Monday, May 4, 2009

LUISITO ESPINOSA

Luisito Espinosa

Luisito Pio Espinosa (born June 26, 1967 in Manila) is a retired boxer from the Philippines who won World titles in two different weight division.

Espinosa turned professional in 1984. In 1989, he won the WBA Bantamweight title by knocking out Khaokor Galaxy in the first round. He was trained by Dee Pooler now of Pacific Rim Sports.He defended the title twice before losing it to Israel Contreras by a 5th round knockout in 1991.

In 1995, he won the WBC Featherweight title by outpointing Manuel Medina. He defended the title seven times before losing the belt in 1999 to Cesar Soto who won by unanimous decision. The following year, he challenged Guty Espadas Jr for the Vacant WBC Featherweight Title, but was outboxed and lost a technical decision after their fight was stopped after a clash of heads. Espinosa retired in 2005 after being knocked out by Cristobal Cruz.

Promotional disputes left Espinosa with little, and he retired in 2005 after a public outcry for him to stop fighting. He currently is working as a stocker at Costco, a membership wholesale store chain.

Espinosa who was out of the boxing scene for quite a while, entered the Mixed Martial Arts scene by training brothers Nick Diaz and Nate Diaz in boxing to improve their stand-up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisito_Espinosa


Luisito Espinosa

Si Luisito Pio Espinosa ay boksingerong Filipino na nagwagi ng dalawang Titulong Pandaigdig (World Title) sa magkaibang dibisyon ng timbang.

Mga Tagumpay at Talo

Si Espinosa, na mas kilala bilang “Golden Boy” o “Lindol”, ay naging propesyonal na boksingero noong 1984. Nakuha niya ang titulong WBA Bantamweight nang talunin niya si Khaokor Galaxy sa unang round ng kanilang laban. May dalawang beses niyang ipinagtanggol ang naturang titulo bago siya natalo ni Israel Contreras nonng 1991. Noong 1995, nakuha ni Espinosa ang titulo ng kampeonato sa WBC Featherweight nang talunin niya si Manuel Medina. Pitong beses ipinagtanggol ni Espinosa ang naturang titulo bago nakuha ito ni Cesar Soto noong 1999. Nang sumunod na taon, hinamon niya si Guty Espadas Jr. para sa titulo ng WBC Featherweight, ngunit nabigo siya nang ihinto ang kanilang laban. Si Espinosa ay nagretiro noong 2005, nang mapatulog siya ng kaniyang kalaban na si Cristobal Cruz.

Nagtungo sa Estados Unidos si Espinosa nang mayamot makaraang lokohin umano siya ng kaniyang promoter ng boksing na nabigong magbayad kay Espinosa nang karampatang salapi matapos makipaglaban. Mula noon ay sari-saring trabaho na ang kaniyang pinasukan, at umasam ng katarungan mula sa mga awtoridad.

http://fil.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Luisito_Espinosa

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