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STORY OF PHILIPPINE BOXING PART LI: ANA JULATON, THE TRUE-BLOODED FILIPINA WORLD FEMALE CHAMPION
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 21 Jun 2020
Ana Julaton was born Luciana Bonifacio Julaton on July 5, 1980 in San Francisco, California, to Filipino parents and United States immigrants Cesario Julaton II and Ahmelia Bonifacio.
Her father is from Pozorrubio, Pangasinan and her mother is from Masantol, Pampanga.
Julaton would watch classical Bruce Lee films as a child and began her love for martial arts.
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At the age of 10, Ana enrolled in a Tae Kwon Do class where she earned her black belt.
At the age of 19, Ana continued her martial arts schooling by enrolling in Kenpo Karate becoming a black belter.
In 2004, aged 24, Ana took up boxing and after only 2 weeks of training, she won a silver medal in the San Francisco Golden Gloves.
She participated in a cause for awareness on the exclusion of women boxers to compete in the Olympics.
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