyeing a July 19 date for the Pacquiao-Valbuena match either at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila or at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
		Elorde believes that Muhammad is aware that he is liable for breach of contract should he fail to schedule at least one fight for Pacquiao in the United States before August of this year.
		Elorde added that he already reached an agreement with business manager Rod Nazario through a contract signed last April 11 that will compel him to promote Pacquiao’s next title defense in Manila.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /boxing-news/principe2004.php (396 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Oyson: Flash Elorde’s discoverer: Part I
		I heard, too, that he was the original patron of Elorde when the latter was new in the game, before the latter met Papa Sarreal and went on to become a junior lightweight world boxing champion.
		By then, he had accidentally discovered the rising Gabriel Elorde who was then a poor shoeshine boy in Hipodromo.
		When he was first introduced to Elorde in Cebu by George Chiong Cui, the lad told him that he went to school for only one day in his life.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2004/01/15/sports/oyson.flash.elorde.s.discoverer.part.i.html (546 words)

	No foe for Pacquiao? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Elorde said that the 25-year old Hussein expressed readiness to again challenge Pacquiao.
		Elorde, on the other hand, said it is important that Pacquiao face a pesky contender to sharpen further his fists in preparation for his looming war against either WBA featherweight title-holder Derrick "Smoke" Gainer or the universally recognized featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera sometime in April.
		Elorde said he also contacted the camp of former Pacquiao victim Lehlohonolo Ledwaba and ex-IBF champion Vuyani Bungu as possible opponent, but both snubbed the offer.
	www.thefreeman.com /sports/story-20030111-864.html (441 words)

	Cebuano Icons 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In sports, Cebuano's pride is Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, regarded by many as the "the greatest Filipino boxer." Born to a farming couple in the northern town of Bogo, the youngest of 16 children, Lord's family was so poor that he and his siblings were "distributed" and raised by various relatives.
		A sportswriter wrote that, during a fight, with "his legs almost shot from under him, his face a rucksack of welts, cuts, and bruises, his eyes mere slits," Elorde would pull that courage "from some inner, invisible scabbard, and turn the tide." In his career, Elorde fought 107 bouts, winning 79, including 8 by knockout.
		What few people don't know is that Flash Elorde once studied Balintawak Eskrima before becoming one of the greatest Junior Lightweight champion of all time.
	cebueskrima.s5.com /photo2.html (360 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| SPORTS > Pacquiao cited as top boxer at Elorde rites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		That means seven straight years, which symbolizes the number of years Papa [Elorde] reigned as world champion,” Liza Elorde sad in Tuesday’s PSA Forum at the Manila Pavilion, where he accompanied husband Johnny Elorde.
		Also in connection with the event, the Elordes bared in the weekly session sponsored by Red Bull, Agfa Colors and Pagcor that former world lightweight champion Carlos Ortiz will be feted with the Flash Elorde Memorial Award.
		Ortiz and Elorde met in the ring twice, with the Filipino titlist losing on both occasions by close margins.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/feb/16/yehey/sports/20050216spo4.html (407 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Elorde disclosed that the star-studded fight card will see Hawaii’s Teddy Limoz Jr.
		Elorde said Pacquiao, who has a record of 36-2-1 with 28 KOs, will get P10 million while Cermeno will be paid $35,000.
		Elorde said he would meet with Manila Mayor Lito Atienza today to seek his help in staging the ambitious fight card, just like he did for Pacquiao’s March 15 nontitle fight at the Luneta.
	www.manilastandardonline.com:8080 /mnlastd?page=sports03_apr10_2003 (331 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| SPORTS > Pacquiao, top boxers in ‘Flash’ Elorde bash set March 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The formal ceremonies, dubbed the Flash Elorde Banquet of Champions, will be staged during the 69th birth anniversary of “Da Flash,” the first Filipino to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
		“The Elorde Banquet of Champions will be a celebration of Pacquiao’s singular achievement and the great successes of other Filipinos in the world of boxing,” he added.
		The Awards Night is held for the fourth straight year by the Elorde family in memory of their late patriarch, the world’s greatest in the junior lightweight division, which he ruled for seven years from 1960 to 1967.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/feb/05/yehey/sports/20040205spo4.html (380 words)

	Manila Standard: The Future is Ours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Awards Night is held for the fourth straight year by the Elorde family in memory of the late boxer, who was the world’s greatest in the junior lightweight division, which he ruled for seven years from 1960 to 1967.
		In 1993, Elorde was among the first batch of honorees inducted into the International Hall of Fame.
		Laura Elorde, wife of Da Flash, and her sons Johnny, Bebot and Marty will be on hand to present the awards.
	www.manilastandardonline.com:8080 /mnlastd?page=sports03_feb04_2004 (322 words)

	Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		There are 80 million Filipinos today, but in terms of what they have achieved, no one could put his name ahead of Rafael Nepomuceno.
		Christian Gabriel Cruz, Susana Quibol, Angela Panganiban and the rest of the Philippine figure-skating team placed fourth in the 1999 World Recreational Team Championships held in San Jose, California.
		In 1992, the all-boys team from Zamboanga City was stripped of their Little League World Baseball crown because of age disparity.
	www.visayanet.com /SPORTS/sports.htm (1988 words)

	Philippine Sports - Filipino Champions in Bowling, Billiards, Boxing and Basketball
		In 1974, the World Boxing Council named Gabriel "Flash Elorde" as "the greatest world junior lightweight boxing champion in WBC history" for winning 79 bouts in his professional boxing career.
		Elorde became a world champion in the 130-pound division on March 16, 1960 when he knocked out American Harold Gomes at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City.
		Elorde was born in Bogo, Cebu in 1935 and died in 1985.
	www.txtmania.com /trivia/basketball.php (4704 words)

	NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS: FLASH ELORDE AWARDS NIGHT
		Original newsclippings of Elorde’s most memorable fights, photographs, championship belts, and mementoes were on display.
		Elorde’s widow Laura delivered the welcome remarks, thanking the boxing community for turning out to toast D’Flash’s 67th birthday.
		In his speech, Golez exhorted fighters to emulate Elorde who invested his ring earnings wisely and made sure of a comfortable future for his family even after his death.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/03/sp/sp001860.htm (921 words)

	YEHEY!Sports
		The award is given in honor of a former champion who fought Elorde during his illustrious boxing career.
		Ortiz, then 25, defeated Flash Elorde in a classic showdown for the lightweight crown on February 15, 1964, at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
		Elorde, the reigning junior lightweight king at the time, was moving up in weight division and taking a crack at the crown held by Ortiz.
	www.yehey.com /sports/full_article.aspx?id=36335 (448 words)

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