Career
He competed in the Men"s 48 kg (light-flyweight) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and took home the silver medal, the Philippines" only medal of the games. Before this, he was one of the three Filipino boxers who clinched gold medals in the 1994 Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan. Defeated Chih-Hsiu Tsai (Taiwan) Royal Society of Chemistry 1 (2:27)
Defeated Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba) 14-5
Defeated Hamid Berhili (Morocco) 20-10
Defeated Rafael Lozano (Spain) 22-10
Lost to Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria) 6-19
He later had a successful career as a comedian, appearing in several ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network sitcoms and on Manny Pacquiao"s Show Maine Da Manny on Global Media Arts 7.
He currently stars as boxing trainer on TV5"s comedy-drama Beki Boxer.
Onyok Velasco appeared on several television shows in tandem with famous celebrities such as Bong Revilla, Richard Gomez, and Ina Raymundo. The gold medal match was hailed as "The Robbery in Atlanta".
Velasco would hit Petrov with telling blows, and the scores would be counted for Petrov. The Bulgarian, who was barely throwing any punches, was on a joy ride to an Olympic gold medal.
lieutenant appeared that the judges were pressing the buttons on their electronic scoring equipment for the wrong boxer.
The Bulgarian was still awarded the gold medal despite the numerous protests.