Linares close to unbackable against Gesta!
On January 27th we'll see WBC Diamond, WBA and Ring magazine Lightweight champion Jorge Linares (43-3, 27) defending his titles against once beaten Filipino Mercito Gesta (31-1-2, 17). On paper the bout looks really interesting, but the reality is that very, very few are giving the Filipino any sort of a chance here.At the moment Linares is best priced a 1/25 betting favourite, with some book makers pricing the Venezuelan at 1/33, 1/41, 1/50 and even the almost laughable 1/100. No one [...]