Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-09-16, high pace with some tough exchanges: the boxing match William Zepeda vs Mercito Gesta gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Gesta vs Zepeda is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 16th, at the Commerce Casino in Commerce (California, USA), in a 12-round lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-03-18, greatt boxing match: Joseph Diaz vs Mercito Gesta gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Gesta vs Diaz is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 18th, at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach (California, USA), in a 12-round lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg) bout; it was on the undercard of Gilberto Ramirez vs Gabriel Rosado but the Mexican missed weight. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-11-14, disappointing fight between Carlos Morales and Mercito Gesta: it gets two stars.Carlos Morales entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 19-4-3 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.61 lightweight in the world. He lost two consecutive bouts in 2018, against Ryan Garcia (Ryan Garcia vs Carlos Morales) and Rene Alvarado, but he came back to win in 2019 beating Pedro Navarrete and Rosekie Cristobal.
His opponent, Mercito Gesta, has an official record of 32-3-2 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.80 super lightweight but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Jorge Linares (Jorge Linares vs Mercito Gesta) and Juan Antonio Rodriguez (Mercito Gesta vs Juan Antonio Rodriguez); between these two bouts he defeated Robert Manzanarez (Mercito Gesta vs Robert Manzanarez). Morales vs Gesta is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-21, pretty good fight between Mercito Gesta and Juan Antonio Rodriguez: it gets three stars.Mercito Gesta entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 32-2-2 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.38 lightweight in the world. He fought twice last year losing to Jorge Linares (Jorge Linares vs Mercito Gesta) and beating Robert Manzanarez (Mercito Gesta vs Robert Manzanarez).
His opponent, Juan Antonio Rodriguez, has an official record of 29-7-0 (25 KOs=86%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since June 10, 2017 when he was defeated by Pedro Campa; before this bout, in 2016, he had beat Raul Hinojosa. Gesta vs Rodriguez is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-06-14, fight not particularly exciting between Mercito Gesta and Robert Manzanarez: it gets two stars.Mercito Gesta entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 31-2-2 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.30 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Jorge Linares (Jorge Linares vs Mercito Gesta). Before this bout, in 2017, he had beat Gilberto Gonzalez (Gesta vs Gonzalez) and Martin Honorio.
His opponent, Robert Manzanarez, has an official record of 36-1-0 (29 KOs=81%) and he entered as the No.65 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Alejandro Barrera in 2012, since then he has won 15 consecutive bouts taking revenge on Barrera in 2013 and beating Javier Lopez in 2018. Gesta vs Manzanarez is valid for the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-27, good fight between Jorge Linares and Mercito Gesta: it gets three stars.The world champion in three different weight classes Jorge Linares entered this fight with a record of 43-3-0 (27 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Mikey Garcia). He suffered two consecutive defeats between 2011 and 2012, against Antonio DeMarco (=DeMarco vs Linares) and Sergio Thompson (=Linares vs Thompson), but then he has won twelve fights beating Anthony Crolla in 2016 and 2017 (=Crolla vs Linares I and Linares vs Crolla II) and Luke Campbell in his last bout (=Linares vs Campbell).
His opponent, Mercito Gesta, has an official boxing record of 31-1-2 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He lost to Miguel Vazquez in 2012 (=Vazquez vs Gesta), but since then he has collected five victories and one draw beating Gilberto Gonzalez (=Gesta vs Gonzalez) and Martin Honorio in 2017. Linares vs Gesta is valid for the WBA World lightweight title (Linares’ third defense); undercard of Lucas Matthysse vs Tewa Kiram. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-04-01, good fight between Mercito Gesta and Gilberto Gonzalez: it gets three stars.Mercito Gesta entered this fight with a professional record of 29-1-2 (16 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since October 3, 2015 when he beat Miguel Angel Mendoza. He suffered his last loss when he faced Miguel Vazquez in 2012 (=Vazquez vs Gesta), since then he has collected three victories and one draw.
His opponent, Gilberto Gonzalez, has a boxing record of 26-3-0 (22 KOs=85%) and he entered as the No.54 lightweight. He also suffered his last defeat in 2012, against Ricardo Dominguez, but after this fight he has won eight consecutive bouts. Mercito Gesta vs Gilberto Gonzalez is on the undercard of Antonio Orozco vs Keandre Gibson. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-04-30, close fight but not so exciting: Mercito Gesta vs Carlos Molina gets two stars.Mercito Gesta entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 28-1-1 (16 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.26 lightweight in the world. He suffered his only defeat in 2012, against Miguel Vazquez (=Vazquez vs Gesta), since then he has fought just twice beating Edgar Riovalle and Luis Arceo (=Gesta vs Arceo).
His opponent, Carlos Molina, has an official record of 17-2-1 (7 knockouts) and he comes off two consecutive losses, against Amir Khan in 2012 (=Khan vs Molina) and Adrien Broner in 2014 (=Broner vs Molina). Gesta vs Molina is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-07-18, pretty good fight between Mercito Gesta and Luis Arceo: it gets three stars. Mercito Gesta entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-1-1 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.38 lightweight in the world, he suffered his only defeat in 2012 when he faced Miguel Vazquez for the IBF Lw title (=Vazquez vs Gesta); he came back to fight and win in 2014 beating Edgar Riovalle.
His opponent, Luis Arceo, has a record of 28-12-4 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.76 in the same weight class, he fought four times in 2013 losing only his last bout, against the undefeated Jose Zepeda. Gesta vs Arceo is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
