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Total Fights | 60 |
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Wins | 47 |
Losses | 13 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 8 |
Title-Fight KOs | 6 |
KO Wins | 26 |
KO Losses | 7 |
WBA | WBC |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 20 years and eight months, Luisito Espinosa fought 60 times with 47 wins and 13 losses.
Espinosa retired from professional boxing with a record of 47-13, which included two world-title wins and eight successful title defense fights at two weight classes — bantamweight and featherweight. He had a 43.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 26 of his total 60 fights being knockout wins, six of which were in title fights. Espinosa suffered seven knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Israel Contreras in a bantamweight title fight.
His last fight was a 3rd round TKO defeat to CristĂłbal Cruz on February 18, 2005.
Some of Espinosa's best fights and notable victories include wins over Kennedy McKinney, Carlos Rios, Alejandro González, Kaokor Galaxy, Jun Young-Man, Juan Mendoza, and Nobutoshi Hiranaka.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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60 | Feb 18, 2005 | 37 | CristĂłbal Cruz | Loss | TKO3 |
59 | Jul 9, 2004 | 37 | Carlos Navarro | Loss | TKO7 |
58 | May 27, 2003 | 35 | Marco Angel PĂ©rez | Win | TKO1 |
57 | Oct 11, 2002 | 35 | Zahir Raheem | Loss | TKO8 |
56 | May 23, 2002 | 34 | Ever Beleno | Win | TKO2 |
55 | Jan 6, 2001 | 33 | Augie Sanchez | Loss | TKO4 |
54 | Oct 20, 2000 | 33 | Ramon Aragon | Win | RTD4 |
53 | Apr 14, 2000 | 32 | Guty Espadas Jr. | Loss * | TD |
52 | May 15, 1999 | 31 | CĂ©sar Soto | Loss * | UD |
51 | Nov 28, 1998 | 31 | Kennedy McKinney | Win * | TKO2 |
50 | Aug 15, 1998 | 31 | Juan Carlos RamĂrez | Win * | TD |
49 | Dec 6, 1997 | 30 | Carlos Rios | Win * | TKO6 |
48 | May 17, 1997 | 29 | Manuel Medina | Win * | TD |
47 | Nov 2, 1996 | 29 | Nobutoshi Hiranaka | Win * | TKO8 |
46 | Jul 6, 1996 | 29 | CĂ©sar Soto | Win * | UD |
45 | Mar 1, 1996 | 28 | Alejandro González | Win * | TKO4 |
44 | Dec 11, 1995 | 28 | Manuel Medina | Win * | UD |
43 | Oct 9, 1995 | 28 | RaĂşl PĂ©rez | Win | TKO1 |
42 | Jul 30, 1995 | 28 | Tomoaki Iwasa | Win | TKO7 |
41 | May 6, 1995 | 27 | Singnum Chuwatana | Win | TKO8 |
40 | May 14, 1994 | 26 | Yong Heung-Nam | Win | TKO2 |
39 | Aug 13, 1993 | 26 | Alejandro González | Loss | TKO2 |
38 | May 20, 1993 | 25 | Boyet Andales | Win | TKO3 |
37 | Feb 20, 1993 | 25 | Raul Mora | Win | SD |
36 | Nov 28, 1992 | 25 | Evgeny Burchak | Win | UD |
35 | Sep 26, 1992 | 25 | Thanomchit Kiatkriengkrai | Win | KO1 |
34 | Jul 17, 1992 | 25 | Eduardo Rojas | Win | UD |
33 | Mar 14, 1992 | 24 | Rudy Cabiles | Win | UD |
32 | Oct 19, 1991 | 24 | Israel Contreras | Loss * | KO5 |
31 | Nov 29, 1990 | 23 | Thanomsak Sithbaobay | Win | UD |
30 | Oct 12, 1990 | 23 | Jun Young-Man | Win | TKO1 |
29 | May 30, 1990 | 22 | Hurley Snead | Win * | RTD8 |
28 | Dec 1, 1989 | 22 | Juan Mendoza | Win | TKO3 |
27 | Oct 18, 1989 | 22 | Kaokor Galaxy | Win * | KO1 |
26 | Aug 30, 1989 | 22 | Keiichi Ozaki | Win | UD |
25 | Jun 28, 1989 | 22 | Park Young-Duk | Win | TKO2 |
24 | Apr 28, 1989 | 21 | Pedro Rodriguez | Win | TKO4 |
23 | Feb 18, 1989 | 21 | Somboonyod Singsamang | Win | TKO1 |
22 | Dec 4, 1988 | 21 | Min Young-Chun | Loss | SD |
21 | Jul 23, 1988 | 21 | Mauro Diaz | Win | KO2 |
20 | May 20, 1988 | 20 | Ron Cisneros | Win | UD |
19 | Mar 14, 1988 | 20 | Juan José Estrada | Loss | TKO10 |
18 | Sep 27, 1987 | 20 | Loremor Pontino | Win | KO3 |
17 | Sep 5, 1987 | 20 | Dadoy Andujar | Win | UD |
16 | May 16, 1987 | 19 | Roger Pilapil | Win | TKO4 |
15 | Feb 7, 1987 | 19 | Ruben De La Cruz | Win | KO9 |
14 | Nov 8, 1986 | 19 | Lee Bong-Ho | Win | UD |
13 | Jun 25, 1986 | 18 | Ari Blanca | Win | PTS |
12 | Mar 22, 1986 | 18 | Robinson Cabusao | Win | PTS |
11 | Feb 2, 1986 | 18 | Dadoy Andujar | Loss | SD |
