MORE DETAILS ON ESPINAS' SPECTACULAR WBO ORIENTAL TITLE WIN OVER WORLD-RANKED THAI CHAMPION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 27 Feb 2016
Espinas.
More details have emerged from Surin, Thailand on the spectacular 8th round TKO victory of unranked Filipino Jesse Espinas over previously unbeaten Paipharob Kokietgym who was ranked No. 2 by the WBO and onthe verge of a world title fight.
Espinas engaged Paipharob in several furious exchanges up close before the power of the Filipino dropped the Thai champion once in the third round and twice in the 8th round with some vicious combinations to the head and body giving the referee no choice but to call a halt as the hapless Thai champion was in no position to continue.
Espinas weathered some big shots from Paipharob but proved he was resilient and countered with awesome shots of his own to seal a big win for promoter Sammy Gello-ani.
Espinas stunned the Thai who is ranked No. 2 behind champion Donnie Nietes in the WBO rankings and is also ranked No. 6 by the IBF and No. 4 by the WBA and was previously unbeaten with a record of 32-0 with 25 knockouts and was known as "The King of Knockouts." He is 32 years old.
But he fell prey to the 23 yearold Espinas nicknamed "Little Giant" whose record was a comparative unimpressive 12-2 although he did have 8 knockouts.
WBO Asia Pacific head Leon Panoncillo informed us that Espinas is a fighter of Sammy Gello-ani and was previously world-ranked by the WBO but dropped out of the rankings after he lost to undefeated Christian Araneta who was a flyweight with a record of 10-0 with 9 knockouts.
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