Mercito Gesta loses title fight to Jorge Linares
Mercito Gesta gave it his all but just couldn’t dethrone Jorge Linares, failing to claim the WBA lightweight championship Sunday (Manila time) at The Forum in Los Angeles.
The Cebuano challenger lost to the Venezuelan champion via unanimous decision, 118-110, 118-110, and 117-111.
Article continues after this advertisementThis was Linares’ third successful title defense as he improved to 44-3.
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Gesta, meanwhile, dropped to 0-2 in a title fight after also suffering a unanimous decision defeat to Miguel Vazquez in December 2012 for the IBF lightweight belt.
He dropped to a 31-2-2, 17 KOs.
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