| Mercito Gesta | |
| Nickname: | No Mercy Guerrero |
| Weight Class: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in[1] |
| Reach: | 68 in |
| Nationality: | Filipino |
| Birth Date: | 1987 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Labogon, Mandaue, Philippines |
| Stance: | Southpaw[2] |
| Total: | 41 |
| Wins: | 34 |
| Ko: | 17 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 3 |
Mercito Moya Gesta (pronounced hes-ta, born 12 October 1987) is a Filipino professional boxer who challenged for the IBF lightweight title in 2012 and the WBA lightweight title in 2018. At regional level he held the WBO-NABO lightweight title in 2018.
Gesta began his professional career on 19 October 2003, with a unanimous decision win over Edwin Picardal.
Mercito Gesta vs. Miguel Vázquez was on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV on 8 December 2012. This fight was for the IBF lightweight title. On fight night Gesta was out boxed and outclassed by Vázquez and lost by unanimous decision. The score totals for this fight were 119–109, 118–110, and 117–111.
Gesta was scheduled to fight former IBF super featherweight champion Jojo Diaz on March 18, 2023 on Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California. Gesta vs Diaz had been scheduled for the co-feature spot, but after light heavyweight contender Gilberto Ramirez came in overweight for his main event fight against Gabe Rosado, the fight was canceled, and the Diaz vs. Gesta fight moved to the headliner slot.[3] The day of the fight Mercito Gesta defeats Joseph Diaz by 10 Round Split Decision the judges’ scores were 99–91, 98–92 for Gesta, and 97–93 for Diaz.
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Loss | 34–4–3 | William Zepeda | TKO | 6 (12), | 16 Sep 2023 | |||
| 40 | Win | 34–3–3 | Joseph Diaz Jr. | SD | 10 | 18 Mar 2023 | |||
| 39 | Win | 33–3–3 | Joel Diaz Jr. | UD | 10 | 21 Apr 2022 | |||
| 38 | Draw | 32–3–3 | Carlos Morales | TD | 6 (10), | 14 Nov 2019 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 32–3–2 | Juan Antonio Rodriguez | KO | 9 (10), | 21 Mar 2019 | |||
| 36 | Win | 32–2–2 | Robert Manzanarez | MD | 10 | 14 Jun 2018 | |||
| 35 | Loss | 31–2–2 | Jorge Linares | UD | 12 | 27 Jan 2018 | |||
| 34 | Win | 31–1–2 | Martin Honorio | KO | 8 (10), | 15 Jul 2017 | |||
| 33 | Win | 30–1–2 | Gilberto Josué González | UD | 10 | 1 Apr 2017 | |||
| 32 | Win | 29–1–2 | Miguel Mendoza | UD | 10 | 3 Oct 2015 | |||
| 31 | Draw | 28–1–2 | Carlos Molina | SD | 10 | 30 Apr 2015 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Luis Arceo | RTD | 7 (10), | 18 Jul 2014 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Edgar Riovalle | TKO | 8 (8), | 11 Apr 2014 | |||
| 28 | Loss | 26–1–1 | Miguel Vázquez | UD | 12 | 8 Dec 2012 | |||
| 27 | Win | 26–0–1 | Ty Barnett | TKO | 9 (10), | 3 Aug 2012 | |||
| 26 | Win | 25–0–1 | Oscar Cuero | TKO | 8 (10), | 14 Apr 2012 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Ricardo Dominguez | UD | 10 | 11 Nov 2011 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Manuel Pérez | UD | 10 | 17 Sep 2011 | |||
| 23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Jorge Pimentel | KO | 3 (8), | 9 Jul 2011 | |||
| 22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Genaro Trazancos | RTD | 3 (8), | 18 Feb 2011 | |||
| 21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Ivan Valle | TKO | 2 (8), | 22 Oct 2010 | |||
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Genaro Trazancos | KO | 7 (8), | 20 Aug 2010 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Oscar Meza | RTD | 4 (12), | 4 Jun 2010 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Cristian Favela | UD | 8 | 25 Feb 2010 | |||
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Devarise Crayton | TKO | 3 (8), | 10 Jul 2009 | |||
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Alain Hernandez | TKO | 1 (8), | 21 May 2009 | |||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Cristian Favela | UD | 8 | 7 Nov 2008 | |||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Benito Zepeda | KO | 1 (6), | 18 Apr 2008 | |||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Carlos Vinan | TKO | 4 (6), | 4 Oct 2007 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Carlos Madrid | MD | 6 | 4 Aug 2007 | |||
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Lee Escobido | TD | 7 (10) | 16 Dec 2005 | |||
| 10 | Draw | 9–0–1 | Rey Llagas | TD | 2 (8), | 5 Nov 2005 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Alex Guevarra | UD | 10 | 25 Sep 2005 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Chris Dujali | UD | 8 | 13 Aug 2005 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Roldan Malinao | KO | 2 (8), | 12 Jun 2005 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Edwin Picardal | RTD | 5 (6), | 10 Dec 2004 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Sherwin Daguhoy | MD | 6 | 21 May 2004 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Sherwin Daguhoy | UD | 6 | 18 Apr 2004 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Renato Nival | MD | 4 | 25 Mar 2004 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Terry Tayao | TKO | 1 (4), | 7 Feb 2004 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Edwin Picardal | UD | 4 | 19 Oct 2003 |
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