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Joseph Diaz vs Mercito Gesta — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Joseph Diaz

🇵🇭PHILIPPINES

Mercito Gesta

Joseph Diaz (34-10-1) and Mercito Gesta (34-4-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Diaz

34

Wins15 KO · 44%

10

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Gesta

34

Wins17 KO · 50%

4

Losses

3

Draws41 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Gesta leads 1–0

Joseph Diaz and Mercito Gesta have met 1 time; Gesta leads 1–0.

Joseph Diaz and Mercito Gesta have met 1 time; Gesta leads 1–0.
Met2023Mar 18Series
Joseph DiazFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Mercito GestaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Diaz 3 · Gesta 5 of 8 measurable rows
DiazGesta
Record
34-10-134-4-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
76.7%
86.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
15
17 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
44.12%
50% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
43%
50% (edge)
Times stopped†max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.4
3.4 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
46
41

† 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

Height+1″
Joseph Diaz: 5′6″
Mercito Gesta: 5′7″ (edge)
Reach+4″
Joseph Diaz: 64″
Mercito Gesta: 68″ (edge)
Age6 yrs apart
Joseph Diaz: 33
Mercito Gesta: 39
Stance
Joseph Diaz: Southpaw
Mercito Gesta: Southpaw

Joseph Diaz left, Mercito Gesta right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joseph Diaz35 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Joseph Diaz: 35 tracked wins — 15 by KO/TKO (43%) and 20 on the cards (57%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

15 by KO/TKO 43%20 on the cards 57%

Mercito Gesta34 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

Mercito Gesta: 34 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (50%), 16 on the cards (47%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 41 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 50%16 on the cards 47%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joseph Diaz 46, Mercito Gesta 41 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Diaz

Opponent

Gesta

  • Joseph Diaz

    Loss, UD

    2022

    ZepedaEven

    Mercito Gesta

    Loss, TKO 6

    2023

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

Joseph Diaz has lost three straight, after one straight win. Diaz last boxed on Jun 19, 2026 — 122 days ago.LWLLL

Montoya Nov 2024Diaz Jun 2025Prograis Aug 2025Rocha Mar 2026Sylve Jun 20263.4 tracked bouts per year

Mercito Gesta last boxed on Sep 16, 2023 — 1,129 days ago. Gesta had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to William Zepeda.LDWWL

Rodríguez Mar 2019Morales Nov 2019Jr Apr 2022Diaz Mar 2023Zepeda Sep 20232.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joseph Diaz and Mercito Gesta ever fought each other?
Yes. Joseph Diaz and Mercito Gesta met once on March 18, 2023, and Mercito Gesta won by SD.
The meeting

LMar 18, 2023 · Gesta · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Diaz or Gesta?
Joseph Diaz is 34-10-1 and Mercito Gesta is 34-4-3. Mercito Gesta has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Diaz34–10–176.7%

Gesta34–4–386.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Diaz or Gesta?
Joseph Diaz has 15 knockout wins and Mercito Gesta has 17. Mercito Gesta has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Diaz1544.1%

Gesta1750%

The Numbers ↓
Do Diaz and Gesta have any common opponents?
Joseph Diaz and Mercito Gesta share 1 common opponent: William Zepeda. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

William ZepedaLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Diaz or Gesta?
Mercito Gesta is the taller fighter at 170 cm, 2 cm above the other. Mercito Gesta also has the longer reach, by 10 cm.
Height · reach

Diaz168 cm163 cm reach

Gesta170 cm173 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Diaz and Gesta?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Joseph Diaz and 41 bouts tracked for Mercito Gesta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Diaz46bouts

Gesta41bouts

How They Win ↓

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