While other boxers are scrambling to have fights worldwide, 3 Filipinos blew their chances in the US.
While other boxers are scrambling to have fights worldwide, 3 Filipinos blew the chances given them in the United States just this July.Mark John Yap got overweight, John Vincent Moralde contracted COVID-19, and Mercedito Gesta was downed by food poisoning.Yap's case was more appalling because it did not happen overnight. Granting the trainer and his manager have been remiss on their jobs, it's also his responsibility to monitor his weight, especially during fight week.
Though it wasn't his fault as he got hit by an unseen enemy, Moralde could have improved his record of 23-3, 13 knockouts as he was pitted against Mexican lightweight Alexis del Bosque on the same day as Yap.
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