Josie Gabuco

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Josie Gabuco
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Josie Gabuco poses with the Philippine flag after winning a gold medal in the 2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships.
Statistics
Weight(s) Pinweight, Light Flyweight
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in) [1]
NationalityFilipino
Born (1987-03-30) March 30, 1987 (age 36)
Puerto Princesa, Palawan
Medal record
Women's boxing
Representing the Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 101
Asian Championships 101
Asian Indoor Games 001
Southeast Asian Games 501
Total704
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Qinhuangdao Light flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Ningbo Pinweight
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Bangkok Light flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Dubai Light flyweight
Asian Indoor Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Hanoi Pinweight
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Vientiane Pinweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Jakarta Pinweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Napyidaw Light flyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore Light flyweight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Philippines Light flyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Vietnam Light flyweight

Josie Gabuco (born March 30, 1987) is a Filipina boxer best known for winning her country's first ever gold medal in the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She is also the most successful boxer in the history of the Southeast Asian Games with a record five gold medals.

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Early life and education

A native of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, [2] Gabuco was born on March 30, 1987. [1] She took up the sport of boxing in 2003 with the intention of using it as a means to enter a college under a scholarship program. She was able to attend the STI College in Manila where she pursued a course on Criminology. [2]

Career

Gabuco earned a slot in the Philippine national team after winning gold at the 2004 National Open. [2] Gabuco first made international headlines in 2008 when she won a bronze medal in the pinweight division at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships held in Ningbo. [3]

In 2009, she captured a bronze medal in the Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi and claimed her first SEA Games gold medal in Vientiane later that year. She successfully defended her pinweight title in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Palembang.

She won the first gold medal for the Philippines in the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in 2012 after ruling the light flyweight category.

2012 World Championships Results

For her feat, Gabuco was named one of the four recipients of the 2012 Athlete of the Year Award by the Philippine Sportswriters Association along with fellow boxer, Nonito Donaire Jr. and the Ateneo Blue Eagles and women's national softball team. [4]

In 2013, Gabuco became the first Filipina boxer to win three gold medals in the SEA Games after ruling the light flyweight class in Napyidaw. Gabuco competed as a flyweight in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon but lost to Vietnam’s Le Thi Bang in the quarterfinals. [5]

She trimmed down to light flyweight at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore where she captured a record fourth gold medal. Thus, Gabuco became just the second Filipino boxer to win four gold medals in the SEA Games after Arlo Chavez in the 1990s. She was denied a chance for a fifth consecutive SEAG gold medal after women’s boxing was scrapped from the 2017 Southeast Asian Games calendar.

At the 2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, Gabuco clinched a gold medal in the light flyweight division after winning over Kim Hyang-mi of North Korea in the final bout. [6]

Gabuco won a record fifth gold medal at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games after defeating Indonesian Endang in the light flyweight final despite nursing a flu. [7] [8] She became just the second boxer in SEAG history to win five gold medals after Thailand’s Somjit Jongjohor.

Personal life

Gabuco is a single mother and has a son. [9] She is also enlisted in the Philippine Navy. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Athlete Profile -Josie Gabuco". 2014 Incheon Asian Games. 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Retrieved 31 May 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 4 Songalia, Ryan (11 March 2017). "After bagging gold, Josie Gabuco faces SEA Games disappointment". Rappler. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ↑ “Albania, two others assured of bronzes.” The Philippine Star. 27 November 2008. Retrieved. 29 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "PSA honors '12 sports achievers tonite". The Philippine Star. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  5. ↑ 2014 Asian Games Boxing Results
  6. ↑ Gabuco, Josie (26 April 2019). "Josie Gabuco bags Asian boxing gold". Rappler. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Terrado, Reuben. “Josie Gabuco SEAG champ for fifth straight time after outpointing Indon fighter.” 09 December 2019. 29 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Miranda, Romar. “Palaweña clinches gold in SEAG women’s boxing light flyweight.” Palawan News. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 04 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Dioquino, Delfin (10 May 2020). "Josie Gabuco juggling act as single mom and champion boxer". Rappler. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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