1. Josie Gabuco was born on March 30,1987 and is a Filipina boxer best known for winning her country's first ever gold medal in the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships.
15 Facts About Josie Gabuco
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Josie Gabuco is the most successful boxer in the history of the Southeast Asian Games with a record five gold medals.
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Josie Gabuco 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.
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Josie Gabuco was able to attend the STI College in Manila where she pursued a course on Criminology.
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Josie Gabuco earned a slot in the Philippine national team after winning gold at the 2004 National Open.
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Josie 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.
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Josie Gabuco successfully defended her pinweight title in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Palembang.
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Josie Gabuco won the first gold medal for the Philippines in the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in 2012 after ruling the light flyweight category.
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In 2013, Josie Gabuco became the first Filipina boxer to win three gold medals in the SEA Games after ruling the light flyweight class in Napyidaw.
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Josie Gabuco competed as a flyweight in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon but lost to Vietnam's Le Thi Bang in the quarterfinals.
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Josie Gabuco trimmed down to light flyweight at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore where she captured a record fourth gold medal.
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Josie Gabuco was denied a chance for a fifth consecutive SEAG gold medal after women's boxing was scrapped from the 2017 Southeast Asian Games calendar.
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At the 2019 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, Josie Gabuco clinched a gold medal in the light flyweight division after winning over Kim Hyang-mi of North Korea in the final bout.
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Josie 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.
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Josie Gabuco became just the second boxer in SEAG history to win five gold medals after Thailand's Somjit Jongjohor.