Jorge Linares (El Niño de Oro) challenges Mercito Gesta's (No Mercy) WBA and The Ring lightweight belts. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.
| WBA | WBC | TheRing |
|---|---|---|
| LT w1 d2 | LT w1 d2 | LT w1 d2 |
| sFT w1 d1 | ||
| FT e1 d1 |
This fight between Jorge Linares and Mercito Gesta took place on at the Forum, Inglewood.
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.
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.
After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 72-28 in favor of Jorge Linares. Here is the prediction for Linares vs. Gesta.
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.