Ryad Merhy was born in Ouragahio, Ivory Coast on November 28, 1992. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on June 29, 2013 against Hrvoje Bozinovic. Merhy defeated Bozinovic via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Merhy got elevated as the WBA (Regular) cruiserweight champion at the age of 28 after 31 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Zhaoxin Zhang on July 17, 2021. He stopped Zhang in the 9th of the 12-round fight.
Merhy's latest fight was a unanimous decision loss to Jared Anderson at age 31, on April 13, 2024.
Some of Ryad Merhy's best fights so far have been against Tony Yoka. For a complete list of Merhy's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Ryad Merhy".
Merhy has 3 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Ryad Merhy Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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35 | Apr 13, 2024 | 31 |
Jared Anderson 24 16-0 | loss | UD 10 |
34 | Dec 09, 2023 | 31 |
Tony Yoka 31 11-2 | win | SD 10 |
33 | May 13, 2023 | 30 |
Kevin Lerena 31 28-2 | loss | UD 12 |
32 | Oct 22, 2022 | 29 | Dusan Krstin | win | TKO 3 |
31 | Jul 17, 2021 | 28 | Zhaoxin Zhang | win | TKO 9 |
30 | Oct 19, 2019 | 26 | Imre Szellő | win | KO 7 |
29 | May 04, 2019 | 26 | Cesar David Crenz | win | KO 3 |
28 | Dec 15, 2018 | 26 | Samuel Clarkson | win | KO 4 |
27 | Oct 20, 2018 | 25 | Demetrius Banks | win | UD 8 |
26 | Jun 29, 2018 | 25 | Soso Abuladze | win | KO 6 |
25 | Mar 24, 2018 | 25 |
Arsen Goulamirian 30 22-0 | loss | TKO 11 |
24 | Dec 16, 2017 | 25 | Nick Kisner | win | KO 4 |
23 | May 20, 2017 | 24 | Mitch Williams | win | UD 12 |
22 | Dec 17, 2016 | 24 | Max Alexander | win | KO 11 |
21 | Nov 01, 2016 | 23 | Tamas Bajzath | win | TKO 3 |
20 | Oct 15, 2016 | 23 | Giorgi Tevdorashvili | win | TKO 6 |
19 | May 21, 2016 | 23 | Williams Ocando | win | TKO 6 |
18 | Dec 19, 2015 | 23 | Sylvera Louis | win | KO 6 |
17 | Sep 26, 2015 | 22 | Antonio Sousa | win | UD 8 |
16 | May 31, 2015 | 22 | Attila Palko | win | TKO 2 |
15 | Apr 04, 2015 | 22 | Arturs Kulikauskis | win | KO 7 |
14 | Mar 14, 2015 | 22 | Bjoern Blaschke | win | RTD 4 |
13 | Dec 25, 2014 | 22 | Shalva Jomardashvili | win | TKO 5 |
12 | Dec 06, 2014 | 22 | Ben Nsafoah | win | KO 4 |
11 | Nov 15, 2014 | 21 | Ferenc Zsalek | win | UD 4 |
10 | Oct 03, 2014 | 21 | Cedric Kalonji | win | KO 3 |
9 | May 31, 2014 | 21 | Abdelhadi Hanine | win | KO 1 |
8 | Mar 28, 2014 | 21 | Paata Berikashvili | win | TKO 3 |
7 | Feb 09, 2014 | 21 | Elvir Behlulovic | win | KO 2 |
6 | Jan 11, 2014 | 21 | Patrick Berger | win | KO 2 |
5 | Dec 14, 2013 | 21 | Toni Visic | win | KO 3 |
4 | Nov 23, 2013 | 20 | Jakub Wojcik | win | UD 4 |
3 | Oct 05, 2013 | 20 | Marko Martinjak | win | RTD 2 |
2 | Aug 23, 2013 | 20 | Nikolai Ermenkov | win | KO 1 |
1 | Jun 29, 2013 | 20 | Hrvoje Bozinovic | win | KO 2 |