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Total Fights | 44 |
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Wins | 36 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 26 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 19 years and six months, Ray Mercer fought 44 times with 36 wins, 7 losses, and 1 draw.
Mercer retired from professional boxing with a record of 36-7-1, which included one heavyweight world-title win and one successful title defense fight. He had a 59.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 26 of his total 44 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. Mercer suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Wladimir Klitschko in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 6-round majority decision victory over Richel Hersisia on September 5, 2008.
Some of Mercer's best fights and notable victories include wins over Tommy Morrison, Jerry Halstead, Troy Weida, Jimmy Haynes, Brian Scott, Jeff Pegues, and Don Steele.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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44 | Sep 5, 2008 | 47 | Richel Hersisia | Win | MD |
43 | Jan 26, 2008 | 46 | Derric Rossy | Loss | UD |
42 | Sep 15, 2007 | 46 | Mikael Lindblad | Win | KO1 |
41 | Aug 26, 2005 | 44 | Shannon Briggs | Loss | KO7 |
40 | Jun 24, 2005 | 44 | Darroll Wilson | Win | UD |
39 | Feb 28, 2004 | 42 | Steve Pannell | Win | TKO3 |
38 | Nov 11, 2003 | 42 | Shawn Robinson | Win | TKO3 |
37 | Aug 23, 2003 | 42 | Mario Cawley | Win | KO3 |
36 | Jun 29, 2002 | 41 | Wladimir Klitschko | Loss * | TKO6 |
35 | Feb 23, 2002 | 40 | Troy Weida | Win | TKO1 |
34 | Oct 13, 2001 | 40 | Brian Scott | Win | KO2 |
33 | Mar 17, 2001 | 39 | Don Steele | Win | KO5 |
32 | Feb 11, 2001 | 39 | Jeff Pegues | Win | TKO2 |
31 | Dec 18, 1999 | 38 | Jimmy Haynes | Win | KO1 |
30 | Feb 21, 1998 | 36 | Leo Loiacono | Win | KO2 |
29 | Dec 14, 1996 | 35 | Tim Witherspoon | Win | UD |
28 | May 10, 1996 | 35 | Lennox Lewis | Loss | MD |
27 | May 20, 1995 | 34 | Evander Holyfield | Loss | UD |
26 | Jul 28, 1994 | 33 | Marion Wilson | Draw | SD |
25 | Nov 19, 1993 | 32 | Jesse Ferguson | Win | SD |
24 | Oct 6, 1993 | 32 | Mark Wills | Win | UD |
23 | Aug 12, 1993 | 32 | Tony Willis | Win | TKO1 |
22 | Feb 6, 1993 | 31 | Jesse Ferguson | Loss | UD |
21 | Dec 10, 1992 | 31 | Jerry Halstead | Win | RTD2 |
20 | Oct 7, 1992 | 31 | Mike Dixon | Win | RTD7 |
19 | Feb 7, 1992 | 30 | Larry Holmes | Loss | UD |
18 | Oct 18, 1991 | 30 | Tommy Morrison | Win * | TKO5 |
17 | Jan 11, 1991 | 29 | Francesco Damiani | Win * | KO9 |
16 | Aug 5, 1990 | 29 | Bert Cooper | Win | UD |
15 | May 31, 1990 | 29 | Lionel Washington | Win | TKO4 |
14 | Mar 2, 1990 | 28 | Kimmuel Odum | Win | UD |
13 | Jan 15, 1990 | 28 | Wesley Watson | Win | TKO5 |
12 | Dec 7, 1989 | 28 | Ossie Ocasio | Win | SD |
11 | Nov 14, 1989 | 28 | Jerry Jones | Win | UD |
10 | Oct 17, 1989 | 28 | Eddie Richardson | Win | TKO1 |
9 | Sep 19, 1989 | 28 | Arthel Lawhorne | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Sep 5, 1989 | 28 | Dino Homsey | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Aug 15, 1989 | 28 | Tracy Thomas | Win | KO1 |
6 | Jul 15, 1989 | 28 | Al Evans | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Jun 12, 1989 | 28 | Ken Crosby | Win | KO1 |
4 | May 16, 1989 | 28 | David Hopkins | Win | KO1 |
3 | Mar 28, 1989 | 27 | Garing Lane | Win | UD |
2 | Mar 4, 1989 | 27 | Luis Walford | Win | KO1 |
1 | Feb 24, 1989 | 27 | Jesse McGhee | Win | TKO3 |
* World-title fight
Ray Mercer is a 63-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. on April 4, 1961. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 19 years — from 1989 to 2008.
Mercer made his professional boxing debut against Jesse McGhee at the age of 27 on February 24, 1989, defeating McGhee via 3rd round TKO. He went on to win 17 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on January 11, 1991 after 16 professional fights, against Francesco Damiani for the heavyweight WBO title. He defeated Damiani via 9th round KO to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
Mercer has won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Mercer's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Mercer had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Richel Hersisia on September 5, 2008. Mercer won the fight via 6 round majority decision. It's been 15 years, 7 months, and 14 days since this fight.
Mercer had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost one.
Ray Mercer fought for a heavyweight world title in two fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jan 11, 1991 | Francesco Damiani | Heavyweight | WBO | KO |
Ray Mercer had a single heavyweight world-title defense fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Oct 18, 1991 | Tommy Morrison | Heavyweight | WBO | TKO |
Mercer fought a total of 44 times during his professional career, which includes 3 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
January 11, 1991: Mercer wins his first world title by defeating Francesco Damiani via 9th round KO. He is now the WBO heavyweight world champion.
October 18, 1991: Mercer successfully defends the WBO heavyweight title against Tommy Morrison, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
Mercer knocked out 26 of his 44 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 59.1%. Of his total 36 wins, 26 of them were via KO (72.2%).
Mercer's first world-title win was the WBO belt at heavyweight. He defeated Francesco Damiani via 9 round KO to win the title.
Mercer won one world title at heavyweight.
Mercer had 1 successful title defense fight.