When it comes to professional boxing world champions, Filipinos direct and of Filipino heritage, have a long, rich, big history in pro boxing.
Tonight, their latest professional boxing fighting son ‘The King’s Warrior’ Charly Suarez (18-0-10 KO) looks to becoming the latest but he’s up against a tough competitor in Mexican and WBO super-featherweight champion of the world, Emanuel Navarrete.
For context, here is a look at the list of world champions from all countries for most world champion in pro boxing per country.
Please note this is professional boxing only (the highest level of the entire sport, not amateur or Olympic boxing, pro boxing is the highest level):
United States: 466
Mexico: 164
United Kingdom: 109
Japan: 89
Puerto Rico: 59
Thailand: 49
Philippines: 40
Cuba: 20
Argentina: 18
Colombia: 12
Based on the corrected data and additional context above, to the best of our knowledge and ability, here are the names of Filipino professional boxing world champions mentioned across the sources below.
Focusing on those who have held titles from major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) or other notable organizations:
- Manny Pacquiao
- Pancho Villa (Francisco Guilledo)
- Gabriel “Flash” Elorde
- Nonito Donaire
- Ceferino Garcia
- Little Dado (Eleuterio Zapanta)
- Donnie Nietes
- Luisito Espinosa
- Mark Magsayo
- Melvin Jerusalem
- John Riel Casimero
- Marlon Tapales
- Charly Suarez
- Speedy Dado
- Pedro Adigue Jr.
- Erbito Salavarria
- Roberto Cruz
- Gerry Peñalosa
- Brian Viloria
- Rolando Navarette
- Ben Villaflor
- Vic Saludar
- Dodie Boy Peñalosa
- Rene Mark Cuarto
- Vincent Astrolabio
- Reymart Gaballo
- Dave Apolinario
- Jerwin Ancajas
- Pedro Taduran
- Cristian Araneta
- Carl Jammes Martin
- Jayson Vayson
- Miel Fajardo
- Regie Suganob
- Vince Paras
- Criztian Laurente
- Weljon Mindoro
- Bernabe Concepcion
- Luis Logan
- Small Montana
- Anthony Villanueva
- Macario Flores
- Danny Kid
- Rene Barrientos
- Chartchai Villacampo
- Jonas Sultan
- Eumir Marcial
- Jason Pagara
This list includes 48 Filipino boxers who have either won world titles or are notable contenders, as derived from the provided data and context, basically.
The Philippines has a total of 40 world champions per the World Population Review list, sure.
But additional names from the sources include active fighters, former champions or even those who held world regional/world interim titles that some consider world titles.
Some names may overlap with non-world champion status but are included due to their prominence in Filipino boxing history.
Filipinos are very powerful in professional boxing.
Not just America, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Japan and the UK, Thailand, Argentina and South Korea too for countries with professional boxing world champions.
Sure, Cuba, Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe and even Ireland are good in amateur boxing, but again, this is about countries who are the strongest in all of boxing.
That means countries who have most professional boxing world champions for us.
Let’s see what Suarez can do tonight.
Here is the live stream info and fight times worldwide for the boxing tonight.