Jean-Marc Mormeck

Jean-Marc Mormeck
Mormeck in 2005
Statistics
Real name	Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck
Nickname(s)	The Marksman
Rated at	Heavyweight Cruiserweight Light heavyweight
Height	181 cm (71.3 in)
Reach	188 cm (74 in)
Nationality	French
Born	(1972-06-03) 3 June 1972 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	43
Wins	37
Wins by KO	23
Losses	6

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

1990-1998: Early 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.

2002-2006: First World Title & Unification Bouts

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.

2007: Re-Capturing Cruiserweight Titles

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.

2009-2010: Heavyweight

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. He outpointed the veteran heavyweight over 8 rounds.^[2]

Mormeck fought 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).

2012: Heavyweight Title Shot

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

37 Wins (23 knockouts, 14 decisions), 5 Losses (3 knockouts, 2 decisions)
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	37-6	Mateusz Masternak	MD	10	06/12/2014	Issy les Moulineaux, France
Win	37-5	Tamas Lodi	TKO	4	26/06/2014	Hauts-de-Seine, France
Loss	36-5	Wladimir Klitschko	KO	4	03/03/2012	Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	WBA Super/IBF/WBO/IBO World Heavyweight Titles.
Win	36-4	Timur Ibragimov	SD	12	02/12/2010	Paris, France	WBA International Heavyweight Title. 116-111, 116-112, 113-115.
Win	35-4	Fres Oquendo	UD	10	06/05/2010	Paris, France	96-95, 96-95, 96-94.
Win	34-4	Vinny Maddalone	UD	8	17/12/2009	Paris, France	77-75, 79-75, 79-73.
Loss	33-4	David Haye	TKO	7	10/11/2007	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France	WBA Super/WBC World Cruiserweight Titles.
Win	33-3	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.
Win	32-3	Sebastian Hill	TKO	4	08/07/2006	Saint Louis, Missouri, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:32 of the fourth round.
Loss	31-3	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.
Win	31-2	Wayne Braithwaite	UD	12	02/04/2005	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	WBA Super/WBC World Cruiserweight Titles. 116-110, 114-112, 115-111.
Win	30-2	Virgil Hill	UD	12	22/05/2004	Brakpan, Gauteng, South Africa	WBA World Cruiserweight Title. 115-113, 115-113, 115-114.
Win	29-2	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.
Win	28-2	Dale Brown	TKO	8	10/08/2002	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	WBA World Cruiserweight Title.
Win	27-2	Virgil Hill	RTD	8	23/02/2002	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France	WBA World Cruiserweight Title. Hill retired after the eighth round.
Win	26-2	Franklin Edmondson	PTS	8	08/10/2001	Paris, France
Win	25-2	Vinson Durham	TKO	2	04/08/2001	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Win	24-2	Antonio Fernando Caldas, Jr.	TKO	3	14/05/2001	Paris, France
Win	23-2	Valeriy Vykhor	TKO	3	03/04/2001	Fréjus, Var, France
Win	22-2	Juan Carlos Viloria	TKO	10	29/01/2001	Paris, France	WBA Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	21-2	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.
Win	20-2	Jerry Williams	TKO	6	03/10/2000	Helsinki, Finland
Win	19-2	Antonio Pedro Quiganga	TKO	2	16/09/2000	Chateauroux, Indre, France
Win	18-2	Kostyantyn Okhrey	TKO	3	16/05/2000	Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France
Win	17-2	Tim Hillie	KO	4	25/04/2000	Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France
Win	16-2	Jerry Williams	KO	7	07/03/2000	Dijon, Cote-d'Or, France
Win	15-2	Rob Bleakley	TKO	4	15/02/2000	Epinal, Vosges, France
Win	14-2	Bruce Rumbolz	TKO	4	07/12/1999	Saint-Vallier, Drome, France
Win	13-2	Pascal Warusfel	UD	10	26/10/1999	Guilherand-Granges, Ardeche, France	France Light Heavyweight Title. 96-94, 96-94, 96-94.
Win	12-2	Ganguina Larme	PTS	10	18/05/1999	Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France	France Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	11-2	Joe Stevenson	TKO	2	02/02/1999	Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Oise, France
Win	10-2	Alain Simon	PTS	10	10/11/1998	Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Oise, France	France Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	9-2	Konstantin Semerdjiev	TKO	5	13/10/1998	Guilherand-Granges, Ardeche, France
Win	8-2	Kamel Amrane	PTS	8	23/05/1998	Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Win	7-2	Turan Bagci	PTS	8	20/01/1998	Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Win	6-2	Kalin Stoyanov	TKO	7	20/12/1997	Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Win	5-2	Juan Nelongo	TKO	3	05/11/1997	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
Win	4-2	Harri Hakulinen	PTS	6	24/06/1997	Pont-Audemer, Eure, France
Loss	3-2	Dominique Mansare	PTS	6	13/06/1997	Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome, France
Loss	3-1	Lee Manuel Ossie	PTS	4	22/05/1997	Los Cristianos, Islas Canarias, Spain
Win	3-0	Thierry Vuillemin	PTS	6	08/03/1997	Noisy-le-Grand, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Win	2-0	Frederic Goutal	TKO	4	19/05/1995	Saint-Lo, Manche, France
Win	1-0	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