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After fighting through a cut over his left eyebrow to pull out a ten-round unanimous decision against a game Manuel Perez, unbeaten lightweight Mercito Gesta will take a week off to heal before resuming training for a Nov. 11 date at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Saturday’s scheduled fight card at Metro Bank Park in Harrisburg, Pa., has been canceled as a result of a flood caused by a nearly 30-foot rise in the Susquehanna River, according to Nick Payton of Payton Promotions.
This Sunday, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien shines the mainstream spotlight on boxing when she profiles Olympic hopeful Marlen Esparza in the latest installment of her recurring series Latino in America entitled In Her Corner.
It’s a new week and we’re still debating the merits of what to do when a referee calls time in. Who knew that two seemingly innocuous words would galvanize such a response from the boxing world?
Despite several members of the media in accord that junior welterweight Josesito Lopez had pulled off the upset on last night’s “Star Power” undercard, undefeated Jessie Vargas took a split decision on the scorecards.
The worlds of Mercito Gesta and Jose Benavidez Jr. were just meant to collide. Between Gesta’s signing with Benavidez’s promoter, Top Rank, and the duo migrating from their respective hometowns to spar at Hollywood’s Wild Card Gym, putting them on separate bouts on the same card in Parker, Ariz., tonight would seem inevitable.
By Ryan Maquiñana - One month ago, Seth Mitchell was westward bound for his HBO debut in San Jose. Unfortunately for him, Boxing After Dark headliner Robert Guerrero injured his shoulder in training, causing the cancellation of a card that included the unbeaten heavyweight’s co-featured bout against Mike Mollo. “It was a little disappointing, but I had faith in my team that I’d get back in the ring soon,” Mitchell said. A stone’s throw away from his home in Brandywine, Maryland, Mitchell’s tireless toil in nearby Clinton at the Dream Team Gym would not go unrewarded. His promoter, Golden Boy, eventually landed him a shot on a televised main event in Las Vegas this Friday—albeit on a lower-profile TeleFutura Solo Boxeo card in the Texas Station Casino that Fox Sports is in the midst of picking up as well.
A pair of unbeaten middleweight prospects will clash in Los Angeles on October 15 when Donyil Livingston fights Kurtiss Colvin in a six-rounder on the Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson undercard.
Junior welterweight prospect Jose Benavidez Jr. will have a new opponent in the Top Rank Live co-feature this Saturday in Parker, Ariz., according to the fighter’s father and trainer, Jose Benavidez Sr.
WBA regular junior featherweight champion Rico "Suavecito" Ramos and interim holder Guillermo "El Chacal" Rigondeaux will consolidate their belts on the Dec. 3 Cotto-Margarito undercard at Madison Square Garden, according to Rigondeaux’s manager Gary Hyde.