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Ben Villaflor
("El Torbellino")

BORN   November 20 1952; Negros, Philippines
HEIGHT 5-5 1/2
WEIGHT 124-134 1/4 lbs

Villaflor was a left-handed, determined, scrappy battler who earned a ring record of 54-8-7 with 31 knockouts; His hard work and ambition paid off and he won the WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

Ben defeated such men as Kuniaki Shibata, Alfredo Marcano, Hyun Chi Kim, Morito Kashiwaba, Yasutsune Uehara, Kenji Iwata, Jimmy Robertson, Frankie Crawford, Don Johnson, Takao Maruki and Arturo "Baby" Lorona

1966
       Flash Javier               in the Philippines                  W  4
       Little Timoteo             in the Philippines                 KO  3
       Bob Rule                   in the Philippines                  W  4
       Pat Masong                 in the Philippines                 KO  4
       Rocky Romeo                in the Philippines                 KO  4
       Joe Louis                  in the Philippines                 KO  1

1967
       Eddie Valdez               in the Philippines                  W  6
       Johnny Lozaga              in the Philippines                 KO  6
       Matt Villa                 in the Philippines                 KO  3
       Luis Manuel                in the Philippines                  W  6
       Young Francisco            in the Philippines                 KO  3
       Little Pedring             in the Philippines                  W  6
       Roger "Boy" Pedrano        in the Philippines                  L  8
       Ben Aranas                 in the Philippines                 KO  8
       Roger "Boy" Pedrano        in the Philippines                  L  8
       Boy Olayan                 in the Philippines                  W  8
       Flash Barba                in the Philippines                  W 10

1968
       Blackie Olympia            in the Philippines                  D 10
       Rod Sario                  Manila, Philippines                TW  4
       Rocky Villahermosa         in the Philippines                 KO  5
       Ver Quizon                 in the Philippines                  W 10
       Tanny Amancio              in the Philippines                 KO  7
       Baby Paramount             in the Philippines                  L 10
May  6 George Arindidon           Manila, Philippines                TD  4
       Flash Barba                in the Philippines                 KO  8
       Ely Yares                  in the Philippines                  L 10

1969
Jul  7 Willy Cangas               Quezon City, Philippines            W 10
Aug  1 Marcial Macatangay         Manila, Philippines                KO  7
Oct  4 Fil Del Mundo              Manila, Philippines                 W 10
Dec 20 Arturo Eracho              Manila, Philippines                 W 10

1970
Feb 28 Tony Jumao-As              Manila, Philippines                TD  2
Mar  7 Pedro Martinez             Manila, Philippines                 L 10
May  1 Alfredo Avila              Manila, Philippines                 L 10
Jun  6 Ernie Cruz                 Quezon City, Philippines            W 10
Jul 12 Willie Asuncion            Manila, Philippines                 W 10
Jul 25 Tony Jumao-As              Quezon City, Philippines            W 10
Sep 19 Don Johnson                Manila, Philippines                TK  7
Nov 14 Arturo "Baby" Lorona       Quezon City, Philippines            W 10

1971
Apr 13 Rafael Lopez               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  1
Apr 26 Memo Morales               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  6
May 19 Jose Luis Martinez         Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  5
Jun  8 Delfino Camacho            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  2
Jun 22 Jesus Chuchu Mariscal      Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  4
Jul  6 Memin Hernandez            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  1
Aug 10 Manuel Mendoza             Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Sep 14 Tad Okamoto                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  1
Oct  5 Ricardo Garcia             Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Nov 16 Raul Cruz                  Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK 10
Dec 14 Ray Vega                   Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  7

1972
Jan 25 Frankie Crawford           Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  1
Mar  7 Jose Luis Lopez            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  2
Apr 25 Alfredo Marcano            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul  5 Carlos Fernandez           Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  3
Sep 25 Victor Federico Echegaray  Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  D 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 14 Jimmy Robertson            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10

1973
Jan 31 Juan Collado               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Mar 12 Kuniaki Shibata            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  L 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 18 Kenji Iwata                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  1
Aug 21 Akihiro Kawasaki           Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  3
Oct 17 Kuniaki Shibata            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  1
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1974
Mar 14 Apollo Yoshio              Toyama, Japan                       D 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 19 Takao Maruki               Quezon City, Philippines           TK  7
Aug 24 Yasutsune Uehara           Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  2
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 14 Ray Lunny III              San Francisco, Ca                  TD  6

1975
Mar 13 Hyun Chi Kim               Quezon City, Philippines            W 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1976
Jan 12 Morito Kashiwaba           Tokyo, Japan                       TK 13
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Apr 13 Samuel "Sammy" Serrano     Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  D 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug 31 Rogelio Castaneda          Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Oct 16 Samuel "Sammy" Serrano     San Juan, Puerto Rico               L 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World


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

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