WBA #2, WBC #4, IBF #7, WBO #7 lightweight William “El Camarón” Zepeda (28-0, 24 KOs) will face Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (34-3-3, 17 KOs) in a twelve round fight on September 16 from the Commerce Casino on September 16 and broadcast worldwide on DAZN.
“Mexican Independence Day weekend and boxing go hand-in-hand, and we’re excited to bring fans a show September 16,” said promoter Oscar De La Hoya. “Zepeda is a relentless fighting machine who will be looking to showcase his skills on the biggest weekend in boxing. But Mercito Gesta is coming off the best victory of his career over a former world champion and is hungry for more. There will be fireworks between these two warriors.”
In the co-main event, featherweight Victor “El Tornado” Morales (18-0-1, 9 KOs) will face Edwin “Pupo” Palomares (18-4-2, 9 KOs) in a 10-round fight. Morales was last seen pulling off the upset of his career against Diego De La Hoya last April.
It would be really good for Zepeda if he could find a way to stop Gesta, but I do expect a better test for him than what Jojo offered. When Haney gets around to splitting up the rest of those titles, I think Zepeda gets a shot at one and it would be SO nice if Pitbull was the guy in the other corner.
Zapeda is going to destroy Gesta. Gesta is a gatekeeper, however, not ready for a non stop fighting machine.
No Mercy will be saying No Mas in this one
Zepeda wins by KO.
Gesta is scrappy. He’s tough but Zepeda is a couple levels above and Gesta doesn’t have the best defense. I think this is a good style match up for Zepeda and I expect him to look really good in busting up Gesta en route to a stoppage. Gesta does ok against fringe contenders and guys with limited power. But even in those fights he’s had the benefit of questionable judging. This fight won’t go to the scorecards.
Funny, Gesta gets on television quite a bit for a guy from the Philippines without much to offer. There are certainly much better fighters with a lot less exposure.