Story:
http://stickgrappler.tripod.com/articles/fmabox.html
Other discussions:
http://dogbrothers.com/phpBB2/viewto...?t=206&start=0
http://www.mma.tv/TUF/index.cfm?ac=L...1&FID=43&pc=58
I personally have seen to much evidence to deny this claim. It would have been too big of a coincidence that Western Boxing took a giant turn around the same time (1912-1913) that western boxers visited the Philippines and saw how effective their boxing style was.
Gruhn