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This page is dedicated to the Cebuano Icons of Eskrima both living and dead.

  • Solferino "Kapitan Perong Pak-an" Borinaga
  • Pantaleon "Leon Kilat" Villegas
  • Laurente "Laguno" Sabanal
  • Pablo "Amboy Kidlat" Sabanal
  • Lorenzo Saavedra
  • Teodoro "Doring" Saavedra
  • Fr. Jose Ortega
  • Floro Villabrille
  • Felicisimo Dizon
  • Artemio Paez
  • Meliton Indangan
  • Regino Ilustrisimo
  • Antonio Ilustrisimo
  • Jose D. Caballero
  • Juanito Lacoste
  • Venancio "Anciong" Bacon
  • Julian Goc-ong
  • Jack Santos
  • Telesporo Subingsubing
  • Lucky Lucaylucay
  • Ted Lucaylucay
  • Timoteo "Timor" Maranga
  • Eulogio "Yoling" Canete
  • Filemon "Momoy" Canete
  • Ciriaco "Cacoy" Canete
  • Dionisio Canete
  • Vicente "Inting" Carin
  • Atty. Jose Villasin
  • Teofilo Velez
  • Alberto Dacayana, Sr. 
  • Filemon Caburnay
  • Johnny Chiuten
  • Sonny Umpad
  • Eduardo "Dadoy" Sombilon
  • Jose "Joego" Milan
  • Antonio "Tony" Diego
  • Epifanio "Yuly" Romo
  • Esing Atillo
  • Uldarico "Poldeng" Llano

  • Nonito "Dodong" Limchua

  • Ondo Caburnay

  • Jesus Abella
  • Pablicito "Pabling" Cabahug

     



      Gabrile "Flash" Elorde




    • Cebu is well-known not only for its politicians, businessmen, and artists, but also for its athletes. 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. Called Bay (the familiar Cebuano expression for a male friend), Elorde worked as a houseboy for a relative. At the age of ten and without any schooling, Elorde left Bogo for Cebu City. In the city, he worked as a bootblack, construction peon, pier hand, and pinboy in a bowling alley. 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. 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. He became world champion in the junior lightweight division when he knocked out American boxer Harold Gomes on 16 March 1960. He held the title for seven years. In 1974, the World Boxing Council honored him as "the greatest world junior light-weight boxing champion in WBC history." A warm-hearted and generous person, he was active in charitable work, donating money for constructing religious and school buildings. He also built a sports complex in Paranaque to serve as a training center for aspiring boxers. Flash Elorde died in 1985 at the age of 49. He set a record of achievements that inspired many Cebuanos athletes after him.

    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.



    Sonny Umpad

    Anciong Bacon

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    Jose D. Caballero


     

    Antonio Ilustrisimo



     
    Cacoy Canete

    P-Major Timoteo "Timor" Maranga, Sr.

     
    Johnny Chiuten, Jr.

    Antonio "Tony" Diego

    Yuli Romo

    Vicente "Inting" Carin







     



    Filemon Caburnay