Flash Elorde Filipino Legend ( Highlight Reel)

Highlights of the former Super Featherweight world champion. Flash Elorde Was a Filipino professional boxer. He was born and raised in the town and now the city of Bogo, Cebu. Elorde was a World Junior Lightweight Champion, he won the title in 1960. In 1963, he was inaugurated as WBC and WBA champion. He still holds the junior lightweight division record for longest title reign, and is considered as one of the greatest junior lightweight champion in history. It spanned for seven years, and in doingso he legitimized the division. Elorde is considered as one of the best Filipino boxers of alltime along with eightdivision world champion Manny Pacquiao and flyweight champion in the 1920s, Pancho Villa. He was much beloved in the Philippines as a sports and cultural icon, being the first Filipino international boxing champion since middleweight champion Ceferino Garcia. Google+: Dailymotion: Vimeo: