Have Derrick Banks and Joe Mesi ever fought each other?

Yes. Derrick Banks and Joe Mesi met once on November 2, 2001, and Joe Mesi won by TKO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Banks or Mesi?

Derrick Banks is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Mesi is 36-0. Joe Mesi has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Banks or Mesi?

Derrick Banks has 0 knockout wins and Joe Mesi has 29. Joe Mesi has more.

Do Banks and Mesi have any common opponents?

Derrick Banks and Joe Mesi share 1 common opponent: Monte Barrett. Joe Mesi fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Banks and Mesi?

This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Derrick Banks and 36 bouts tracked for Joe Mesi. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Derrick Banks vs Joe Mesi — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Derrick Banks

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Joe Mesi

Derrick Banks (2-5 across 7 tracked bouts) and Joe Mesi (36-0) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Banks

Tracked record

2–5

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Mesi

Wins29 KO · 81%

Losses

Draws36 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

Mesi leads 1–0

Derrick Banks and Joe Mesi have met 1 time; Mesi leads 1–0.
Met	2001Nov 2	Series
Derrick BanksFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Joe MesiFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR1Mesi vs Banks	1Meeting

Mesi vs Banks · Nov 2, 2001

The Numbers

Banks 0 · Mesi 6 of 6 measurable rows

BanksEdge = longer wingMesi

Record^†: 2-536-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 28.6%
100% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29: 0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —80.56%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
81% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 2: 2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.6: 1.4
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 36: 7
36

† 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

Agenot held: Derrick Banks: No date of birth; Joe Mesi: 52
Stance: Derrick Banks: Not recorded; Joe Mesi: Orthodox

Derrick Banks left, Joe Mesi right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Derrick Banks2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

2 on the cards 100%

Joe Mesi36 wins · from 36 tracked bouts

29 by KO/TKO 81%7 on the cards 19%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Derrick Banks 7, Joe Mesi 36 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Mesi better on 11 shared · Joe Mesi better on 1

BanksDerrick Banks

Opponent

MesiJoe Mesi

Derrick Banks
Loss, UD
2000Jan 2000
BarrettMonte BarrettUnited States 35–11–2 · HeavyweightMesi betterJoe Mesi better — 1–0 to 0–1
Joe Mesi
Win, MD
2003Dec 2003

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Derrick Banks last boxed on Nov 22, 2003 — 8,372 days ago. Banks had lost five straight.LLLLL

Barrett Jan 2000Shufford May 2000Johnson Apr 2001Mesi Nov 2001Guinn Nov 20031.4 tracked bouts per year

Joe Mesi last boxed on Oct 12, 2007 — 6,952 days ago. Mesi had won 36 straight, the most recent against Shannon Miller.WWWWW

Matthews Aug 2006Weiss Sep 2006Linberger Feb 2007Johnson Apr 2007Miller Oct 20073.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Derrick Banks and Joe Mesi ever fought each other?: Yes. Derrick Banks and Joe Mesi met once on November 2, 2001, and Joe Mesi won by TKO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Banks or Mesi?: Derrick Banks is 2-5 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Mesi is 36-0. Joe Mesi has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Banks or Mesi?: Derrick Banks has 0 knockout wins and Joe Mesi has 29. Joe Mesi has more.
Do Banks and Mesi have any common opponents?: Derrick Banks and Joe Mesi share 1 common opponent: Monte Barrett. Joe Mesi fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Banks and Mesi?: This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Derrick Banks and 36 bouts tracked for Joe Mesi. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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