Luisito Espinosa (47-13, 26) was born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines on June 26, 1967. At the age of 16 years on May 25, 1984, he made his professional boxing debut against Vladimer Raffy, winning the fight via 4-round points decision.
On his 27th career fight at 22 years old, Espinosa became a bantamweight world champion on October 18, 1989 after defeating Kaokor Galaxy via 1st-round KO to win the WBA title.
He then went on to become world champion at the featherweight weight class as well, winning the WBC title against Manuel Medina via 12-round unanimous decision on December 11, 1995.
Espinosa's last fight was a 3rd-round TKO loss to CristĂłbal Cruz at age 37 on February 18, 2005. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Luisito Espinosa's best fights have been against Manuel Medina, Carlos Rios, Kaokor Galaxy, Kennedy McKinney and Mauro Diaz.
Espinosa has 13 losses on his boxing record.
# | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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Feb 18, 2005 37 years, 7 months 47-13 (26) | 27 years, 8 months 30-7-1 (19) | 3 | TKO | LOSS | ||
59 | Jul 9, 2004 37 years 47-12 (26) | Carlos Navarro | 7 | TKO | LOSS | |
58 | May 27, 2003 35 years, 11 months 47-11 (26) | Marco Angel Pérez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
57 | Oct 11, 2002 35 years, 3 months 46-11 (25) | Zahir Raheem | 8 | TKO | LOSS | |
56 | May 23, 2002 34 years, 10 months 46-10 (25) | Ever Beleno | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
Jan 6, 2001 33 years, 6 months 45-10 (24) | 23 years, 1 months 26-1 (23) | 4 | TKO | LOSS | ||
54 | Oct 20, 2000 33 years, 3 months 45-9 (24) | Ramon Aragon | 4 | RTD | WIN | |
53 | Apr 14, 2000 32 years, 9 months 44-9 (23) | Guty Espadas Jr. | FT | 11 | TD | LOSS For WBC Vacant |
52 | May 15, 1999 31 years, 10 months 44-8 (23) | César Soto | FT | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBC |
51 | Nov 28, 1998 31 years, 5 months 44-7 (23) | Kennedy McKinney | FT | 2 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
50 | Aug 15, 1998 31 years, 1 months 43-7 (22) | Juan Carlos RamĂrez | FT | 11 | TD | WIN Defended WBC |
Dec 6, 1997 30 years, 5 months 42-7 (22) | 26 years, 7 months 39-0-1 (30) | FT | 6 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC | |
May 17, 1997 29 years, 10 months 41-7 (21) | 26 years, 1 months 53-8 (25) | FT | 8 | TD | WIN Defended WBC | |
47 | Nov 2, 1996 29 years, 4 months 40-7 (21) | Nobutoshi Hiranaka | FT | 8 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
46 | Jul 6, 1996 29 years 39-7 (20) | César Soto | FT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBC |
45 | Mar 1, 1996 28 years, 8 months 38-7 (20) | Alejandro González | FT | 4 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
Dec 11, 1995 28 years, 5 months 37-7 (19) | 24 years, 8 months 51-6 (24) | FT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBC | |
43 | Oct 9, 1995 28 years, 3 months 36-7 (19) | Raúl Pérez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
42 | Jul 30, 1995 28 years, 1 months 35-7 (18) | Tomoaki Iwasa | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
41 | May 6, 1995 27 years, 10 months 34-7 (17) | Singnum Chuwatana | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
40 | May 14, 1994 26 years, 10 months 33-7 (16) | Yong Heung-Nam | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
39 | Aug 13, 1993 26 years, 1 months 32-7 (15) | Alejandro González | FT | 2 | TKO | LOSS |
