Comments Thread For: Mercito Gesta Has Been Dropped by Top Rank

[Hougigo]

This!

It wasn't just one bad performance as some are implying. This guy was being hyped as "Baby Pacquiao" and "The next Pacquiao" so I started watching his fights with people praising him so highly. In his 3 fights prior to Vasquez he fought almost exactly the same. Low output and little movement anywhere. I remember thinking right away, "this guy is like the polar opposite of Pacquiao."

Only ******s could hype him to that level. I read an article that said he was one of the three biggest Filipino names in boxing.
by doing what?
Honestly... I remember a few people but not that many. The only person I remember that was heavy on him was Richardt.

[Bermuda]

sucks..but he looked awful against vazquez..seemed unmotivated and unprepared for his biggest fight. so i'm not really surprised...hopefully he can turn things around with a better team.

[Hougigo]

sucks..but he looked awful against vazquez..seemed unmotivated and unprepared for his biggest fight. hopefully he can turn things around with a better team.

He also looked like that in his smaller fights too.
Hell, his last two... two guys he could have taken out early but took his time, in a bad way, to do the job.
I don't know who his team is now, but he needs a revamp to fix his attitude because this is nothing new

[richardt]

The only person I remember that was heavy on him was Richardt.

I liked and still like watching him when he is fluid but before his last fight I watched some of his footwork and noticed it was abysmal. I don't see how a fighter with solid skills can make up for bad footwork and without any back and forth footwork, or footspeed, he is doomed. He needs a new trainer and a new attitude and he like anyone can make it with dedication. But the "new Pacquio" is a huge stretch. I don't like hearing the "new" anything. The closest to that I have seen was when Sugar Ray Leonard was seen as the new Ali, a welterweight version. He lived up to greatness but it could easily be 100 years before another Pinoy has success like Pac......maybe never.

[Bermuda]

He also looked like that in his smaller fights too.
Hell, his last two... two guys he could have taken out early but took his time, in a bad way, to do the job.
I don't know who his team is now, but he needs a revamp to fix his attitude because this is nothing new

yah i was hoping he would fix those issues for his biggest fight ever, but nope..still looked like an unmotivated and unprepared fighter..i think his dad might be training him now though. but he really should hook up with a professional team ..maybe donaire's trainer and conditioning coach at the undisputed gym.

[hectari]

I remember reading Top Rank hyping Gesta as the next Pacquiao and all the high expectations appeared to end when Mercito faced Vasquez. Viloria, Donaire, same Manny, and Gesta were supposed to be among the top but in reality all of them were much less than great. I'm not saying that their careers are done but only that they were very overrated.

To include Manny in there shows you probably hate Filipinos. Pacman is not overrated he is an ATG, so is Floyd.

*** outta here with that hater ****. Pacman has shown his toughness took a couple L's came back strong, overrated my ass, dude always fights hard to please fans. Don't put him in there with those pinoy bums.

Just because he is washed up and past his prime now you want to use that for people to remember him by, newsflash all the greats become washed up. Unless they on that Bhop TRT exemption or hgh.

[Hougigo]

yah i was hoping he would fix those issues for his biggest fight ever, but nope..still looked like an unmotivated and unprepared fighter..i think his dad might be training him now though. but he really should hook up with a professional team ..maybe donaire's trainer and conditioning coach at the undisputed gym.

sometimes family isn't the best... he needs to hook up with somebody else. He trained down in the Wild Card a couple of times.
Somebody needs to whip him into shape

[sinontec]

Mexicans destroying pnoys left and right.

[TaurusJ27]

Gesta wasn't a cash cow for Arum.

[richardt]

Mexicans destroying pnoys left and right.

And Pinoys have destroyed Mexicans left and right so what is new????