MANILA Mayor Alfredo Lim paid tribute to Pancho Villa on his 84th death anniversary yesterday at Pancho Villa’s monument at the North Cemetery. Villa, a Filipino boxing hero and the first Asian to become world flyweight champion, was Francisco Guilledo in real life.
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