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TUCSON – No Mercy is the nickname, the message and the plan. But it would have to wait. Time was more important than a swift stoppage for Filipino prospect Mercito Gesta Friday night at Casino Del Sol.

Gesta (19-0-1, 9 KOs) put in some overtime and still walked away with a dramatic stoppage, a seventh-round knockout of Mexican Genaro Trazancos (23-12-1, 13 KOs), in his apparent ascension to stardom.

“Six-plus rounds is pretty good,’’ Gesta said of a fight he probably could have ended a couple of rounds before he dropped Trazanco with a short left at 53 seconds of the seventh.

Work today might mean more in a later day. Gesta wants a shot at Australian Michael Katsidis, who holds the World Boxing Organization’s interim title. Gesta’s management and promoter, Don Chargin, have mentioned Katsidis as a possibility early next year.

“Hopefully,’’ said Gesta, who has No Mercy stitched in gold onto the bottom of his red trunks.

No Mercy was as good as no hope for Trazancos. He was unconscious before the back of his head hit the canvas with a frightening thud in an outdoor ring on a hot desert night.

“I never felt it,’’ Trazancos said not long after the main even on a card Chargin dedicated to his late wife, Lorraine. “He hit me in the right place.’’

It took several moments for Trazancos to climb off the canvas and onto his feet. Then, he sat in folding chair for several more moments. Finally, he stood up, turned toward Gesta and applauded.

Trazancos saw a lot of stars. In the end, he applauded one that might be around for awhile. Best of the undercard: In an upset, featherweight Noe Lopez (7-5, 4 KOs), a Mexican and a late-standin for injured Michael Franco, scored an upset, taking a unanimous decision from Adolfo Landeros (924-25-1, 9 KOs) of Mexico City

Lopez agreed to the fight early Friday. Franco withdrew from the bout Thursday night because on eye injury, torn retina.

The rest: Tucson middleweight Pahoron Gastellum (4-0) won a decision, unanimous in name and one-sided in fact, over Steve Macomber (3-10-1) of Lakeside, Calif.; Phoenix super-featherweight Carlos Luque and Martin Armenta of Mexico have more defeats than victories on their respective records, yet they fought each other as if they had never lost. In tough battle, Luque (2-6) prevailed, winning a unanimous decision over Armenta (12-24-3).

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