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Ray Mercer
Male
"Merciless"
Heavyweight, USA, South Orange, New Jersey
Born: April 4, 1961, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Height 6ft 1in, mt 1,85
Weight 238 lbs, 107.933 kg
as an amateur:
1988 U.S. Army Champs heavyweight gold medal
1988 Armed Forces Champs heavyweight silver medal
1988 U.S. amateur Champs heavyweight gold medal
1988 U.S. Olympic Trials heavyweight gold medal
1988 Seoul Olympic Games heavyweight gold medal
W RSCH 3 Rudolf Gavenciak, Czechoslovakia;
W KO 1 Luigi Gaudiano, Italy;
W RSCH 2 Arnold Vanderlyde, Netherlands;
W KO 1 Baik Hyun Man, South Korea
amateur record: 64-6
Ray Mercer was the first Olympic Gold Medallist at heavyweight 91 kg (201 lbs)
to win a professional heavyweight world title
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1988 | |
| Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dual Match USA vs Cuba, 91 kg | - Apr. 30 | Felix Savon | Atlantic City, New Jersey | LPTS |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1989 | | + Feb. 24 | Jessie McGhee | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 3 | | + Mar. 4 | Lou Wolford | Bismarck, North Dakota | KO 1 | | + Mar. 28 | Garing Lane | Las Vegas, Nevada | W 4 | | + May 16 | David Hopkins | Indianapolis, Indiana | KO 1 | | + June 12 | Ken Crosby | Las Vegas, Nevada | KO 1 | | + July 15 | Al Evans | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 1 | | + Aug. 15 | Tracy Thomas | West Orange, New Jersey | KO 1 | | + Sept. 5 | Dino Homsey | Lake Tahoe, Nevada | TKO 1 | | + Sept. 19 | Arthel Lawhorne | Jacksonville, Florida | TKO 2 | | + Oct. 17 | Eddie Richardson | Phoenix, Arizona | TKO 1 | | + Nov. 14 | Jerry Jones | West Orange, New Jersey | W 8 | | + Dec. 7 | Ossie Ocasio | Las Vegas, Nevada | W 8 | | 1990 | | + Jan. 15 | Wesley Watson | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 5 | | + Mar. 2 | Kimmuel Odum | Las Vegas, Nevada | W 12 | | (Won vacant IBF Inter-Cont’l Heavyweight Title) | | + May 31 | Lionel Washington | Rochester, New York | TKO 4 | | (Retained IBF Inter-Cont’l Heavyweight Title) | | + Aug. 5 | Bert Cooper | Atlantic City, New Jersey | W 12 | | (Won NABF Heavyweight Title) | | 1991 | | + Jan. 11 | Francesco Damiani | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 9 | | (Won WBO Heavyweight Title) | | + Oct. 18 | Tommy Morrison | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 5 | | (Retained WBO Heavyweight Title) | | 1992 | | - Feb. 7 | Larry Holmes | Atlantic City, New Jersey | L 12 | | + Oct. 7 | Mike Dixon | Augusta, Georgia | TKO 7 | | + Dec. 10 | Jerry Halstead | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 2 | | 1993 | | - Feb. 6 | Jesse Ferguson | New York, New York | L 10 | | + Aug. 11 | Tony Willis | Bay St Louis, Mississippi | TKO 1 | | + Oct. 6 | Mark Wills | Atlantic City, New Jersey | W 10 | | + Nov. 19 | Jesse Ferguson | Atlantic City, New Jersey | W 10 | | 1994 | | = July 28 | Marion Wilson | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Draw 10 | | 1995 | | - May 20 | Evander Holyfield | Atlantic City, New Jersey | L 10 | | 1996 | | - May 10 | Lennox Lewis | New York, New York | L 10 | | + Dec. 14 | Tim Witherspoon | Atlantic City, New Jersey | W 10 | 1997
Inactive | | 1998 | | + Feb. 21 | Leo Loiacono | Miami, Florida | KO 2 | | 1999 | | + Dec. 18 | Jimmy Haynes | Tunica, Mississippi | KO 1 | 2000
Inactive | | 2001 | | + Feb. 11 | Jeff Pegues | Elgin, Illinois | KO 2 | | + Mar. 17 | Don Steele | Philadelphia, Mississippi | KO 5 | | + Oct. 13 | Brian Scott | Copenhagen, Denmark | KO 2 | | 2002 | | + Feb. 23 | Troy Weida | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 1 | | - June 29 | Wladimir Klitschko | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO by 6 | | (For WBO Heavyweight Title) | | 2003 | | + Aug. 23 | Mario Cawley | Coconut Creek, Florida | KO 3 | | + Nov. 11 | Shawn Robinson | Elizabeth, Indiana | TKO 3 | | 2004 | | + Feb. 28 | Steve Pannell | Coconut Creek, Florida | TKO 3 | | 2005 | | + June 24 | Darroll Wilson | Atlantic City, New Jersey | W 10 | | - Aug. 26 | Shannon Briggs | Hollywood, Florida | KO by 7 | 2006
Inactive | | 2007 | | + Sept. 15 | Mikael Lindblad | Karlstad, Sweden | KO 1 | | 2008 | | - Jan. 26 | Derrick Rossy | Macao, China | L 12 | | (For vacant NABO interim Heavyweight Title and for | | + Sept. 5 | Richel Hersisia | Karlstad, Sweden | W 6 |
Summary
Total bouts: 44, Won: 36 (26 inside the limit), Lost: 7 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0
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