Jean-Marc Mormeck

Jean-Marc Mormeck
Statistics
Real name	Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck
Nickname(s)	The Marksman
Rated at	Heavyweight Cruiserweight Light Heavyweight
Height	181 cm (71.3 in)
Nationality	French
Born	(1972-06-03) 3 June 1972 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	41
Wins	36
Wins by KO	22
Losses	5

Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck (born 3 June 1972) is a French professional boxer from Guadeloupe and a former two-time WBC & WBA unified world cruiserweight champion.

Early life

Mormeck was born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe as an only child to Fulbert and Sonia Mormeck. When he was 6, he and his family moved to Paris, France where he still lives. Mormeck engaged himself in football and Muay Thai as an amateur. After watching some boxing matches on television, he became inspired to excel in it.^[1]

Boxing career

He fought as an amateur in 1990 and turned professional in 1995. Early in his career, Mormeck lost 2 minor four-round bouts on points but kept winning for years afterwards. On 10 November 1998, Mormeck won the French light heavyweight title with a unanimous decision win over Alain Simon. He defended that title three times before relinquishing it.

Later, Mormeck captured the WBA cruiserweight title by a 9th round technical knockout win over Virgil Hill on 23 February 2002. Following three defenses with wins over Dale Brown, Alexander Gurov and Virgil Hill again, he added the WBC cruiserweight crown to his collection on 2 April 2005, by way of unanimous decision over Wayne Braithwaite.

However, Mormeck lost his WBA and WBC cruiserweight titles to O'Neil Bell after being knocked out in the 10th round. This bout, on 7 January 2006, was for the undisputed (WBA/WBC/IBF) cruiserweight championship. In their rematch, Mormeck regained the WBA and WBC belts back from Bell (Bell lost the IBF title over a dispute from the organization) by unanimous decision on 17 March 2007.

In the first defense of his second title reign, Mormeck again lost his WBA and WBC titles as he was bested by mandatory challenger and knockout specialist David Haye on 10 November 2007. Mormeck was dropped heavily in the 7th round after being hit by a strong right from Haye. Although Mormeck rose up just in time, the referee realized that he was dazed and in no condition to go on, which caused the contest to be stopped and Haye winning the fight by knockout.

On 17 December 2009, Mormeck made his return to the ring after a two-year layoff, fighting for the first time as a heavyweight, against Vinny Maddalone. Mormeck outpointed the veteran heavyweight over 8 rounds.^[2]

Mormeck fought tough Uzbek heavyweight and WBA#7 Timur Ibragimov (30-3-1, 16 KO) on 2 December 2010, at Halle Carpentier, Paris. Mormeck started slowly but dominated the middle rounds to win a split decision (116-112, 116-111, 113-115).

In October 2011, Mormeck was signed to fight unified Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko on 10 December 2011 at Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany ^[3] until Klitschko pulled out after having a kidney stone removed on 2 December 2011. The fight was postponed to 3 March 2012. ^[4] In this fight, Mormeck attempted to be only the third cruiserweight champion to win a world title at Heavyweight, after Evander Holyfield and David Haye. However, he was defeated by the 4th - round KO.

Trivia

• Before his first encounter with O'Neil Bell, Mormeck had no nickname, so he asked his fans to come up with one. He did not know that the fans had selected the moniker "The Marksman" until it was announced at the fight.^[5]

• Mormeck made one appearance in a French television talk-show called "Tout le monde en parle" to raise his mainstream profile.^[6]