10 | Dec 6, 1985 | 18 | Jun Resma | Loss | PTS |
9 | Jul 19, 1985 | 18 | Romy Navarrete | Win | PTS |
8 | May 29, 1985 | 17 | Roger Pilapil | Win | UD |
7 | Mar 22, 1985 | 17 | Romy Austria | Win | PTS |
6 | Nov 16, 1984 | 17 | Titong Dignos | Win | PTS |
5 | Sep 22, 1984 | 17 | Danny Duran | Win | TKO2 |
4 | Sep 15, 1984 | 17 | Manuel Corpus | Win | KO3 |
3 | Aug 17, 1984 | 17 | Ariel Samson | Loss | PTS |
2 | Jul 29, 1984 | 17 | Ric Santiago | Win | PTS |
1 | May 25, 1984 | 16 | Vladimer Raffy | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Luisito Espinosa (Lindol) is a 56-year old retired Filipino professional boxer. He was born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines on June 26, 1967. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 20 years — from 1984 to 2005.
Espinosa made his professional boxing debut against Vladimer Raffy at the age of 16 on May 25, 1984, defeating Raffy via 4 round PTS.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on October 18, 1989 after 26 professional fights, against Kaokor Galaxy for the bantamweight WBA title. He defeated Galaxy via 1st round KO to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Espinosa has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Espinosa's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Espinosa had a total of 13 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against CristĂłbal Cruz on February 18, 2005. Espinosa lost the fight via 3rd round TKO. It's been 19 years, 1 month, and 10 days since this fight.
Espinosa had a total of 13 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and eight successful title defenses. He won 10 of these fights and lost three.
Luisito Espinosa fought for world titles in three fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Dec 11, 1995 | Manuel Medina | Featherweight | WBC | UD |
Oct 18, 1989 | Kaokor Galaxy | Bantamweight | WBA | KO |
Luisito Espinosa had 10 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — bantamweight (x2) and featherweight (x8). He won eight of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Nov 28, 1998 | Kennedy McKinney | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Aug 15, 1998 | Juan Carlos RamĂrez | Featherweight | WBC | TD |
Dec 6, 1997 | Carlos Rios | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
May 17, 1997 | Manuel Medina | Featherweight | WBC | TD |
Nov 2, 1996 | Nobutoshi Hiranaka | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Jul 6, 1996 | CĂ©sar Soto | Featherweight | WBC | UD |
Mar 1, 1996 | Alejandro González | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
May 30, 1990 | Hurley Snead | Bantamweight | WBA | RTD |
Luisito Espinosa lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 15, 1999 | CĂ©sar Soto | Featherweight | WBC | UD |
Oct 19, 1991 | Israel Contreras | Bantamweight | WBA | KO |
Espinosa fought a total of 60 times during his professional career, which includes 13 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
October 18, 1989: Espinosa wins his first world title by defeating Kaokor Galaxy via 1st round KO. He is now the WBA bantamweight world champion.
March 1, 1996: Espinosa successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Alejandro González, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
May 17, 1997: Espinosa successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Manuel Medina, winning the fight via 8 round technical decision.
November 28, 1998: Espinosa successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Kennedy McKinney, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
Espinosa knocked out 26 of his 60 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 43.3%. Of his total 47 wins, 26 of them were via KO (55.3%).
Espinosa's first world-title win was the WBA belt at bantamweight. He defeated Kaokor Galaxy via 1 round KO to win the title.
Espinosa won two world titles at two weight classes.
Espinosa had a total of 10 title defense fights. He was successful eight times and lost two times.