Filipino boxers had also made a great impact on this sport. Scores of Filipino boxers were able to capture numerous championship belts in different weight categories. Here's a list of All-Time Greatest Filipino boxers.

Gabriel “Flash” Elorde (1935-1985)

Gabriel “Flash” Elorde is regarded “the greatest world junior lightweight boxing champion in WBC history in 1974”; for defending his title in 10 bouts for seven years, making him the longest reigning world junior lightweight champion ever; and for being inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.He won a total of 79 bouts in his professional boxing career.

Elorde became a world champion in the 130-pound division on March 16, 1960 when he knocked out American Harold Gomes at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. Since then, he has defended his title in 10 bouts for seven years, making him the longest reigning world junior lightweight champion ever. He finally lost to Japanese Yoshiaki Numata in a 15-round match in Tokyo on June 15, 1967.

Pancho Villa

Pancho Villa, for being considered the greatest flyweight of the century; for becoming Asia's first world champion in boxing; and for being inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and International Boxing Hall of Fame. He was one of only four Asians enshrined into the New York-based International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994. He was also inducted to the World Boxing Hall of Fame.

Born as Francisco Guilledo in Ilog, Negros Occidental on August 1, 1901, he began his boxing career in 1919 and adopted the name Pancho Villa after a famous Mexican revolutionary leader.

After his successful bids in the Philippines, he went to New York in pursuit of international bouts. Known for his whirlwind style, Villa, then 22, knocked out reigning world flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde of England in the seventh round at New York's Polo Grounds on June 18, 1923.

Ceferino Garcia

Ceferino Garcia was the heaviest Filipino ever who became a world-boxing champion. Known for his bolo punch, he captured the world middleweight title on October 2, 1939 when he knocked out Fred Apostoli in New York. He defended his crown against top rivals twice (Americans Glen Lee and Henry Armstrong) before losing his title in May 1940. Before he switched to the middleweight division, Garcia became a welterweight champion when he knocked out boxing legend and war hero Barney Ross in 1937 and Henry Armstrong in 1938.

In 1977, Ceferino Garcia was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame and into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1981.

Luisito Espinosa

For five years, Luisito “Lindol” Espinosa has held two different world-boxing titles: the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight crown and the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt. He was feted the "Athlete of the Year" award twice.

Gerry “Fearless” Peñalosa

Gerry Peñalosa won the World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight crown on February 20, 1997 and was able to defend it three times until August 1998. In June 1999, he knocked out a Mexican fighter to clinch the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) North American junior bantamweight title in Mississippi. Geronimo “Gerry” Peñalosa is a Filipino boxer in the bantamweight division.

He is the current WBO bantamweight champion. He snatched the title via knock-out win over a Mexican boxer at the age of 36 years. Peñalosa has never been knocked down in 60 professional fights.

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao - The Greatest Asian Champ of All-Time

Manny Pacquiao, one of the finest Filipino power punchers, is a former International Boxing Federation (IBF) world super bantamweight champion and a former World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight champion. He is the current super flyweight champion becoming the first Asian to win three championship belts in three different weight categories.

He was the first Filipino to clinch a world boxing title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena where he floored Lehlo Ledwaba of South Africa in the sixth round to bag the IBF super bantamweight title in June 2001. Before this, Pacquiao knocked out a Thai champion in the 8th round of their match in Bangkok on December 3, 1998 to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title.

He will be fighting for a higher weight category this month, and if he wins the fight, he will be the first Asian to win four championship belts in four different weight categories that will eventually make him the greatest Filipino champ but also the greatest Asian Champ.

Its official, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao is the greatest Asian champ of all time. By knocking down David Diaz on the ninth round on their June 29, 2008 encounter in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada and becoming the new lightweight champion of the world, he now holds the record as the "First Asian to hold 4 belt championships in four different weight categories.”

Even though I am a fight fan, there is always that one dream that all of us as fight fans have. All fight fans would love to have the opportunity to be able to make the fights. Sometimes in our minds, we make better fights than the promoters, and are sometimes kicking the TV after watching fights that don't live up to the hype that was put in promoting.

