By Chris Williams: Shane Mosley is the latest one to get in the act of sparring light welterweight prospect Mercito Gesta (22-0, 12 KO’s), according to examiner.com. The 39-year-old Mosley dropped by the Wild Card gym and volunteered to spar with the listed 5’7″ Gesta, who looks closer to 5’5″ as far as I can tell.

Mosley sparred four rounds with Gesta, and then his son, Shane Jr., sparred another two rounds. Gesta’s trainer/manager Vince Parra doesn’t say who got the better of the action, but it’s highly likely that Mosley pounded the shorter, younger Gesta.

Here’s what Parra said: “Shane actually rushed him a little bit. He wanted to test him. You could see the veteran moves but I think Mercito surprised him a little bit. He was impressed afterwards…Shane said ‘Man, he reminds me of Manny.”

I wonder if Mosley trying for a change of luck. He’s been struggling as of late in fights against Sergio Mora, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. What better way to get off to a fresh start than to pick out a smaller inexperienced guy like Gesta to go in and wallop. I don’t see any similarities between Gesta and Pacquiao whatsoever other than them both being short and Filipino. Pacquiao is much faster, far busier, much better on his feet and a better fighter defensively. If you take away all those things, yeah, I guess you can see Gesta and Pacquiao are a lot alike.

Gesta recently sparred with Jose Benavidez, a 19-year-old unbeaten light welterweight that trainer Freddie Roach is very high on right now. The 23-year-old Gesta looked terrible against the much younger Benavidez.