Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (17-0-1, 7 KOs) will be fighting the hard hitting Oscar “Estudiante” Meza (19-3, 17 KOs) for the WBO NABO Youth lightweight title his the headline bout of the “Boxeo TELEMUNDO” telecast today, June 4th from the A La Carte Event Pavilion in Tampa, FL.
The Gesta-Meza bout will be televised live at 11:35p by Telemundo. Doors open at 7pm and the first bout at 7:30pm. Tickets are still available at the A La Carte Event Pavillion box office located 4050 Dana Shores Drive (404- 787-7593).
In other boxing news
Jorge Linares vs Rocky Juarez
WBA/WBC world champion Jorge “Niño de Oro” Linares will be fighting Ricardo “Rocky” Juárez on July 31 in Las Vegas. Linares and Juarez both fight under Golden Boy Promotions and have been offered the fight, which would be a ten-rounder at 132lbs. The fight would be the co-feature underneath Juan Manuel Márquez vs Juan Díaz for the WBA/WBO lightweight world titles.
Andre Ward at the Oakland A’s game
Undefeated WBA super middleweight champion and America’s last Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at his hometown Oakland A’s game against the Minnesota Twins Friday at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Ward, who captured the WBA belt with a convincing, 11th-round technical decision over Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic opener on Nov. 21, 2009 at Oracle, is looking forward to taking the field. “I’m excited for this opportunity to show my support to The Oakland A’s,” Ward said. “They are my hometown team and I am a baseball fan!”
Ward will make his first title defense against world-ranked contender Allan “Sweetness” Green (29-1, 20 KOs) in a Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 2 bout on June 19 on SHOWTIME® at the Oracle Arena.
By the way forgot to say I like this kid Mercito he’s pretty talented hope he has a good 2011.
@ Examiner, Thats why JMM beat Diaz twice, Diaz cant hang with Marquez thats why he decided to try to go technical against Marquez second time around and lost that battle too. You know why examiner? because he knew if he fought the same way he did the first time he would have got knocked out again. As for him kissing the canvas against cherry-picking Pac-Man he showed balls by getting up and fighting all the way back to a draw. He kissed the canvas again with Katsidis, you know what happend in that fight? He stopped Katsidis. Examiner you hate Marquez for having mad heart? What you should do is show the man respect for the guts he puts on display in his fights for getting up 3 times and still believing he can win the fight and showing he could by fighting back to the draw. By the way as most others would agree second time Marquez should have got the decision despite the knock down because he fought much better the Pac that night for more rounds.
Congratulations Mercito idol ka namin dito sa Pinas! You will be the next Pacman! I am also a cebuano and I am proud of you proud to be Pinoy!
I fervently pray for your success, Mercito. GOOD LUCK.
Regarding Juan Manuel Marquez, the guy who always claimed having defeated Pacman twice (despite the questionable draw) despite kissing the canvass 4 times, and the favorite of the GREATEST DUCKER AND CHERRYPICKER OF THE CENTURY, so he has a fight. I hope, you don’t kiss the canvass again. It is becoming habitual, and claim you won. Go on, kiss the canvass and claim you win. It is nice. Even in your first fight with Diaz, Diaz could have won if not only for that one lucky punch that changed the course of the fight.
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