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Former two-division world champion Luisito Espinosa, one of the Philippines all-time greats was a pitiful sight as he absorbed a battering at the hands of young Cristobal Cruz and was knocked out in the third round of a scheduled ten round main event at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium Saturday morning Manila Time.
The 37 year old former world bantamweight and featherweight champion was decked by Cruz with a cracking left hook near the end of the first round and was "out on his feet" according to Andy Rivera who was at ringside to give Espinosa moral support. Andy Rivera is the son of Espinosa’ first manager, broadcaster Hermie Rivera who steered him to the world bantamweight crown and has consistently wanted his prized fighter to retire but sadly explained that he "keeps fighting to feed his family" even as he is still trying to collect on his $150,000 purse for his title defense against Carlos Rios in Koronodal years ago. [details]
The 37 year old former world bantamweight and featherweight champion was decked by Cruz with a cracking left hook near the end of the first round and was "out on his feet" according to Andy Rivera who was at ringside to give Espinosa moral support. Andy Rivera is the son of Espinosa’ first manager, broadcaster Hermie Rivera who steered him to the world bantamweight crown and has consistently wanted his prized fighter to retire but sadly explained that he "keeps fighting to feed his family" even as he is still trying to collect on his $150,000 purse for his title defense against Carlos Rios in Koronodal years ago. [details]
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