Professional boxing record

36 Wins (22 knockouts, 14 decisions), 5 Losses (3 knockouts, 2 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	36-5	Wladimir Klitschko	KO	4	03/03/2012	Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	WBA Super/IBF/WBO/IBO World Heavyweight Titles.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	30-2-1	Timur Ibragimov	SD	12	02/12/2010	Paris, France	WBA International Heavyweight Title. 116-111, 116-112, 113-115.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	32-5	Fres Oquendo	UD	10	06/05/2010	Paris, France	96-95, 96-95, 96-94.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	32-5	Vinny Maddalone	UD	8	17/12/2009	Paris, France	77-75, 79-75, 79-73.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	19-1	David Haye	TKO	7	10/11/2007	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France	WBA Super/WBC World Cruiserweight Titles.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	26-1-1	O'Neil Bell	UD	12	17/03/2007	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France	WBA Super/WBC World Cruiserweight Titles. 115-113, 115-113, 116-112.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-12-1	Sebastian Hill	TKO	4	08/07/2006	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:32 of the fourth round.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	25-1-1	O'Neil Bell	KO	10	07/01/2006	New York City, New York	WBA Super/WBC/IBF World Cruiserweight Titles. Mormeck knocked out at 2:50 of the tenth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	21-0	Wayne Braithwaite	UD	12	02/04/2005	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	WBA Super/WBC World Cruiserweight Titles. 116-110, 114-112, 115-111.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	49-4	Virgil Hill	UD	12	22/05/2004	Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa	WBA World Cruiserweight Title. 115-113, 115-113, 115-114.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	32-3-1	Alexander Gurov	TKO	8	01/03/2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBA World Cruiserweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 0:32 of the eighth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	28-2-1	Dale Brown	TKO	8	10/08/2002	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	WBA World Cruiserweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	46-3	Virgil Hill	RTD	8	23/02/2002	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	WBA World Cruiserweight Title. Hill retired after the eighth round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-14-1	Franklin Edmondson	PTS	8	08/10/2001	Paris, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19-21-2	Vinson Durham	TKO	2	04/08/2001	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	15-3	Antonio Fernando Caldas, Jr.	TKO	3	14/05/2001	Paris, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	30-10-4	Valeriy Vykhor	TKO	3	03/04/2001	Fréjus, Var, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	24-11-2	Juan Carlos Viloria	TKO	10	29/01/2001	Paris, France	WBA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-0	Livin Castillo	TKO	3	16/12/2000	Maracay, Venezuela	WBA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:36 of the third round.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11-10-1	Jerry Williams	TKO	6	03/10/2000	Helsinki, Finland
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-12-2	Antonio Pedro Quiganga	TKO	2	16/09/2000	Chateauroux, Indre, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17-23-3	Kostyantyn Okhrey	TKO	3	16/05/2000	Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	23-4-1	Tim Hillie	KO	4	25/04/2000	Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11-8-1	Jerry Williams	KO	7	07/03/2000	Dijon, Cote-d'Or, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	75-22-1	Rob Bleakley	TKO	4	15/02/2000	Epinal, Vosges, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	20-6-1	Bruce Rumbolz	TKO	4	07/12/1999	Saint-Vallier, Drome, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	19-4	Pascal Warusfel	UD	10	26/10/1999	Guilherand-Granges, Ardeche, France	France Light Heavyweight Title. 96-94, 96-94, 96-94.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	17-4-1	Ganguina Larme	PTS	10	18/05/1999	Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France	France Light Heavyweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	16-10-1	Joe Stevenson	TKO	2	02/02/1999	Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Oise, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18-2-1	Alain Simon	PTS	10	10/11/1998	Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Oise, France	France Light Heavyweight Title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	18-4	Konstantin Semerdjiev	TKO	5	13/10/1998	Guilherand-Granges, Ardeche, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-1	Kamel Amrane	PTS	8	23/05/1998	Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	8-4-1	Turan Bagci	PTS	8	20/01/1998	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	11-19-2	Kalin Stoyanov	TKO	7	20/12/1997	Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-0	Juan Nelongo	TKO	3	05/11/1997	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	3-0-1	Harri Hakulinen	PTS	6	24/06/1997	Pont-Audemer, Eure, France
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	4-1	Dominique Mansare	PTS	6	13/06/1997	Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	10-1	Lee Manuel Ossie	PTS	4	22/05/1997	Los Cristianos, Islas Canarias, Spain
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	7-16	Thierry Vuillemin	PTS	6	08/03/1997	Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	10-9-4	Frederic Goutal	TKO	4	19/05/1995	Saint-Lo, Manche, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	1-2	Pierrick Trideau	TKO	1	25/03/1995	Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Jean-Marc Mormeck from BoxRec
• Jean-Marc Mormeck's Boxrec Encyclopedia
• Jean-Marc Mormeck's Official Website