Ray Mercer
| Ray Mercer | |||||||||||||||
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Mercer in 1988 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Raymond Anthony Mercer April 4, 1961 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | Merciless | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||
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| Reach | 77 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
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| Professional boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 44 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kickboxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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| Children | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||||||||||||||
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Last updated on: April 5, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
Raymond Anthony Mercer (born April 4, 1961) is a former American professional boxer, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist who competed from 1989 to 2009. Mercer won a heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as an amateur, and later held the WBO heavyweight title in 1991 as a professional, making one successful title defense against Tommy Morrison before vacating his championship. though he fought and lost a controversial unanimous decision fight to former champion Evander Holyfield, he scored a notable unanimous decision win over two-time heavyweight champion Tim Witherspoon in 1996. Throughout his entire fighting career in the 1990s, Mercer never lost a fight to stoppage.
As a kickboxer, he fought the likes of former four-time K-1 Japan tournament champion Musashi in 2004, and as a mixed martial artist, he scored a notable first-round knockout win over former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in 2009.