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David Merchant vs Hilario Zapata — record, stats and common opponents compared

David Merchant

🇵🇦PANAMA

Hilario Zapata

David Merchant (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) and Hilario Zapata (43-10-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Merchant

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Zapata

43

Wins14 KO · 33%

10

Losses

1

Draw54 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Merchant leads 1–0

David Merchant and Hilario Zapata have met 1 time; Merchant leads 1–0.

David Merchant and Hilario Zapata have met 1 time; Merchant leads 1–0.
Met1992Sep 19Series
David MerchantFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Hilario ZapataFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTDR71Meeting

The Numbers

Merchant 1 · Zapata 6 of 7 measurable rows
MerchantZapata
Record†
1-243-10-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
80.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
0
14 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—32.56%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
33% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.5
1.1
3.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
3
54

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
David Merchant: No height on file
Hilario Zapata: 5′6″
Reachnot held
David Merchant: No reach on file
Hilario Zapata: 68″
Agenot held
David Merchant: No date of birth
Hilario Zapata: 68
Stance
David Merchant: Not recorded
Hilario Zapata: Southpaw

David Merchant left, Hilario Zapata right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
David Merchant1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

David Merchant: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Hilario Zapata43 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Hilario Zapata: 43 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (33%) and 29 on the cards (67%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 33%29 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — David Merchant 3, Hilario Zapata 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

David Merchant last boxed on Apr 29, 1994 — 11,869 days ago. Merchant had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Alimi Goitia.LWL

Jung-il Jul 1991Zapata Sep 1992Goitia Apr 19941.1 tracked bouts per year

Hilario Zapata last boxed on Feb 27, 1993 — 12,295 days ago. Zapata had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Moon Sung-kil.WLWWL

Salcedo Aug 1992Merchant Sep 1992Lopez Oct 1992Cogollo Nov 1992Sung-kil Feb 19933.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have David Merchant and Hilario Zapata ever fought each other?
Yes. David Merchant and Hilario Zapata met once on September 19, 1992, and David Merchant won by TD in round 7.
The meeting

WSep 19, 1992 · Merchant · TD R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Merchant or Zapata?
David Merchant is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Hilario Zapata is 43-10-1. Hilario Zapata has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Merchant1–233.3%

Zapata43–10–180.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Merchant or Zapata?
David Merchant has 0 knockout wins and Hilario Zapata has 14. Hilario Zapata has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Merchant0

Zapata1432.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Merchant and Zapata have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both David Merchant and Hilario Zapata have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Merchant and Zapata?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for David Merchant and 54 bouts tracked for Hilario Zapata. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Merchant3bouts

Zapata54bouts

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