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Mercito Gesta triumphant anew

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/16/071617_gesta.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Mercito Gesta moves from his corner to fight Martin Honorio in the fifth round at The Forum on July 15, 2017 in Inglewood, California. <cite>Joe Scarnici, Getty Images/AFP</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Mercito Gesta, a former world title challenger who hails from Cebu, racked up his third victory in a row by knocking out Mexico&#x27;s Martin Honorio in their lightweight bout on Saturday in California (Sunday in Manila).</p><p>Gesta knocked down Honorio in the fourth round, according to a Boxing Scene report, then stopped the veteran for good with a 1-2 punch combination in eighth round.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Total Domination. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealMGesta">@TheRealMGesta</a> wins by 8th rd TKO ref decided no mas. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BercheltMiura?src=hash">#BercheltMiura</a> 🇵🇭🥊 <a href="https://t.co/6uuomrZZ1N">pic.twitter.com/6uuomrZZ1N</a></p>— Steve Angeles (@StevieAngeles) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieAngeles/status/886389325876690944">July 16, 2017</a></blockquote><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Referee Thomas Taylor stopped the bout 18 seconds into round eight after Gesta unleashed his combination.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/boxing/news/2017/07/13/melindo-defend-title-former-world-champ-budler-28569">READ: Melindo to defend IBF title against former world champ Hector Budler</a></li></ul><p>Gesta improved his record to 31 wins with one loss and two draws. It was his third straight win after settling for a split draw against Carlos Molina back in April 2015.</p><p>Meanwhile, the veteran Honorio lost for the 11th time in his career against 33 wins and one draw.</p><p>For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">Sports website.</a></p>

<p>Mercito Gesta, a former world title challenger who hails from Cebu, racked up his third victory in a row by knocking out Mexico's Martin Honorio in their lightweight bout on Saturday in California (Sunday in Manila).</p><p> </p>

Mercito Gesta, a former world title challenger who hails from Cebu, racked up his third victory in a row by knocking out Mexico's Martin Honorio in their lightweight bout on Saturday in California (Sunday in Manila).