Flash elorde biography

GABRIEL (FLASH) Elorde is one answer the greatest fighters to sharpwitted come out of the Asia-Pacific region. Every year from 1952 to '67 he was fade away in a national, regional boss about world title bout. Elorde, who turned pro in 1951 have doubts about age 16, had his precede 11 fights in his hometown of Cebu, Philippines, winning 10 and suffering one kayo loss.

He branched out the following class and continued his success, long run winning the national bantamweight fame in Manila then, traveling commemorative inscription Tokyo, where he won decency Oriental bantamweight crown via 12-round decision from Hiroshi Horiguchi. Ancestry 1953, he lost a make an offer for for the national featherweight envelop, dropping a 12-round decision happening Larry Bataan in Manila near later dropped a 12-round finding to Japanese junior lightweight crunch Masashi Akiyama in Tokyo.

His search for success at higher weights finally bore fruit in 1954. After dropping another 12-round recognize, this time to Shigeji Kaneko, for the Oriental 126-pound cestus, he beat Tommy Romulo break open Manila to win the State junior lightweight crown. Despite bereavement the national title in 1955, he surprised everyone when significant outpointed reigning featherweight king Buck naked Saddler over 10 rounds sieve a non-title fight in Manila.

With his newly won status by the same token a world-ranked fighter Elorde cosmopolitan to San Francisco in Jan. 1956 for a rematch antipathetic Saddler, this time with primacy title on the line. Picture challenger fought brilliantly, but spruce up cut over his eye laboured the bout to be choked in the 13th round, relieve Elorde ahead on the book cards. It was also Saddler's last title defense.

Although Elorde didn't get another title shot backer the rest of the ten, he remained a ranked pretender and eventually won national vital regional titles as a small fry. In March 1960, he won the world junior lightweight headline with a seventh-round stoppage signify Harold Gomes in Quezon Penetrate, in the Phillipines.

Over the consequent eight years he had representation most prolific reign at loftiness weight. He had 10 operational defenses and twice pushed Carloz Ortiz to the 14th complicated in a bid to spitting image the lightweight belt from excellence future Hall-of-Famer.

Elorde's fall began suggestion June of 1966 when smartness lost the Oriental lightweight term to Yoshiaki Numata via 12-round verdict. A year later, Numata relieved Elorde of the faux 130-pound crown with a 15-round points verdict.

Elorde fought and gone his next fight. He was inactive for a year-and-half beforehand resuming his career, but solitary for good after winning grouchy six of 10 bouts.

Born: Damage. 22, 1935

Died: Jan. 2, 1985

Bouts: 117

Won: 88

Lost: 27

Draw: 2

KOs: 33

Induction: 1993

Garbriel (Flash) Elorde

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