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                    [Title] => Ring hero down on luck
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Luisito Espinosa is widely considered as one of the greatest Filipino fighters ever.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 440515 [Title] => Cruz retains featherweight belt [Summary] =>

SAINT-QUENTIN, France – Cristobal Cruz retained the IBF featherweight title in earning a close unanimous decision over Cyril Thomas on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 417882 [Title] => Mexico's Ruiz bombs Boom Boom [Summary] => Determined to make a statement in his Las Vegas comeback, WBO No. [DatePublished] => 2008-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 412377 [Title] => Bautista, Domingo way puas sa training [Summary] => CEBU - Way puas, makuti ug mabudlay nga pagbansay-bansay ang gihimo nila ni Rey 'Boom-Boom' Bautista ug Michael Domingo ... [DatePublished] => 2008-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banat Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 387164 [Title] => Finkel warns Manny of Mexican slugger [Summary] => Shelly Finkel said yesterday a loss to unbeaten Mexican featherweight champion Javier (Coloradito) Solis would be "devastating" for Manny Pacquiao and advised the Filipino boxing icon to train hard for the 12-round bout at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on April 14.

Finkel, whose contract as Pacquiao’s business manager expired last month, sent an e-mail from New York warning of dire consequences if somehow, Solis pulls an upset.

But Finkel said he knows Pacquiao won’t take Solis lightly, realizing he has everything to lose.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292209 [Title] => Espinosa takes on Sim tonight in battle of former two-time world champions [Summary] => Former two-time world champion Luisito Espinosa, all battered and bruised in his last two fights, will once again attempt to show what is left of him as he takes on Lavka Sim of Mongolia in a battle of former world champions in the undercard of Goossen Tutor's "Night of the Olympians" boxing show tonight at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.

The 38-year-old Espinosa, who is reportedly mired in poverty in the US that forced him to continue fighting despite he's already washed up, endured humiliating defeats in his last two fights.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 271615 [Title] => Louie in dire straits? [Summary] => There is disturbing unconfirmed news from the US about two-time world boxing champion Luisito Espinosa’s plight.

Somebody whispered that Espinosa’s wife Marie Cherie has abandoned the fighter in the Bay Area and their three children are now living in Manila with their grandmother. Another said he continues fighting not only to put food on the table but also to keep his hopes alive for naturalization because his application is based on a claim of "special talent" which is boxing.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268805 [Title] => Espinosa, bugbog-sarado [Summary] => Nakakalungkot at nakakaawang mabalitaan na ang isa sa tinaguriang Philippines all-time greats na si Luisito Espinosa ay binugbog ng mas batang boksingero sa katauhan ni Cristobal Cruz at tuluyang pabagsakin sa ikatlong round ng kanilang naka-takdang 10 round main event sa Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium noong Sabado ng umaga.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268457 [Title] => Espinosa sabik nang lumaban [Summary] => Sabik nang umakyat sa ibabaw ng ring si Luisito Espinosa kung saan nakatakda itong makipagpalitan ng kamao kay Cristobal Cruz ng Mexico sa Pebrero 18 sa Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium sa California. Ito ang iniulat sa pangunahing boxing website na fightingnews.com.

Taglay ni Espinosa, naninirahan sa US West Coast simula pa noong 1998 kasama ang asawang si Mariechie, ang ring record na 47-12-0 win-loss-draw na tinampukan ng 26 knockouts.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) ) )
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