38 | May 20, 1993 25 years, 10 months 32-6 (15) | Boyet Andales | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
37 | Feb 20, 1993 25 years, 7 months 31-6 (14) | Raul Mora | 12 | SD | WIN | |
36 | Nov 28, 1992 25 years, 5 months 30-6 (14) | Evgeny Burchak | 10 | UD | WIN | |
35 | Sep 26, 1992 25 years, 3 months 29-6 (14) | Thanomchit Kiatkriengkrai | 1 | KO | WIN | |
34 | Jul 17, 1992 25 years 28-6 (13) | Eduardo Rojas | 10 | UD | WIN | |
33 | Mar 14, 1992 24 years, 8 months 27-6 (13) | Rudy Cabiles | 10 | UD | WIN | |
32 | Oct 19, 1991 24 years, 3 months 26-6 (13) | Israel Contreras | BT | 5 | KO | LOSS Lost WBA |
31 | Nov 29, 1990 23 years, 5 months 26-5 (13) | Thanomsak Sithbaobay | 12 | UD | WIN | |
30 | Oct 12, 1990 23 years, 3 months 25-5 (13) | Jun Young-Man | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
29 | May 30, 1990 22 years, 11 months 24-5 (12) | Hurley Snead | BT | 8 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA |
28 | Dec 1, 1989 22 years, 5 months 23-5 (11) | Juan Mendoza | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
27 | Oct 18, 1989 22 years, 3 months 22-5 (10) | Kaokor Galaxy | BT | 1 | KO | WIN Won WBA |
26 | Aug 30, 1989 22 years, 2 months 21-5 (9) | Keiichi Ozaki | 10 | UD | WIN | |
25 | Jun 28, 1989 22 years 20-5 (9) | Park Young-Duk | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
24 | Apr 28, 1989 21 years, 10 months 19-5 (8) | Pedro Rodriguez | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
23 | Feb 18, 1989 21 years, 7 months 18-5 (7) | Somboonyod Singsamang | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
22 | Dec 4, 1988 21 years, 5 months 17-5 (6) | Min Young-Chun | 10 | SD | LOSS | |
21 | Jul 23, 1988 21 years 17-4 (6) | Mauro Diaz | BT | 2 | KO | WIN |
20 | May 20, 1988 20 years, 10 months 16-4 (5) | Ron Cisneros | 10 | UD | WIN | |
19 | Mar 14, 1988 20 years, 8 months 15-4 (5) | Juan José Estrada | BT | 10 | TKO | LOSS |
18 | Sep 27, 1987 20 years, 3 months 15-3 (5) | Loremor Pontino | 3 | KO | WIN | |
17 | Sep 5, 1987 20 years, 2 months 14-3 (4) | Dadoy Andujar | 10 | UD | WIN | |
16 | May 16, 1987 19 years, 10 months 13-3 (4) | Roger Pilapil | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
15 | Feb 7, 1987 19 years, 7 months 12-3 (3) | Ruben De La Cruz | 9 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Nov 8, 1986 19 years, 4 months 11-3 (2) | Lee Bong-Ho | 10 | UD | WIN | |
13 | Jun 25, 1986 18 years, 11 months 10-3 (2) | Ari Blanca | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
12 | Mar 22, 1986 18 years, 8 months 9-3 (2) | Robinson Cabusao | 8 | PTS | WIN | |
11 | Feb 2, 1986 18 years, 7 months 8-3 (2) | Dadoy Andujar | 10 | SD | LOSS | |
10 | Dec 6, 1985 18 years, 5 months 8-2 (2) | Jun Resma | 10 | PTS | LOSS | |
9 | Jul 19, 1985 18 years 8-1 (2) | Romy Navarrete | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
8 | May 29, 1985 17 years, 11 months 7-1 (2) | Roger Pilapil | 10 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Mar 22, 1985 17 years, 8 months 6-1 (2) | Romy Austria | 10 | PTS | WIN | |
6 | Nov 16, 1984 17 years, 4 months 5-1 (2) | Titong Dignos | 6 | PTS | WIN | |
5 | Sep 22, 1984 17 years, 2 months 4-1 (2) | Danny Duran | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Sep 15, 1984 17 years, 2 months 3-1 (1) | Manuel Corpus | 3 | KO | WIN | |
3 | Aug 17, 1984 17 years, 1 months 2-1 (0) | Ariel Samson | 6 | PTS | LOSS | |
2 | Jul 29, 1984 17 years, 1 months 2-0 (0) | Ric Santiago | 4 | PTS | WIN | |
1 | May 25, 1984 16 years, 10 months 1-0 (0) | Vladimer Raffy | 4 | PTS | WIN |