Joe Cantada

Jose J. Cantada, He distinguished himself with his smooth baritone voice and his flawless use of figures of speech and idioms in calling sports events.

Together with Pinggoy Pengson, Cantada was a senior anchorman for the Vintage Sports' PBA coverage in the 1980s. He was previously a boxing and cycling commentator.

Career Cantada started his career as a staff announcer doing an early morning program for a radio station in 1962. He then transferred to DZHP where he spent many years honing his talents with the likes of Harry Gasser, Ronnie Nathanielsz, Larry Cruz and others. He did the coverage of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where he did the blow-by-blow account of the final round loss by Anthony Villanueva to Soviet boxer Stanislav Stepashkin.

One of Cantada's greatest moments were being the ring announcer at the Thrilla in Manila fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and doing the commentary of the first Sugar Ray Leonard - Thomas Hearns bout in Las Vegas.

On May 29, 2005, he was posthumously inducted as one of the first members of the PBA Hall of Fame.

Filmography Year Title Role Note(s) . 1976 Babae... Sa Likod ng Salamin 1977 Sa Dulo ng Kris Outlaw 1978 Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin 1979 Arnis