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Linares vs. Gesta: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Jorge Linares (El Niño de Oro) defends his WBA and The Ring lightweight titles against Mercito Gesta (No Mercy). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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32
Dec 15, 2002
43-3
11
27 (58.7%)
173 cm
175 cm
2 cm
Orthodox
Sep 23, 2017
4m, 4d
12
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KOs
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Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
30
Oct 19, 2003
31-1-2
1
17 (50%)
170 cm
173 cm
3 cm
Southpaw
Jul 15, 2017
6m, 12d
3
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LT
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d2
LT
w1
d2
LT
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d2
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d1
FT
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d1
lightweight
Saturday, 27 Jan 2018
The Forum, Inglewood, California, U.S.
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Jorge Linares vs. Mercito Gesta

Date

This fight between Jorge Linares and Mercito Gesta took place on at the Forum, Inglewood.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Jorge Linares is the taller of the two by 3 cms; Mercito Gesta is 170 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 175 cm, Linares also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Gesta's 173 cm. Gesta has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Linares.

Linares is coming in to this fight with a record of 43-3 (27 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 4 days ago against Luke Campbell, which he won via 12 round split decision.

Luke Campbell's boxing career

Gesta comes in with a record of 31-1-2 (17 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 12 days ago against Martin Honorio, which he won via 8th round KO.

Jorge Linares fights out of the orthodox stance, while Mercito Gesta fights out of the southpaw stance.

On the day of the fight, Linares will be 32 years and 5 months old. Gesta will be 30 years and 3 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 70-30 in favor of Jorge Linares. Here is the prediction for Linares vs Gesta.

Jorge Linares should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Mercito Gesta to win this one.

Result

Jorge Linares defeated Mercito Gesta via 12 round UD to retain the WBA and The Ring lightweight titles. Gesta's 3 fight win streak comes to an end, and Linares advances his win streak to 13. Linares is now 44-3, and Gesta 31-2-2.

Fight Recommendations

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  3. Jorge Linares defeats Luke Campbell via 12-round split decision
  4. Jorge Linares defeats Anthony Crolla via 12-round unanimous decision
  5. Miguel Vázquez defeats Mercito Gesta via 12-round unanimous decision
  6. Antonio DeMarco knocks out Jorge Linares in the 11th round
  7. Jorge Linares stops Jesús Chávez in the 4th round