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Biography of Flash Elorde - Boxer
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Flash Elorde (b. Gabriel Elorde on March 25, 1935, d. January 2, 1985) was a boxer from the Philippines. Elorde was the junior lightweight world champion from 1960 until 1967. He also outpointed all time great featherweight champion Sandy Saddler in 1955 in a non-title bout. In 1956 he was given a rematch with Saddler, this time with Saddler's featherweight title on the line, but Elorde suffered a cut eye and lost the fight on a 13th round TKO. Elorde also challenged all time lightweight great Carlos Ortiz for his world title on two occasions. He was stopped both times by Ortiz in the fourteenth round. Elorde retired with a record of 87 wins (33KOs), 27 losses and 2 draws.
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