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"Merciless" Ray Mercer is an American professional boxer. Born in Jacksonville, Florida on April 4, 1961 he is a former WBO heavyweight champion.

Biography

He won gold in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul as a heavyweight. His professional career starting in 1989, with a TKO of Jesse Hughes, Mercer made a name for himself with his win over Tommy Morrison in 1991 to retain the WBO heavyweight title that he had taken from the previously unbeaten Francesco Damiani in Atlantic City earlier that same year.

He then suffered defeats to Larry Holmes (1992), Jesse Ferguson (1993), Evander Holyfield (1995) and Lennox Lewis (1996) before taking time out of boxing in 1997 due to problems with hepatitis B. Resuming his boxing career in 1998, he strung together a number of early round knockouts over journeymen such as Leo Loiacono, Jeff Pegues, Don Steele and Bryan Scott before losing to WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko in 2002.

He challenged Musashi in a K-1 kickboxing bout in 2004, but he lost.

Record

Professional boxing: 41 Fights 34 Wins 25 KOs 6 Losses 1 Draw
Professional kickboxing: 1 Fight 1 Loss

Career

WBO World Heavyweight champion (1991)

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