Pancho Villa
(Francisco Guilledo)

BORN   August 1 1901; Iloilo, Phillipines
DIED July 14 1925; San Francisco, California (blood poisoning)
HEIGHT 5-1
WEIGHT 109 1/2-115 lbs
MANAGER Frank Churchill
RECORD 79-5-4 (25 KO, 20 ND)

Villa was an explosive and relentless fighter who hit hard with both fists, fighting in the fashion of a "miniature" Jack Dempsey; Many consider him to be the greatest Asian fighter ever

Among those he defeated were Johnny Buff, Abe Goldstein, Terry Martin, Jimmy Wilde, Benny Schwartz, Georgie Marks, Bud Taylor, and Clever Sencio; Villa died of blood poisoning from an infected tooth 10 days after his last fight

Nat Fleischer ranked Villa as the #2 All-Time Flyweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #2 All-Time Flyweight; Herb Goldman ranked him as the #5 All-Time Flyweight; He was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1961 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994



Villa-Buff 1922 Fight Video Clip

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1919
       Kid Castro                 Manila, Philippines               W  4
          -Some sources report "W 5"
       Terio Pandong              Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Kid Cortez                 Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Pedro Alberto              Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Young Edwards              Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Alberto Castro             Manila, Philippines              KO  3
       Cesareo Siguion            Manila, Philippines              KO  2
       Young Duarte               Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Jamie Desiderio            Manila, Philippines              KO  2
       Kid Elino                  Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Kid Moro                   Manila, Philippines              KO  2
       Jose de la Cruz            Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Pedro Olongapo             Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Jose Mendoza               Manila, Philippines              KO  2 
       Baguio Bearcat             Manila, Philippines               W  4
       Baguio Bearcat             Manila, Philippines               W  4

1920
       Pedro Capitan              Manila, Philippines              KO  4
       Frisco Concepcion          Manila, Philippines               L  4
       Kid Castro                 Manila, Philippines               W  6
       Salvador Santo Tomas       Manila, Philippines              KO  2
       Big Cortez                 Manila, Philippines              ND  6
       Jose de la Cruz            Manila, Philippines               W  6
       Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               W  6
       Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               W  6
       Juan Candelaria            Manila, Philippines               W  6
       Kid Cortez                 Manila, Philippines               W  6
       Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines              ND  6
       Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines              ND  6
       Stiff Irineo               Manila, Philippines               W  6
1921
Jan 10 Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               D 15
Jan 23 Juan Candelaria            Manila, Philippines              KO  4
Feb  7 Kid Moro                   Manila, Philippines              KO  3
Feb 21 Terio Pandong              Manila, Philippines               W  8
Mar  5 Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               W 10
Mar 26 Young Santos               Manila, Philippines              KO  7
Apr 10 Kid Garcia                 Manila, Philippines               W  8
Apr 24 Stiff Irineo               Manila, Philippines              KO  2
May  8 Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               W 15
          -Some sources report 5/06/21
May 22 Knockout Lewis             Manila, Philippines              KO  4
Jun  6 Pedro Alberto              Manila, Philippines               W  8
Jun 20 Leoncio Bernabe            Manila, Philippines               D  6
Jul 11 Young Modejar              Manila, Philippines               W  6
Jul 25 Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               D 15
Aug  9 Eddie Moore                Manila, Philippines              LF 10
Aug 23 Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               W 20
Sep  7 Syd Keenan                 Manila, Philippines               W  8
Sep 21 Leoncio Bernabe            Manila, Philippines               W  8
Oct  5 Mike Ballerino             Manila, Philippines               W 20
Oct 19 Andres "Kid" Aguilar       Manila, Philippines               W  8
Nov  3 Cowboy Reyes               Manila, Philippines               W 15
Nov 10 Andres "Kid" Aguilar       Manila, Philippines               W  8
Nov 17 Kid Garcia                 Manila, Philippines               W  8
Dec  8 George Mendies             Manila, Philippines              KO  3
Dec 15 Jimmy Taylor               Manila, Philippines               W  8
Dec 29 Battling Ongay             Manila, Philippines              KO  1

