Nerys Espinoza: Boxing Career and Results
Nerys “Machoman” Espinoza, a boxer from Managua, Nicaragua, built a career as a light-flyweight contender and challenged for world titles.
Boxing career and major results
Espinoza’s first world-title challenge came on November 19, 2005, when he faced WBA light-flyweight champion Roberto Vásquez in Panama. Vásquez retained the title with a unanimous decision over 12 rounds, as reported by La Prensa Panamá.
In November 2008, Espinoza challenged IBF light-flyweight champion Ulises Solís, who retained his belt by unanimous decision, according to La Jornada. Espinoza’s third world-title bid came against IBF champion Luis Lazarte in September 2010; La Prensa reported that Lazarte won by unanimous decision. Espinoza later met Lazarte again in a 2011 title eliminator and lost another unanimous decision.
Espinoza continued boxing in Nicaragua after those title attempts. Félix Alvarado stopped him in Managua in December 2012. In 2013, Espinoza rebounded with a majority-decision win over Darwin Zamora, then lost by 12th-round technical knockout to Ricardo Núñez in Panama. Those results are reported by La Prensa in its Zamora report and its account of the Núñez fight.
Sources
Career records and reporting: wbaboxing.com; boxrec.com; laprensani.com.
Related reading: World Boxing Association profile · La Prensa
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
