by Neil Macasadia | Dec 9, 2012 | Mercito Gesta Articles
By Bill Center
Photo Credit: K.C. Alfred
Source Doc: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/08/vazquez-dominates-gesta-san-diegans-first-title-fi/
LAS VEGAS — Mercito Gesta didn’t get a title Saturday night.
But he did get a lesson.
Mexico’s Miguel Angel Vazquez easily out-classed Gesta to successfully defend his International Boxing Federation lightweight title on the undercard of the fourth Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Vazquez scored a unanimous decision. The only surprise was that one judge gave Gesta three rounds. The Spring Valley resident won two rounds on another card and one round on the third.
Some observers at ringside had Vazquez winning every round while others gave him only the ninth and/or 10th rounds.
Vazquez never hurt Gesta. In fact, Gesta might have had the two best punches of the fight, a pair of hard rights thrown in a 15-second span of the ninth round.
But although both fighters are 25 years old, Vazquez worked like a veteran champion while Gesta appeared inexperienced in just his 28th boxing match. The former Muay Thai kick boxer from The Philippines never boxed as an amateur while Vazquez had more than a hundred amateur fights before turning pro.
The inexperience cost Gesta, who has boxed out of San Diego since 2007. He was unable to stop the unorthodox Vazquez from counter-punching while relentlessly circling to his left.
“He was so awkward in the ring,” Gesta said of Vazquez. “I never got my rhythm going.”
“Cut him off, force the action,” Gesta’s trainer Vince Parra said between many of the early rounds. “Don’t let him frustrate you. Don’t play his game.”
But he did.
“Vazquez runs away,” Gesta said days before his first title fight. “I plan to slow him down, cut off the ring and get inside and work the body when I can. I can’t let him stay on the move.”
Vazquez was never slowed. He was never cut off. And Gesta never worked the body.
“The game plan was to move and box and it went perfectly,” said Vazquez of Guadalajara, Mexico.
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by Neil Macasadia | Dec 7, 2012 | Mercito Gesta Articles
BY: DENNIS ‘D SOURCE’ GUILLERMO
Photo Credit: bStunt
Source Doc: http://www.examiner.com/article/exclusive-interview-even-keel-gesta-ready-to-go-for-the-kill
In 2006, a young Cebuano by the name of Mercito Gesta crossed the Pacific to the US to realize his pugilistic dreams and hoped to follow in the footsteps of Pinoy boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who at the time, had just taken the boxing world by storm.
Armed with hardly anything more than his courage and his fists, the 19-year-old left his family in Mandaue City and bought into the promise and possibility of a similar rags-to-riches story by a promotional outfit and its namesake.
Though things didn’t necessarily pan out the way he initially hoped, and he found out quickly that promises made oceans away were far from the reality he stumbled upon, Gesta took difficult detours, and yet found a way to arrive at his original destination. Finally, a world title fight.
After much work, some luck, and taking on every hurdle thrown at him, Gesta finally gets a crack at a world title when he faces IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez on the undercard of Pacquiao-Marquez 4 this Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
“I’m ready,” Gesta told this scribe ever so succinctly.
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by Neil Macasadia | Dec 7, 2012 | No Mercy Update
Photo Credit: Neil Macasadia
Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta is ready for the ultimate fight of his life. Just two days before fighting on the undercard of Pacquiao vs. Marquez IV, Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta was present at the Top Rank new conference excited for the opportunity to fight for the IBF Lightweight Belt against current champion Miguel Vazquez.
After the new conference, Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta spent the rest of the day with Team Gesta on their final workout before weigh-in at the MGM Grand Hotel tomorrow at 2:00pm PT. As noted by Coach Parra, “We are ready!! We have trained and worked very hard for this fight.”
Thank you to all the fans and supporters of Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta!
by Neil Macasadia | Dec 6, 2012 | Exclusive Feature, Mercito Gesta Articles
By Kevin Acee
Photo Credit: K.C. Alfred
Source Doc: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/dec/05/acee-local-boxer-gesta-gets-his-title-shot/
Anecito Gesta brought up his eldest son the way he had been brought up — fighting.
The best recollection of both father and son is that Mercito Gesta was 7 years old when his dad first took him to the street looking for someone to beat the boy.
“He would offer them money if they could beat me,” Mercito said. “Big kids, older than me. Bigger.”
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by Neil Macasadia | Dec 5, 2012 | No Mercy Update
Photo Credit: Duenas Aris
Watch live on TopRank.com the public workout of Mercito “No Merc” Gesta at the lobby of MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta’s workout will start at 3:00pm PT today, December 5, 2012.
Go No Mercy!!
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