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i remember i use to work with him at solitas restaurant/club. i remember him training me. i remember him sparring with me and catching me with a shot to my liver n i called TIMEOUT....and i was on da floor trying to catch y breath..i remember him only having only to kids john and donica, i remember ate cherry his wife used to picked us up at fairtex gym at daly city. i remember him bringing me and my dad to da MAYWeather vs chavez fight at civic center....that was the fight when PACMAN fought a dirty fighter...i have sooooooooo much memories with him......but really the Sh** i remember s his LEFT HOOK!!! crazy !!!

Poor Louie..I hope everything works out for him in the near future..

Espinosa was a classy fighter, a purists dream. Problem was, he was not that attractive. He fought a little too late in the US.

I watched him once, live in Ninoy Aquino stadium. The fight ended in one round only. One of the undercards was Gerry P, who was my idol then. He messed up the face of his opponent. Luisito had his brother in the undercard too, and I wonder what happened to his brother.

Also, in both fights Luisito had with Sotto, I believed he won both. The second fight was a more clear win for him, as the first one was close. Had he beaten Sotton in their second fight, Luisito would have been bigger as he would have clearly beat Prince Hamed (who was reportedly avoiding him). I guess, it was not to be. Barrera instead did the favor in whipping Hamed.

Pacquiao was not popular then, but his name pops out from time to time. I used to have a colleague who takes bets for Pacman. Well, those were the very early Pacman days.

Yeah , I remember that time... and I think that if he was able to fight Hamed at that time (w/c I believe that he had of big chance of winning over the cocky Hamed).It could trigger his career to super-stardom... to bad he lost to Sotto and down his career goes... Louie was my man before pacquiao ...

Can somebody confirm that he is working at Costco right now...?

When he learned that I am a member of Pacland his face lit up but he is a bit concerned too. He told me, "Wag ka na lang maingay sa ibang pilipino, alam mo na baka may sabihin sila tungkol sa akin. Nakakawala na rin ng tiwala eh." I was not sure what he meant about what he said but I assured him that Pacland is behind him.

I am a boxing fan since I was a kid. My dad, used to be an amateur boxer and he taught us enough to defend ourselves in the streets. I love watching fights on RPN 9 before. I loved watching the likes of Hagler, Leonard, Duran, Vargas, Dela hoya, Tyson pummel thier foes into submission.

I also loved watching pinoy boxers fight for the title, the earliest I could remember was BadBoy Navarette getting KOed by Bazooka Limon if I remember right. Then there was Doddie Boy Penalosa, who despite his bum leg was quite feared in his division. Then there was Louie Espinosa.

I hate to admit it, but during Louie's reign, I wasn't really proud at all that he represents the best of Philippine boxing. The knockout wins of his was fun to watch but the live fights was the contrary. I know he could land a big one and that's it for the opposition, but his chin is so suspect, I know that if his opponent lands a clean one on him, its all over. I would crouch in one corner of the sofa everytime he fights, hoping that he could at least last the whole boxing match and end up with a decision. Louie also fights better when he's outside of the country, the fights he did here was mediocre at best he was even KOed in a championship match here if i'm not mistaken.

Louie was a Champ, no doubt about that, he's a filipino and we're proud of him for his acheivements, thank god his reign is over...I don't want to feel that fear of one of our champs being KOed again - that's what I remember most about Louie, his chin.

I am a boxing fan since I was a kid. My dad, used to be an amateur boxer and he taught us enough to defend ourselves in the streets. I love watching fights on RPN 9 before. I loved watching the likes of Hagler, Leonard, Duran, Vargas, Dela hoya, Tyson pummel thier foes into submission.

I also loved watching pinoy boxers fight for the title, the earliest I could remember was BadBoy Navarette getting KOed by Bazooka Limon if I remember right. Then there was Doddie Boy Penalosa, who despite his bum leg was quite feared in his division. Then there was Louie Espinosa.

I hate to admit it, but during Louie's reign, I wasn't really proud at all that he represents the best of Philippine boxing. The knockout wins of his was fun to watch but the live fights was the contrary. I know he could land a big one and that's it for the opposition, but his chin is so suspect, I know that if his opponent lands a clean one on him, its all over. I would crouch in one corner of the sofa everytime he fights, hoping that he could at least last the whole boxing match and end up with a decision. Louie also fights better when he's outside of the country, the fights he did here was mediocre at best he was even KOed in a championship match here if i'm not mistaken.

Louie was a Champ, no doubt about that, he's a filipino and we're proud of him for his acheivements, thank god his reign is over...I don't want to feel that fear of one of our champs being KOed again - that's what I remember most about Louie, his chin.

What I understand is that Espinosa was ill-managed during the height of his career and so he had so much distractions every time he fights he was not well fucosed, correct me if I'm wrong.