AJ Banal

AJ 'Bazooka' Banal earns my affection on nickname alone, but the substance backs it up. A Filipino boxer from Bukidnon, just 162 cm, training at Cebu's celebrated ALA Boxing Gym, he embodies the hungry, fearless tradition that gave the world Pacquiao. I am a sucker for small fighters who pour outsized will into their fists, carrying a town's hopes into the ring. His record may read quietly here, but the courage to step through the ropes at all is its own elite trait. Banal represents, for me, boxing's purest appeal: heart and grit triumphing over physical limits and modest beginnings.

Name (English)

AJ Banal

Name (Japanese)

アレックス・ジョン・バナル

Reading

あれっくす・じょん・ばなる

Born

December 28, 1988 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Bukidnon, Philippines

Height

162 cm

Occupation

boxer

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB

Tags

• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.