Pinalakas ni six-division world champion Oscar de la Hoya ng Golden Boy Promotions ang kanyang stable ng mga boksingero sa pagkuha sa dalawang Asian boxers na sina one-time world title challenger Mercito Gesta ng Pilipinas at Japanese welterweight Yoshihiro Kamegai.
Sa ulat ni Lem Satterfield ng RingTV.com, lumagda sa ekslusibong kontrata sina Gesta at Kamegai kasabay ng iba pang boksingero na may potensiyal na maging world champion.
“Lightweight title challenger Mercito Gesta of the Philippines and hard-hitting Japanese welterweight Yoshihiro Kamegai are among several fighters signed to exclusive promotional contracts by Golden Boy Promotions, according to Oscar De La Hoya,” ayon sa ulat ni Satterfield. “Gesta (28-1-1, 16 knockouts), 27, has scored two consecutive knockouts since losing a unanimous decision to then-long reigning IBF titleholder Miguel Vazquez in December 2012. Gesta is coming off a seventh round knockout over Luis Arceo in July.”
“Kamegai (25-2-1, 22 KOs), 32, is 3-2 over the course of his past five fights and is coming off last month’s fourth round technical knockout over Oscar Godoy to rebound from a unanimous decision loss to former title holder Robert Guerrero in a June slugfest,” dagdag sa ulat.
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“I’m excited to kick off 2015 with the addition of these talented fighters to the Golden Boy roster,” sabi ni De La Hoya. “Each of these fighters have the talent, skill, determination and desire that it takes to make it to the top.”
Kasama rin sa mga bagong boksingero ni De La Hoya sina junior lightweight Christian Gonzalez, featherweights Abraham Lopez at Roy Tapia, pawang ng United States; lightweight Gilberto Gonzalez at middleweight Antonio Gutierrez na mula naman sa Mexico.
