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The Highland Park-based Mexican slugger gave highly touted Ryan Garcia all that he could handle in a hard-fought 10-round loss to the rising prospect last September, and also came up just short two months later in a 12-round defeat to Rene Alvarado who will fight for a 130-pound title in a rematch with Andrew Cancio later this month. Mercito Gesta withdraws from Hector Tanajara fight with food poisoning New, 8 comments The fight was set to co-headline ahead of Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas
On January 27, 2018, he lost to Jorge Linares in what could have been his chance to capture the WBA World Lightweight and the WBC Diamond Lightweight title. Along with Marvin Zamudio he has also been great.
Manzanarez would go on to lose his next fight, too. His last win was three years ago, in March of 2016, and he hasn’t fought in nearly two years.
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To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Gesta has just one win to his name in his last four starts, although his stock goes up with the even verdict. Luis Collazo is probably going to wind up fighting Terence Crawford at some point, Jamel Herring is getting a world title shot against Masayuki Ito, Josesito Lopez got a shot at Keith Thurman, recently took a meeting with Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn, Saucedo retires from boxing at 26 after brain bleeds, Lopez undergoes surgery on foot, not expected to miss significant time, Usyk demands WBO title shot next, be it Joshua or vacant belt, Mayer calls out Harper for unification fight at 130, Shields: Marshall ‘smoking dope,’ will have to back up her words. When he’s on his game and at a weight that suits him, Linares is one of boxing’s better talents of recent memory. 32 Wins, 17 by KO 3 Losses, 1 by KO 2 Draws. Vasiliy Lomachenko holds the WBA and WBO belts, and Richard Commey the IBF, with both guys fighting for Top Rank, but the WBC belt may come loose soon. In his first crack at a world title was in December of 2012 as it was a sad night for Filipino boxing fans as Gesta lost a one-sided unanimous decision to Miguel Vasquez on the same card that Juan Manuel Marquez KO’d Manny Pacquiao. PROFESSIONAL BOXING RECORD. With that in the past, Gesta feels he has been under the radar and looks to redeem himself. At any rate, they saw enough in Gesta, still young and developing his game, to keep him on their cards going forward. If Garcia decides to move down, it’ll probably be to 140, meaning he’d finally vacate the WBC 135-pound belt.
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In the eighth round, Linares earned a cut near the right eye. Gesta scored with straight left hands early, his speed proving difficult for Morales to contend more so than his power shots. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. TITLES. Don't get me wrong it was close at the stoppage I would have taken Gesta … _g1.setAttribute('src', _g1.getAttribute('data-src') );
I feel the pressure is gone now,” Gesta explained. That was Gesta’s swan song with Top Rank. Originally from Mandaue City, the 31-year-old boxer announced his fight on Facebook against yet an undetermined opponent. Having held camp at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California, Gesta trained under Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach along with his assistant Marvin Zamudio and conditioning coach Justin Fortune as they prepare for Linares.