An undefeated Filipino fighter with an entertaining style is a commodity with great box-office potential in boxing today. Each opportunity to earn him TV exposure should be quickly seized, allowing his countrymen to compare him to other Filipino icons such as Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire. That's the idea behind this week's edition of "Friday Night Fights" (ESPN2/ESPN3, 10 p.m. ET), when unbeaten southpaw Mercito Gesta -- a resident of San Diego by way of the Cebu province of the Philippines -- will clash with Ty Barnett of Washington, D.
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