Miguel Vazquez

Ricky Burns vs. Miguel Vazquez in unification bout on March 16th in London

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vazquez4By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) will finally be getting back in the ring after many months out of action, but instead of accepting the challenge to fight the best guy in the 135 lb. division, Burns will be taking on IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (33-3, 13 Ko’s) in a unification bout on March 16th at the Wembley Arena in London, England.

My thoughts on this fight is that it seems to be a move in order to get Burns another title so he’ll be in a better bargaining position in negotiations for a fight against Broner later on this year.

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Vazquez dominates Gesta

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Image: Vazquez dominates GestaBy Jim Dower: IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (33-3, 13 KO’s) totally dominated a clueless Mercito Gesta (26-1-1, 14 KO’s) tonight in beating him by an easy 12 round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final judges’ were 117-111, 119-109 and 118-110.

Gesta never really let hands go tonight. He was standing flat-footed in the center of the ring much of the time, looking at himself on the screen but not letting his hands go. He seemed too calm for the situation and was unable to make up the huge height advantage of the 5’10” Vazquez.

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Gesta vs. Vazquez on Saturday night: Will we see a controversial decision?

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Image: Gesta vs. Vazquez on Saturday night: Will we see a controversial decision?By Chris Williams: I have a premonition that tomorrow night we’re going to see an ugly, ugly controversial decision in the Mercito Gesta (26-0, 14 KO’s) vs. IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (32-3, 13 KO’s) at the MGM Grand, Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

I hate the idea of controversial decisions because they’re like a cancer to the sport of boxing, but I see this happening tomorrow night with Gesta being given a decision in a fight that he gets dominated in by Vazquez. This fight is similar to the Brandon Rios vs. Richard Abril bout with Vazquez playing the part of Abril.

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Pacquiao-Marquez 4 undercard: Gamboa-Farenas, Vazquez-Gesta

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Image: Pacquiao-Marquez 4 undercard: Gamboa-Farenas, Vazquez-GestaBy Chris Williams: There’s really not much to look forward to this Saturday night on the undercard of the $59.99 HBO televised pay per view card headlined by Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Cuban Yuriorkis Gamboa (21-0, 16 KO’s) will be finally returning to the ring after more than a year off and will be facing #8 WBA super featherweight contender Michael Farenas (34-3-4, 26 KO’s), IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazauez (32-3, 13 KO’s) will be defending his title against Top Rank fighter Mercito Gesta (26-0, 14 KO’s), unbeaten featherweight contender Javier Fortuna (20-0, 15 KO’s) has a mismatch against Patrick Hyland (27-0, 12 KO’s).

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Gesta vs. Vazquez: Will Mercito get a gift decision?

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Image: Gesta vs. Vazquez: Will Mercito get a gift decision?By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank has lined up a title shot for his fighter Mercito Gesta (26-0-1, 14 KO’s) against IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (32-3, 13 KO’s) on December 8th on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez IV on HBO pay per view.

Gesta, 25, no doubt was picked out for the card because it makes a second Filipino vs. Mexico fight to go along with the Pacquiao vs. Marquez fight. There’s going to be a a lot of both Mexican and Filipino fight fans watching this card on PPV, and it looks Arum is giving them what they want by putting another rivalry type fight on the card.

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Gesta eager to fight Miguel Vazquez on 12/8

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Image: Gesta eager to fight Miguel Vazquez on 12/8By Chris Williams: #5 IBF Mercito Gesta (26-0-1, 14 KO’s) is being given a title shot against IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (32-3, 13 KO’s) in a Mexico vs. the Philippines type bout on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout on December 8th at the MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The 5’7″ Gesta is eager to get inside the ring to fight Vazquez despite having little in the way of actual experience to warrant getting a title shot. Gesta fight for the promotional giant Top Rank, and Bob Arum likes the Gesta-Vazquez fight for this card for obvious reason given the huge Mexican and Filipino fan base that will be paying to watch the fight. I wouldn’t be surprised if Arum adds two or three other Mexico vs. Filipino match-ups for the card.

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Mercito Gesta vs. Miguel Vazquez on Pacquiao-Marquez 4 undercard on 12/8

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Image: Mercito Gesta vs. Miguel Vazquez on Pacquiao-Marquez 4 undercard on 12/8By Chris Williams: It looks like undefeated lightweight contender Mercito Gesta (26-0-1, 14 KO’s) will be finally getting the title shot he so badly craves, as his promoters at Top Rank are reportedly getting Gesta a title shot against IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (32-3, 13 KO’s) for December 8th on the HBO pay per view undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 4 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

There’s talk of the Gesta-Vazquez fight being the co-main event and that’s pretty hard to believe because Vazquez has a really boring fighting style and Gesta isn’t much better. Neither guy are well known in the United States, although Gesta has a large following in the Filipino community. I still don’t see this as being worthy of a co-main event status. I guess Top Rank promoter Bob Arum would be hoping that the Mexican and Filipino rivalry would be enough to interest fans from those areas to attract interest in this fight.

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Abregu stops Dulorme; Vazquez defeats Quintero; Mayfield decisions Herrera

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Image: Abregu stops Dulorme; Vazquez defeats Quintero; Mayfield decisions Herrera(Photo By Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing) By Dan Ambrose: In something of a minor upset, the tough Argentinian Luis Carlos Abregu (34-1, 30 KO’s) showed that he also good power in stopping Puerto Rican knockout artist Thomas Dulorme (16-1, 12 KO’s) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.

Abregu found a home for his powerful right hands early and was able to knock Dulorme down in the 3rd round. From there the fight, which was being dominated previous to that by Dulorme, was much different with Abregu putting the pressure on the experienced 22-year-old. In the 7th, Abegu hurt Dulorme with a series of punches and then knocked him down with a hard combination. Although Dulorme beat the count corner wisely threw in the towel.

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Dulorme-Abregu, Vazquez-Quintero & Mayfield-Herrera tonight

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Image: Dulorme-Abregu, Vazquez-Quintero & Mayfield-Herrera tonight(Photo By Carlos Baeza / Thompson Boxing) By Jim Dower: #3 WBA welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (16-0, 12 KO’s) will be stepping up in class tonight in a scheduled 10 round bout against the hard hitting 28-year-old Argentinian Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1, 27 KO’s) at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino, in Verona, New York, USA.

This is a big test for the knockout artist Dulorme because Abregu is a considerable step up from the types of fighters that he’s been facing during his four year pro career. The best that Dulorme has fought thus far are guys like Charlie Jose Navarro, Aris Ambriz and DeMarcus Corley. Dulorme didn’t look all that great against Corley and was hit hard on a number of occasions in winning a lopsided 10 round decision.

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