Ryad Merhy (32-3, 26) was born in Ouragahio, Ivory Coast on November 28, 1992. At the age of 20 years on June 29, 2013, he made his professional boxing debut against Hrvoje Bozinovic, winning the fight via 2nd-round KO.
Merhy was elevated as the WBA (Regular) cruiserweight world champion at the age of 28 years and had his first title defense fight against Zhaoxin Zhang on July 17, 2021. he successfully defended the title, winning the fight via 9th-round TKO.
Merhy's last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Jared Anderson at age 31 on April 13, 2024. He is on a 1-fight losing streak.
Merhy has 3 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Ryad Merhy Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35  | Apr 13, 2024 31 years, 4 months 32-3 (26) | 24 years, 4 months 16-0 (15) | HW | 10 | UD | LOSS |
34  | Dec 9, 2023 31 years 32-2 (26) | 31 years, 7 months 11-2 (9) | CR | 10 | SD | WIN |
33  | May 13, 2023 30 years, 5 months 31-2 (26) | 31 years 28-2 (14) | CR | 12 | UD | LOSS |
32 | Oct 22, 2022 29 years, 10 months 31-1 (26) | Dusan Krstin | CR | 3 | TKO | WIN |
31 | Jul 17, 2021 28 years, 7 months 30-1 (25) | Zhaoxin Zhang | CR | 9 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA (Regular) |
30 | Oct 19, 2019 26 years, 10 months 29-1 (24) | Imre Szellő | CR | 7 | KO | WIN Won WBA InterimVacant |
29 | May 4, 2019 26 years, 5 months 28-1 (23) | Cesar David Crenz | CR | 3 | KO | WIN |
28 | Dec 15, 2018 26 years 27-1 (22) | Samuel Clarkson | CR | 4 | KO | WIN |
27 | Oct 20, 2018 25 years, 10 months 26-1 (21) | Demetrius Banks | CR | 8 | UD | WIN |
26 | Jun 29, 2018 25 years, 7 months 25-1 (21) | Soso Abuladze | CR | 6 | KO | WIN |
25  | Mar 24, 2018 25 years, 3 months 24-1 (20) | 30 years, 5 months 22-0 (14) | CR | 11 | TKO | LOSS For WBA Interim |
24 | Dec 16, 2017 25 years 24-0 (20) | Nick Kisner | CR | 4 | KO | WIN |
23 | May 20, 2017 24 years, 5 months 23-0 (19) | Mitch Williams | CR | 12 | UD | WIN |
22 | Dec 17, 2016 24 years 22-0 (19) | Max Alexander | CR | 11 | KO | WIN |
21 | Nov 1, 2016 23 years, 11 months 21-0 (18) | Tamas Bajzath | CR | 3 | TKO | WIN |
20 | Oct 15, 2016 23 years, 10 months 20-0 (17) | Giorgi Tevdorashvili | CR | 6 | TKO | WIN |
19 | May 21, 2016 23 years, 5 months 19-0 (16) | Williams Ocando | CR | 6 | TKO | WIN |
18 | Dec 19, 2015 23 years 18-0 (15) | Sylvera Louis | CR | 6 | KO | WIN |
17 | Sep 26, 2015 22 years, 9 months 17-0 (14) | Antonio Sousa | 8 | UD | WIN | |
16 | May 31, 2015 22 years, 6 months 16-0 (14) | Attila Palko | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
15 | Apr 4, 2015 22 years, 4 months 15-0 (13) | Arturs Kulikauskis | 7 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Mar 14, 2015 22 years, 3 months 14-0 (12) | Bjoern Blaschke | 4 | RTD | WIN | |
13 | Dec 25, 2014 22 years 13-0 (11) | Shalva Jomardashvili | 5 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Dec 6, 2014 22 years 12-0 (10) | Ben Nsafoah | 4 | KO | WIN | |
11 | Nov 15, 2014 21 years, 11 months 11-0 (9) | Ferenc Zsalek | 4 | UD | WIN | |
10 | Oct 3, 2014 21 years, 10 months 10-0 (9) | Cedric Kalonji | 3 | KO | WIN | |
9 | May 31, 2014 21 years, 6 months 9-0 (8) | Abdelhadi Hanine | 1 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Mar 28, 2014 21 years, 4 months 8-0 (7) | Paata Berikashvili | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Feb 9, 2014 21 years, 2 months 7-0 (6) | Elvir Behlulovic | 2 | KO | WIN | |
6 | Jan 11, 2014 21 years, 1 months 6-0 (5) | Patrick Berger | 2 | KO | WIN | |
5 | Dec 14, 2013 21 years 5-0 (4) | Toni Visic | 3 | KO | WIN | |
4 | Nov 23, 2013 20 years, 11 months 4-0 (3) | Jakub Wojcik | 4 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Oct 5, 2013 20 years, 10 months 3-0 (3) | Marko Martinjak | 2 | RTD | WIN | |
2 | Aug 23, 2013 20 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | Nikolai Ermenkov | 1 | KO | WIN | |
1 | Jun 29, 2013 20 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Hrvoje Bozinovic | 2 | KO | WIN |
