The Boxing Truth®

Originally, this column was to be the follow-up/post-fight feature to the much anticipated Light-Heavyweight clash between former WBC Super-Middleweight world champion Gilberto Ramirez and longtime veteran contender and former world title challenger Gabriel Rosado in what was to be Rosado's debut in the 175lb. Light-Heavyweight division. As most now know however, the fight was cancelled on the day before the scheduled March 18th bout at the official weigh-in when Ramirez arrived in being what was described as significantly overweight and in no condition to attempt to get down in weight to a point where the bout was salvageable, resulting in the fight being cancelled. While this is certainly nothing new in the sport of Boxing as it is unfortunately all too common for there to be complications regarding the weight of a fighter in at least one bout on a full card, the cancellation, though disappointing did not result in the entire card being cancelled along with it as unfortunately al...

  Former world title challenger Mercito Gesta scored a thrilling ten round unanimous decision over Lightweight contender Joel Diaz on Thursday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino in Indio, CA. In his first bout in two and a half years, Gesta came out with intentions of ending the fight early and quickly found a home for his left hand out of the southpaw stance. It was Gesta’s straight left hands that badly hurt Diaz and dropped him twice in the first round. Diaz seemingly just barely made it out of the first round and was subsequently told by his trainer that he would be given one more round .     From the second round on however, Diaz remained more than willing to engage with Gesta in what became a toe to toe war. A fight that was fought at a high pace from start to finish and featured no shortage of heated exchanges of offense between the two fighters, the general pattern was Gesta was able to get the better of most of the exchanges. The grueling battle...

 The official weigh-in for Thursday night’s Golden Boy Promotions promoted Boxing card took place earlier today in Indio, CA. The card, which can be seen globally on digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN from the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino will be headlined by a ten round Lightweight bout between Joel Diaz and Mercito Gesta. Weights for the entire card are below.   Main Event: Lightweight – 10Rds.   Joel Diaz 134 1/2lbs. vs. Mercito Gesta 134 3/4lbs.   Jr. Featherweight – 8Rds.   Manuel Flores 119 1/4lbs. vs. Victor Ruiz 119 1/2lbs.   Lightweight – 8Rds.   Jousce Gonzalez 134 1/4lbs. vs. Jairo Lopez 133 1/4lbs.   Flyweight – 6Rds.   Jan Salvatierra 111 1/2lbs. vs. Ernie Marquez 110 3/4lbs.   Featherweight – 4Rds.   Jorge Chavez 127 3/4lbs. vs. Jonathan Tejeda 124 3/4lbs.   Diaz vs. Gesta takes place tomorrow night (Thursday, April 21 st ) at Fantasy Springs Resort...