Buried On The Card, Mercado Needs A Statement Win

Ernesto Mercado and Antonio Moran each weighed in successfully today for his or her fight Saturday. The sunshine welterweight contender Mercado is seeking to placed on a show by beating Moran and calling out certainly one of the large names at 140.

The sunshine welterweight Mercado has been on the shelf with an injury that has kept him out of the ring since last January. Fortunately for him, he’s getting a second fight this yr against the veteran Moran.

Mercado’s 10-round fight is buried three-deep on the Diego Pacheco vs. Kevin Lele Sadjo card. Despite being the identical age as Pacheco, Ernesto isn’t headlining like he’s. He hasn’t been fast-tracked. That’s the missing ingredient. That’s why it’s vital that he look good against Moran in order that he can get more visibility.

• Diego Pacheco 167.2 vs. Kevin Lele Sadjo 166
• Joe Cordina 135 vs. Gabe Flores Jr 134.8
• Ernesto Mercado 139 vs. Antonio Moran 140
• Skye Nicolson 121.4 vs. Yuliahn Luna 120
• Arturo Cardenas 121.8 vs. Cesar Vaca 120.8
• Chev Clarke 199.4 vs. Anthony Hollaway 196.6
• Sachery Sam 125.6 vs. Brandon Medina Guerrero 124.8
• Cesar Olvera 131.2 vs. Victor Saravia 132

Mercado defeated Jose Pedraza by a fourth-round knockout last January. He says he desires to fight the winner of the Teofimo Lopez vs. Shakur Stevenson fight. That’s unlikely, on condition that Turki Alalshikh said he has a giant fight planned for the winner. It wouldn’t be Mercado that he could be talking about.

“I need to fight each Teofimo and Shakur, so I’m almost somewhat dissatisfied that certainly one of them goes to take an ‘L’ as it would diminish after I beat them, nevertheless it needs to be an awesome fight, and so they are attempting to placed on the most effective fights, which is admittedly good,” said Ernesto Mercado.

“I feel Shakur winning it, which is out of my favor, as he’s not going to wish to fight me.”

Mercado (17-0, 16 KOs) vs. Moran (31-7-1, 21 KOs) will likely be fighting in a 10-round bout on DAZN this Saturday, December thirteenth, from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.