With that in mind, I had some time to think about what I could consider a fight and I dream about and want to see as well. So with that in mind, I thought about fights that I would love too see in 2008.

1. Bernard Hopkins (48-4-1) vs Joe Calzaghe (44-0)

Joe Calzaghe has wanted to fight in America, however there has not really been a fight that has intrigued him enough to cross the pond. I honestly think that this is the only fight, and the only fighter that would be worth his time to fight in America. After Calzaghe unified the Super-Middleweight Championship by defeating Mikkel Kessler, the only logical fight for him after now wiping out the division is Hopkins. Both fighters are interested so maybe this fight can be made. Most of us are hoping so.

2. Manny Pacquiao (45-3-2) vs Juan Manuel Marquez (47-3-1)

This fight should have already happened at least two years ago after they fought to a draw in an epic contest in 2004, in which Marquez survived 3 knockdowns in the first round. Instead of taking a rematch, for some reason Marquez took and lost a fight in Indonesia for far less money that what could have been made in a rematch with Pacquiao. Marquez seems to have revitalized his career after wins against Marco Antonio Barrera, and against Rocky Juarez. Meanwhile, Pacquiao has only scored two knockout wins against Eric Morrales, and another win against Barrera. I think it is time for us to see the rematch that fight fans so desperately want and deserve to see.

3. Israel Vasquez (42-4) vs Rafael Marquez (37-4)

Fortunately for us fight fans, we will only have to wait until March 1, 2008 for Part III of boxing's newest rivalry. Both have knockout wins over the other in two fights that were classics. If the rubber match is able to match the intensity of the first two, the world will be in for a special night when these two fight again.

The first three fights might and will actually happen. As for Hopkins and Calzaghe, both fighters want this fight, so it will in all likelihood take place. As for Pacquiao and Marquez, at 130, that might be the only fight that we would want to see. And we are going to get Vasquez-Marquez III in March. The next set of fights I would want to see, however they are probably a long shot to happen.

4. Kelly Pavlik (32-0) vs Winky Wright (51-4-1)

There are some people who would want to see this fight because there are actually people who might actually think that Wright is the "uncrowned" Middleweight champion after his fight with Jermain Taylor in 2006. However this fight, in my opinion I think is a long shot to happen, especially if Taylor, whom was beaten by Pavlik in September, opts to exercise his rematch clause.

5. Manny Pacquiao (45-3-2) vs Edwin Valero (22-0)

Many people would like to see this fight, however there may be numerous obstacles that may effect this fight happening. The one certainty about this fight at the present time would be that if this fight is to happen, it will not take place in the United States, due to the fact that Valero is not cleared to fight in the United States. However, if we are able to get this fight to happen, wherever it may happen, it is sure to be an action fight seeing.

6. Oscar de la Hoya (38-5) vs Miguel Cotto (30-0)

I am a fight fan, and I would be very curious to see this fight, especially if The Golden Boy returns at welterweight for his next fight. I would be honest to say I would want to see this fight if Cotto would even take the fight at 154. I just want to see good fights, and depending on the focus of The Golden Boy, this could possibly be a better fight that his fight with Mayweather, which left me very disappointed as a fight fan. However, if Cotto does not beat Shane Mosley on November 10, then this fight would probably not take place.

7. Oscar De La Hoya (38-5) vs Ricky Hatton (43-0)

Provided that Hatton defeats Mayweather on December 8, and this is a big "if", in my opinion, this has the potential to be a bigger drawing fight than the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight. Call me crazy, but if Calzaghe and Kessler could put 50,000 people in Millennium Stadium in Wales, imagine how many people this fight could put in Old Trafford in Manchester, England, or worse, how many people this fight could draw in Wembley Stadium in London. However, this is a dream situation that can only be appealing if Hatton beats Mayweather, and if both parties were interested.

There are other situations that I would wish could happen in boxing, like for example, title fights going back to the networks. My other wish is that if Sugar Ray Leonard decides to do another season of The Contender, it has to be the Heavyweight division.

Most Americans who watch boxing, mostly are only going to watch a particular fighter, and the Heavyweights, and most Americans are waiting for the next great American Heavyweight champion. However, let me be honest, it's boxing, and I am going to watch anyway.