"Luisito
Espinosa is widely considered as one of the greatest Filipino
fighters ever. Like Dodie Boy and Gerry Peñalosa, he held two titles
in different divisions. Espinosa won the WBA bantamweight title on a
first round knockout over Khaokor Galaxy in Bangkok in 1989 and
claimed the WBC featherweight crown via a decision over Manuel Medina
in Tokyo in 1995.
There
were several milestones in Espinosa’s checkered career. He repulsed
seven straight challengers in defending his WBC featherweight belt.
Some of the challengers he victimized were Mexico’s Alejandro
(Cobrita) Gonzales who was hospitalized after suffering a knockout in
Guadalajara, Japan’s Nobutoshi Hiranaka who capitulated in eight in
Fukuoka and US Olympian Kennedy McKinney who was bowled over in two
in Indio, California"---
by
Joaquin M. Henson (The Philippine Star)
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See more at:
http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013-01-02/892433/ring-hero-down-luck#sthash.cviZ8r3a.dpuf
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