MAKING A FATHER PROUD: KO Win is Bai Elorde’s Fitting Birthday Gift to Papa Johnny
By Alex P. Vidal
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 30 Jul 2007
Bai Elorde (L) poses with the author.
International promoter Johnny Elorde will be celebrating his birthday on August 1 as a proud father.
This was after his son, Bai Elorde, fulfilled a promise many young pugilists like him failed to give their fathers: score a scintillating knockout victory and offer it as birthday gift to a father who’s into fight business.
Bai Elorde, popularly known as “the grandson of the late (Gabriel) Flash Elorde”, blasted into smithereens Rommel Discalsote in three rounds of a 4-rounder non-title tiff Saturday at the Flash Grand Ballroom of Elorde Sports Complex in Para?aque City promoted by his father.
Philboxing reported earlier that Elorde dominated Discalsote in scoring the stoppage win. It was Bai Elorde’s third win, and the most impressive, in as many outings as a professional fighter after a brief but sterling career in the amateur.
Before pummeling Discalsote into submission, Elorde connected hard punches that hurt his foe in the second stanza.
Discalsote was counted out by the referee after he fell from a combination of hard punches, the last of which, according to Philboxing, was a straight right to his face.
In his last fight in March this year where he scored a lopsided decision also in the same ring, Bai Elorde, was mobbed like a celebrity.
“Iba ang batang ‘to,” sighed Bai’s equally proud uncle, Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde, Jr. who watched with awe in the ringside. “Tutularan sia ng ibang kabataan dahil siya lang ang boksingerong college gradute.” (What is extraordinary about Bai is he is the only boxer who is a college graduate).
Bebot Elorde, also an international promoter and manager, said he will not be surprised if Bai Elorde will someday follow the footsteps of his “great” grandfather who reigned as world junior lightweight ruler unmolested for seven years.
Click here to view a list of other articles written by Alex P. Vidal.
Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles:
Kevin Brown and Yoenis Tellez Shine at Boxlab Promotions’ “Night of Champions XIII” During the 104th Annual WBA Convention
Tue, 16 Dec 2025TRAINING CAMP NOTES: Justin Cardona Shares Insights Ahead of December 19 Showdown Against Avious Griffin
Tue, 16 Dec 2025JAS MATHUR JOINS MANNY PACQUIAO PROMOTIONS AS CEO TO LEAD STRATEGIC VISION, CREATIVITY AND GLOBAL GROWTH INITIATIVES
Tue, 16 Dec 2025Split-T Management Signs Amateur Standout Adrian Salazar
Tue, 16 Dec 2025INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME REMEMBERS CANASTOTA’S MANAGER / TRAINER / PROMOTER TONY GRAZIANO
Mon, 15 Dec 2025Catubig, Prado win Suy Foods Santa Run
By Lito delos Reyes, Mon, 15 Dec 2025Junior, Youth and Elite Divisions Awarded on Final Day of 2025 USA Boxing National Championships
Mon, 15 Dec 2025Jean Henri Lhuillier Applauds Cebuana Lhuillier Ambassadors for Bronze Finish at SEA Games 2025
Mon, 15 Dec 2025NOEL MIKAELIAN DETHRONES BADOU JACK TO BECOME THE NEW WBC CRUISERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION
Sun, 14 Dec 2025FM Alekhine Nouri tops Kamatyas chessfest
By Marlon Bernardino, Sun, 14 Dec 2025Dante Kirkman Dominates DePriest Johnson in Unanimous Victory at Fight Club OC
Sun, 14 Dec 2025Bantam and Intermediate Divisions Crowned on Day Five of 2025 USA Boxing National Championships
Sun, 14 Dec 2025Murat Gassiev Brutally Knocks Out Kubrat Pulev in Dubai
By Dong Secuya, Sat, 13 Dec 2025United States Air Force Paralegals: Law, Order, and Excellence
By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT, Sat, 13 Dec 2025OFFICIAL WEIGHTS AND RUNNING ORDER FOR PACHECO VS SADJO IN STOCKTON
Sat, 13 Dec 2025