For the second time in his career, US-based Filipino fighter Mercito Gesta gets another crack for the world title as he challenges reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight Jorge Linares of Venezuela on January 27 at the Forum in Inglewood, California.
Gesta, 30, has been tagged as an underdog in the fight as the Venezuelan world champion is known to be a great technical fighter and has won his last 12 fights that started when he beat Hector Velazquez last October 6, 2012 via unanimous decision in Sacramento, California.
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