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Bob Arum may just have landed the next superstar to come from the fertile boxing region of the Pacific Rim with Top Rank’s signing of fast rising lightweight Pinoy sensation Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (21-0-1, 11KOs) of San Diego by way of Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines, to a 4-year promotional contract Wednesday morning. Gesta, who’s [...]
A year ago, San Diego, CA’s Christopher Martin (21-0-2, 6KOs) found himself in Hinckley, Minnesota, ready to perform on the biggest stage of his career. Martin was tapped to be the latest fodder for hard hitting Chris Avalos on Showtime‘s “ShoBox: The Next Generation”, another opponent for Avalos to stream over but Martin had other [...]
After defeating Nick Casal back in early ’09 on ShoBox: The Next Generation, the future looked bright for Tijuana super featherweight Marvin Quintero (21-3, 17KOs). Once he got through Wes Ferguson some months later, it was only a matter of time for Quintero to follow in the footsteps of stable mate Antonio DeMarco and challenge [...]
It’s an exciting time in the life of featherweight Aaron “El Gavilan” Garcia (9-1-2, 2KOs), as he makes his awaited return to the proving ground known as the squared circle this Saturday Feb. 26th, in Las Vegas, NV, at the Palms Casino on the undercard of the Miguel Acosta vs. Brandon Rios Showtime telecast for [...]
Whenever the temperature falls below freezing, southpaw Antonio DeMarco (24-2-1, 18KOs) wins and the Los Mochis, MX, native is hoping for just that in his first test of 2011 when he faces the WBC Silverlightweight champion Mexico City’s Reyes Sanchez (20-3-1, 11KOs) on Saturday, February 26th, at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska. [...]
For undefeated lightweight contender Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (20-0-1, 10KOs), 2011 is the year. Not just any year but the year that he will leave his mark in the boxing world. His first step towards that comes this Friday night, February 18th, when Gesta faces Genaro Trazancos (22-13-1, 13KOs) in an eight round main event [...]
Nobody can deny that the twenty-eight months since his break through win over Miguel Cotto have been the toughest of Antonio Margarito’s sixteen-year career. Six months after his TKO of the Puerto Rican star in Las Vegas, Margarito found himself on the losing side of a ninth round knockout from Shane Mosley and in the [...]
The three time world champion Erik “Terrible” Morales (50-6, 35KOs) has one goal and one goal only, to be the first Mexican born fighter to win four titles in as many divisions. Nothing more, nothing less. Morales, of Tijuana, Mexico, had his first opportunity for the fourth world title in ’07 but fell short to [...]
Even though he is facing his sternest test on paper this Friday, October 22nd, unbeaten Filipino lightweight sensation Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (19-0-1, 9KOs) has another thing on his mind besides the rugged Ivan “Relampago” Valle (28-9-3, 24KOs), who he meets in the eight round main event of spanish language network Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo Tecate”. [...]
To many in the boxing world, fans, writers, other fighters, the three time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27KOs) of Tijuana, Mex, has a large cross to bear after an illegal material was found in his hand wraps prior to his championship bout versus “Sugar” Shane Mosley in January of last year. Like Atlas, who [...]
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