Record details

Ray Mercer

"Merciless"

Heavyweight

Male

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

Amateur Results


1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dual Match USA vs Cuba, 91 kg
- Apr. 30	Felix Savon (CUB)	Atlantic City, New Jersey	LPTS

Professional record


1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= July 28	Marion Wilson	Atlantic City, New Jersey	Draw 10

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 20	Evander Holyfield	Atlantic City, New Jersey	L 10

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 10	Lennox Lewis	New York, New York	L 10
+ Dec. 14	Tim Witherspoon	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 10


1997 Inactive

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Leo Loiacono	Miami, Florida	KO 2

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 18	Jimmy Haynes	Tunica, Mississippi	KO 1


2000 Inactive

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 23	Mario Cawley	Coconut Creek, Florida	KO 3
+ Nov. 11	Shawn Robinson	Elizabeth, Indiana	TKO 3

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 28	Steve Pannell	Coconut Creek, Florida	TKO 3

2005
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 24	Darroll Wilson	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 10
- Aug. 26	Shannon Briggs	Hollywood, Florida	KO by 7


2006 Inactive

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 15	Mikael Lindblad	Karlstad, Sweden	KO 1

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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