Is Pacman the greatest Asian Champ of all time?

[grayfist]

i wish i can help you buddy but, i also never seen Prince Gabi fight before but what i was hearing he was the ripest among the Filipino prospects to be champion, hope he does not face villoria anytime soon...

Share your hope, pal. Like I said somewhere on this site, I wish they'd get each a slice of the world championship pie, defend against a few, before getting together for unification. That way, the loser can have a kitty stashed away...

[jabsRstiff]

I'm glad someone brought up Khaosai Galaxy.
He was truly great, a devastating & dominating fighter.

I hope I'm getting this guy's name right.... a South Korean named Myoung-Woo-Yuh.
He was a light flyweight champ through the 80's....& made 19 title defenses.
He retired, without having lost his crown in the ring.

[Yogi]

I hope I'm getting this guy's name right.... a South Korean named Myoung-Woo-Yuh.
He was a light flyweight champ through the 80's....& made 19 title defenses.
He retired, without having lost his crown in the ring.

Myung-Woo Yuh was a pretty good fighter who, although not overly talented, used what skills he did have to the best of his ability (not very quick-fisted for his size, but very tough, well conditioned, and threw tons of punches in his fights).

And yeah, he does have the record for title defenses in the 108 lbs division, but he benefitted from some home town judging in more than a few of those fights that took place in Korea (Olivo, DeJesus and Gamez, spring to mind). He should have a few more losses on his record than what is shown.

Yuh was a good fighter, but not quite as great as his record suggests...I wouldn't rank him in the all-time top five of his weight class, and would definately favour the superior Jung-Koo Chang to get the better of him had they had met.

[stevenalexander]

ya i think so 2

[czars_salad]

Kostya Tzyu is the best Eurasian Champion of all time.

Tzyu is not Eurasian, he is Australian

[czars_salad]

i can name three boxers who could match manny's greatness:

pancho villa
flash elorde
fighting harada

of the three, history would tell us that pancho villa would give pacman a run for his money as for who hails the title of being the greatest asian fighter. p4p i think villa is above manny in terms of skills, as what i had read in some boxing ****zines. pancho villa fought in the flyweight division but he went up against other opponents who are superior in size and strength. as far as i know villa fought over 100 fights when he was still 22 years old and losing only some. historians call him the greatest flyweight of all time.

he died at a very young age of 22(?) having fought more than 100 fights. cause of death? untreated swollen gum. he had a tooth removed by a dentist then afterwards drank the whole night out with friends then the following day or days later he fought a boxing match, with a swollen gum!

[Lefthookhappy19]

Harada is easily the greatest. Should have been 3 weight champ only for an awful decision vs Famechon (by one Willie Pep). And of course beating Eder Jofre who's top 15 all time P4P. Harada himself is legit top 30 all time P4P.

[jabsRstiff]

Tzyu is not Eurasian, he is Australian

Tszyu went to Australia at the start of his pro career.

[bandito]

Do you think Pacman is the greatest Asian champ of all time, there are a few great ones in history. Like a guy by the name of Flash Elorde who is also Fillipino that I read about. Do you know of any other devestating Asian fighters who is also great like Pacman?

how about asking this question when his career is over. u can't compare pac to any of the great asian champs yet!! not even close

[Chups]

how about asking this question when his career is over. u can't compare pac to any of the great asian champs yet!! not even close

Nice to see you here Bandito...and you're right only when Pacman gets to be a Famer then we can start comparing him with the best.