Onyok Velasco

{{short description|Filipino boxer}}

{{Infobox boxer (amateur)

| image = Mansueto Velasco 2017 stamp of the Philippines.jpg

| caption = Velasco on 2017 stamp

| full_name = Mansueto Velasco Jr.

| nicknames = Onyok

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|01|10}}

| birth_place = Bago, Negros Occidental, Philippines

| height = 1.57 m{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/mansueto-velasco-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010818/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ve/mansueto-velasco-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Mansueto Velasco}}

| weight = 48 kg

| weight class = Light flyweight

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{flag|Philippines|1986}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

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{{MedalSilver | 1996 Atlanta | Light flyweight (-48 kg) }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1994 Hiroshima | Light flyweight (-48 kg) }}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Amateur Boxing Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1995 Tashkent | Light Flyweight}}

}}

Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco Jr. (born January 10, 1974) is a Filipino retired boxer, comedian and actor from Bago, Negros Occidental. Competing in the 48 kg category he won a gold medal at the 1994 Asian Games and a silver at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Philippines' only medal at those Games. He is the younger brother of Roel Velasco, a light-flyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

File:2019 SEA Games opening SEAG Fed flag.jpg in Bocaue, Bulacan on 2019.]]

Olympic results

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;1996 Summer Olympics results

Acting career

Velasco retired from boxing due to lack of government support and pursued an acting career, stating that he found it more financially sustainable.{{Cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/20/21/why-silver-winner-onyok-turning-to-comedy-breaks-fellow-olympian-monsours-heart|title=Why silver winner Onyok turning to comedy breaks fellow Olympian Monsour's heart|first=Dennis|last=Gasgonia|website=ABS-CBN News|date=July 20, 2021}} His life and boxing career was featured in the 1997 film The Onyok Velasco Story, where he played himself. This marked his first venture into acting.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZGwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6366%2C1360619|last=Japitana|first=Norma|title=A New Wave of Film Bios|pages=30|date=August 9, 1996|newspaper=Manila Standard|publisher=Philippine Manila Standard Publishing|accessdate=March 14, 2023|via=Google News}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IlMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_UoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3140%2C231278|title=Onyok as Onyok in "Velasco Story"|pages=19|date=December 2, 1997|newspaper=Manila Standard|publisher=Philippine Manila Standard Publishing|accessdate=February 5, 2023|via=Google News}}

Velasco later had a successful career as a comedian, appearing in several sitcoms and comedy films, including Show Me Da Manny on GMA 7.{{Cite news |last=Cu-Unjieng |first=Philip |title='Show Me the Manny' |work=Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2009/12/29/536060/show-me-manny |access-date=2021-07-27}} He also played the role of a boxing trainer on the TV5 comedy-drama Beki Boxer.{{Cite news |date=17 April 2014 |title=Pacman serves as inspiration for Alwyn |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/04/17/1313462/pacman-serves-inspiration-alwyn |access-date=2021-07-27}}{{Cite news |date=13 February 2014 |title=Alwyn Uytingco downplays comparisons of Beki Boxer with My Husband's Lover |language=en |url=https://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/13325/alwyn-uytingco-downplays-comparisons-of-beki-boxer-with-my-husband39s-lover |access-date=2021-07-27}}

Unfulfilled incentives

For his feat in the 1996 Summer Olympics, he received pledges of monetary and non-monetary incentives. He was able to receive {{Philippine peso|1 million}} from then-Manila Mayor Mel Lopez and {{Philippine peso|500,000}} from the Philippine Sports Commission. However, not all of these pledges materialized as of 2021 including a {{Philippine peso|2.5 million}} pledge by the House of Representatives in 1996 and the title for the house and lot he received.{{cite news |last1=Nasiad |first1=Frederick |title=Onyok did not get all promised reward |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/08/05/sports/onyok-did-not-get-all-promised-reward/1809701 |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=The Manila Times |date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Palace to look into Onyok Velasco's possible incentive |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1149524 |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}

Filmography

=Television=

References

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