Straight from dSource: Exclusive Interview with Mercito Gesta
“I’m tired of waiting for a big fight and pushing them (Top Rank) for a big fight. I’ve been asking for that. So maybe after this fight, I want to win this one impressively, and then maybe that they can give me a title fight, maybe with Miguel Vasquez,” — Mercito Gesta
I caught up with undefeated 24-year-old Filipino lightweight Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (25-0-1, 13 KOs), who returns to action on August 3 at the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas against Ty Barnett (20-2-1, 13 KOs) in a featured fight on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights card for this exclusive interview.
Contrary to reports listed on other boxing sites, Gesta will be campaigning at the lightweight division to take care of unfinished business. His fight with Barnett will be fought at a contracted weight of 137. With the help of his father Anecito, who has been keeping a close eye in San Diego together with co-manager and trainer Vince Parra, Gesta is aiming to make an emphatic statement on cable TV, fresh off his thrilling 8th-round TKO win last April against Oscar Cuero.
Transcript highlights below:
Mercito Gesta – “Right now, I’m just good that the fight is set and I have an opponent. He accepted the fight, so it’s legit right now. It’s good, because I can focus on training right now since I have an opponent. It’s been a long time for me since my last fight.”
“I already started sparring. I’m just sparring with this new professional, but he’ has a lot of amateur fights and he’s undefeated (7-0). He’s good for now, we can use him since I just started sparring, but once I get deeper we’re going to get better ones with a longer pro records.”
“My dad’s been showing me new techniques and styles. Every time they offer me an opponent, even if it’s not confirmed yet, he looks them up and scout, but now that my opponents is confirmed, he’s been scouting this guy ad figuring out how we can dominate this guy, so he’s been a big help.”
By Dennis ‘D Source’ Guillermo
Source Doc: http://www.examiner.com/article/straight-from-dsource-exclusive-interview-with-mercito-gesta
Photo Credit: Neil Macasadia
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