1922
Jan 12 Kid Abayan                 Manila, Philippines               W  8
Feb 12 Georgie Lee                Manila, Philippines               W 15
Mar 19 Max Mason                  Iloilo, Philippines              KO  4
Apr  1 Pete Sarmiento             Manila, Philippines               W 15
Jun  7 Abe Goldstein              Jersey City, NJ                  ND 12
Jul  6 Frankie Genaro             Jersey City, NJ                  ND 12
Jul 19 Frankie Murray             Averne, NY                        W  6
Jul 29 Terry Miller               Asbury Park, NJ                  ND 12
Aug  2 Johnny Hepburn             Brooklyn, NY                     KO  6
Aug 15 Sammy Cohen                Brooklyn, NY                     KO  8
Aug 22 Frankie Genaro             Brooklyn, NY                      L 10
Sep 14 Johnny Buff                Brooklyn, NY                     TK 11
          -Flyweight Championship of America
Sep 21 Terry Smacka               Newark, NJ                       EX  4
Oct 23 Danny Edwards              Boston, Ma                        W 10
Oct 30 Patsy Wallace              Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  8
Nov 16 Abe Goldstein              New York, NY                      W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of America;
           Some sources report 11/17/22
Nov 27 Young Montreal             Boston, Ma                        W 10
Dec 29 Terry Martin               New York, NY                      W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of America

1923
Jan  1 "Battling" Al Murray       Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  8
Feb 13 Frankie Mason              Boston, Ma                       KO  5
Feb 20 Henry "Kid" Wolfe          Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  3
Mar  1 Frankie Genaro             New York, NY                      L 15
          -Flyweight Championship of America
Mar 19 Young Montreal             Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  8
Mar 24 Willie Darcy               Waterbury, Ct                     W 12
Apr 23 Clarence Rosen             Detroit, Mi                      ND 10
May 11 "Battling" Al Murray       Chicago, Il                      ND 10
May 24 Bobby Wolgast              Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  8
Jun 18 Jimmy Wilde                New York, NY                     KO  7
          -Flyweight Championship of the World
Jul 20 Abe Friedman               Boston, Ma                        W 10
Jul 31 Kid Williams               Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  8
Aug 22 Jackie Feldman             New York, NY                     KO  3
Sep  8 Charles "Bud" Taylor       Chicago, Il                      ND 10
Sep 24 Tony Thomas                Boston, Ma                        W 10
Oct 12 Benny Schwartz             Baltimore, Md                     W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of the World;
           Some sources report 10/13/23
Oct 22 Jabez White                Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  8
Nov 19 Joey Schwartz              Detroit, Mi                      ND 10
Dec  5 Donnie Mack                Toronto, Ont, Can                KO  4
Dec 10 Patsy Wallace              Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  8

1924
Jan  1 Tony Norman                Pittsburgh, Pa                    W 10
Jan 21 Mike Moran                 Pittsburgh, Pa                    W 10
Feb  8 Georgie Marks              New York, NY                      W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of the World
Mar  6 Charles "Bud" Taylor       Milwaukee, Wi                    ND 10
Mar 21 Georgie Lee                Sacramento, Ca                    D  4
Mar 22 Billy Bonillas             Modesto, Ca                       W  4
Apr 23 Eddie McKenna              Cleveland, Oh                    ND 10
May 30 Frankie Ash                Brooklyn, NY                      W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of the World
Jun 10 Charles "Bud" Taylor       Brooklyn, NY                      W 12
Jul  2 Henny Catena               West New York, NJ                KO  5
Jul 21 Willie Woods               Boston, Ma                        W 10
Jul 28 Frankie Murray             Atlantic City, NJ                ND  8
Aug 18 Amos "Kid" Carlin          New Orleans, La                   W 15

1925
Mar  9 Francisco Pilapel          Iloilo, Philippines              KO  8
May  1 Clever Sencio              Manila, Philippines               W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of the World
Jul  4 Jimmy McLarnin             Emeryville, Ca                    L 10


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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