Most people, even non-boxing fans, have heard of Manny Pacquiao, who is considered the most famous fighter from the Philippines, becoming the only boxer to win a world title in eight different divisions, with a total of 12 world championships.

But long before Pacquiao, a fighter named Francisco "Pancho Villa" Guilledo was putting Filipino boxers on the global map, when he became the first fighter from the Philippines to win a world title in 1923.

For the past 15 years, artist and boxing enthusiast Joe Aquilizan has been learning about his culture and its connection to the "sweet science" by collecting hundreds of pieces of memorabilia and archival photos of Pancho Villa.

"To me, these are priceless," said Aquilizan. "I feel like I'm now the caretaker of this collection."

The collection

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