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                    [ArticleID] => 108554
                    [Title] => Sporting Chance
                    [Summary] => 

Bread for a mouthpiece

not_entPapa Dio Espinosa recalls that when his son Luisito was seven years old, the kid used to pretend he was in the ring, lacing up a pair of battered boxing gloves, shuffling his feet, and throwing punches at an invisible opponent. To complete the get-up, Luisito sank his teeth into a pan de sal which stuck out like a mouthpiece.

From Luisito's early years, Papa Dio was convinced he was born to fight. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108543 [Title] => Sporting Chance [Summary] =>

Papa Dio not giving up

not_entPapa Dio Espinosa is confident his son Luisito will bounce back from his recent loss to Guty Espadas Jr. in Merida. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108493 [Title] => Espadas mocks Espi's dad [Summary] =>

MERIDA -- Papa Dio Espinosa predicted his son Luisito will knock out Guty Espadas, Jr., with a left hook in the fifth round to win the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title at the Poliforum Zamna here tonight (tomorrow in Manila).

Espadas laughed off the prediction and ridiculed Espinosa's father who was a top flyweight contender in the 1960s.

"Maybe, he (Papa Dio) should just fight my father," said Espadas, referring to Guty, Sr. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

PAPA DIO
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                    [ArticleID] => 108554
                    [Title] => Sporting Chance
                    [Summary] => 

Bread for a mouthpiece

not_entPapa Dio Espinosa recalls that when his son Luisito was seven years old, the kid used to pretend he was in the ring, lacing up a pair of battered boxing gloves, shuffling his feet, and throwing punches at an invisible opponent. To complete the get-up, Luisito sank his teeth into a pan de sal which stuck out like a mouthpiece.

From Luisito's early years, Papa Dio was convinced he was born to fight. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108543 [Title] => Sporting Chance [Summary] =>

Papa Dio not giving up

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MERIDA -- Papa Dio Espinosa predicted his son Luisito will knock out Guty Espadas, Jr., with a left hook in the fifth round to win the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title at the Poliforum Zamna here tonight (tomorrow in Manila).

Espadas laughed off the prediction and ridiculed Espinosa's father who was a top flyweight contender in the 1960s.

"Maybe, he (Papa Dio) should just fight my father," said Espadas, referring to Guty, Sr. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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