Ray Mercer
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1988 Seoul | Heavyweight | |
| Ray Mercer | |
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| Real name | Ray Mercer |
| Nickname | Merciless |
| Weight | Heavyweight |
| Nationality | American |
| Birth date | April 4, 1961 |
| Birth place | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| Death date | - |
| Style | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 41 |
| Wins | 34 |
| Wins by KO | 25 |
| Losses | 6 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
"Merciless" Ray Mercer is an American professional boxer. Born in Jacksonville, Florida on April 4, 1961 he is a former WBO heavyweight champion.
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[edit] Biography
He won gold in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul as a heavyweight. His professional career starting in 1989, with a TKO of Jesse Hughes, Mercer made a name for himself with his win over Tommy Morrison in 1991 to retain the WBO heavyweight title that he had taken from the previously unbeaten Francesco Damiani in Atlantic City earlier that same year.
He then suffered defeats to Larry Holmes (1992), Jesse Ferguson (1993), Evander Holyfield (1995) and Lennox Lewis (1996) before taking time out of boxing in 1997 due to problems with hepatitis B. Resuming his boxing career in 1998, he strung together a number of early round knockouts over journeymen such as Leo Loiacono, Jeff Pegues, Don Steele and Bryan Scott before losing to WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2002.
He challenged Musashi in the kickboxing combat sport K-1 on 6th June 2004. He lost via unanimous decsion. On 19th March 2005 he had one more K-1 bout taking on Remy Bonjasky. He lost via KO after being caught with a high kick.
[edit] Amateur Career
Mercer was the 1988 United States Amateur Champion at Heavyweight while in the US Army and compiled an Amateur record of 64-6. In 1989 Ray Mercer fought Barry Flowers(USAF) which contributed to a K.O. win in the 7th round.
[edit] Professional Record
[edit] Career
- WBO World Heavyweight champion (1991)
It has also just been announced that Mercer will fight Street-boxer Kimbo on March 30th in NYC.
| Preceded by Francesco Damiani |
WBO World Heavyweight Championship 11 Jan 1991–24 Dec 1991 Vacated |
Succeeded by Michael Moorer |
