Mercito Gesta: record, next fight and profile →
24-year-old boxing rising star Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (24-0-1, 12 KOs) is hungry and ready for a big year. Fresh from a 2-month long vacation in his hometown in Mandaue City, Cebu during the Christmas season, the undefeated lightweight pug is back in San Diego training hard and chomping at the bit for his big opportunity.
Mexico's Silverio Ortiz suffered a cut above his eyebrow in training and withdrew from a scheduled fight with junior welterweight puncher Lucas Matthysse (29-2, 27KOs). The new opponent has been set, with veteran Ivan Valle (32-11-3, 28KOs) stepping in. Their clash will happen on February 10 at the Gimnasio Municipal Nº 1 in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina. Valle had previously been stopped by Mercito Gesta in two rounds in 2010, but won three in a row since then.
According to trainer Vincent Parra, in a few days’ time his lightweight charge Mercito ‘No Mercy’ Gesta will be back in San Diego, California after spending nearly a month back in his native Philippines.
After a report surfaced that had unbeaten Filipino lightweight Mercito Gesta (24-0-1, 12 KOs) facing Jose “Chelo” Gonzalez (18-0, 13 KOs) on the Mar. 10 undercard of WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido’s rematch with Juan Manuel Lopez in Puerto Rico, Gesta’s manager dispelled the rumor in speaking to BoxingScene.com Friday afternoon.
The co-feature being planned for the Juan Manuel Lopez-Orlando Salido featherweight rematch, would have Jose 'Chelo' González (18-0, 13 KOs) defending his WBO Latino lightweight championship against US-based Filipino Mercito Gesta (24-0-1, 12 KOs) on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in Puerto Rico.
To say that Brandon Rios had an eventful weekend in New York would be an extreme understatement. Rios was the reigning WBA lightweight champion heading into Friday night, where he weighed in for his title defense against Manchester’s John Murray on the televised pay-per-view undercard portion of the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito rematch inside of Madison Square Garden. The only problem was that Rios was unable to make the 135 pound limit, coming in at 135.6 pounds and failing to make the limit after given additional time, and thus had to forfeit his title on the scales.
Lightweight champion “Bam Bam” Brandon Rios has plenty of fighters calling him out for a fight should he be victorious in his second title defense against John Murray December 3rd at New York's Madison Square Garden.
After a subpar outing in his last fight against Manuel Perez two months ago, unbeaten lightweight Mercito Gesta (24-0-1, 12 KOs) answered questions about his viability as a contender with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Ricardo Dominguez (34-8-2, 21 KOs) tonight at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
They’re called Kababayan, and these Filipinos from around the world have descended on Las Vegas for one reason—to watch national fist Manny Pacquiao take on Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand on Saturday.
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - NABF super featherweight champion Diego Magdaleno (21-0, 7KOs) won a dominating ten round unanimous decision over Emmanuel Lucero (26-8-1, 14KOs). Lucero suffered a cut on the bridge of his nose. He nearly went down in the seventh, but the ropes held him up - which promoted referee Robert Byrd to rule it as a knockdown. The scores were 100-89, 100-87 and 100-88.