Ray Mercer
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| Born | Raymond Anthony Mercer April 4, 1961 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
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| Other names | Merciless | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||
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| Reach | 77 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 36 | ||||||||||||
| By knockout | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 7 | ||||||||||||
| By knockout | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||
| By knockout | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 | ||||||||||||
| By knockout | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Raymond Anthony "Ray" Mercer (born April 4, 1961) is an American former professional boxer, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist. In boxing he competed from 1989 to 2008, and held the WBO heavyweight title from 1991 to 1992. As an amateur he won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics. As a mixed martial artist, Mercer is known for scoring an upset one-punch knockout victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in 2009.
Mercer won the 1988 United States amateur heavyweight championship while serving in the U.S. Army and compiled an Amateur record of 64-6. He won Gold in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul as a heavyweight.
Mercer turned pro in 1989 with a 3rd TKO of Jesse Hughes. He scored a series of knockouts and in August 1990 knocked down and outpointed big punching Smokin' Bert Cooper in a spectacular 12 round brawl that earned him Cooper's NABF title. In January 1991 he challenged undefeated Francesco Damiani for the WBO heavyweight title, scoring a one punch knockout victory in the 9th when behind on points. Later that year he brutally demolished undefeated puncher Tommy Morrison in five, and with a major world title fight on the horizon vacated his WBO belt and fought 42-year-old legend Larry Holmes rather than mandatory challenger Michael Moorer. It proved an unwise decision, as the crafty Holmes conned Mercer out of the fight, outjabbing the puzzled youngster and gaining both the points decision, and Mercer's world title fight with heavyweight king Evander Holyfield.
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