Brothers Roel, Onyok and Boy Velasco during their visit to former Manila mayor and boxing chief Mel Lopez last December 16. Lopez died on New Year's Day. Photos courtesy of Roel Velasco THE late ...

Roel Velasco receives his own business as a reward for the Philippines' great boxing performance in Tokyo Two other former Olympians from the Philippines received compensation for their contributions ...

CHOOKS-TO-GO gave Barcelona 1992 Olympics boxing bronze medalist Roel Velasco his very own Chooks-to-Go store for giving honor and pride to the country. “Roel is a ‘loyal soldier’ to the country that ...

The younger brother of Barcelona Olympian and bronze medal winner Roel Velasco who is one of the eminent coaches of the Philippine boxing team today, “Onyok” replays that fight over and over again and ...

ROEL Velasco, a bronze medalist in the 1992 Summer Olympics in boxing's men's light flyweight division, was given his very own Chooks-to-Go store for giving honor and pride to the country. Velasco, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Chooks-to-Go is continuing to shower former Olympic medalists with overdue rewards, with 1992 Barcelona Olympics bronze medalist Roel Velasco getting his own branch of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Boxers Leopoldo Serantes, Roel Velasco and Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco are in line to make the next batch of athletes to be enshrined to the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame. They ...

The Philippines failed to win a medal in the next four Olympics following Anthony Villanueva’s silver in boxing in 1964 in Tokyo. The drought was aggravated when the country joined the boycott led by ...

Boxer Roel Velasco (middle), the 1992 Barcelona Olympics bronze medallist, is the latest sports hero to be given support by chicken rotisserie company Chooks-to-Go. Boxer Roel Velasco, the 1992 ...

MANILA, Philippines—National boxing coach Nolito “Boy” Velasco has retired and will effectively leave his post at the end of the year, the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) ...

Brothers Roel, Onyok and Boy Velasco during their visit to former Manila mayor and boxing chief Mel Lopez last December 16. Lopez died on New Year's Day. Photos courtesy of Roel Velasco THE late ...