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Ray Mercer Biography
Ray Mercer is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on April 4, 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. WBO World Heavyweight Champion and NABF Heavyweight Champion made a splash by converting from kickboxing to MMA.
On June 29, 2002, he lost to Wladimirklitschko, depriving him of the WBO Heavyweight title.
Raymond Anthony “Ray” Mercer (born April 4, 1961) is a retired American professional boxer, kickboxer, and mixed martial artist who competed from 1989 to 2009. Best known for his boxing career, Mercer won a heavyweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics as an amateur, and later held the WBO heavyweight title from 1991 to 1992 as a professional. As a mixed martial artist, he scored a notable first-round knockout win over former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in 2009.
Mercer started boxing at the age of 23 while serving in the U.S. Army in West Germany. Mercer said he had never even put on a pair of gloves until after he enlisted, “The Army taught me everything I know about boxing,” explained Mercer. While he had street fights as a youth, it wasn’t until he was offered a chance to avoid a 30-day field exercise by serving as a sparring partner for the post’s heavyweight champion, which in winter of 1984, with the wind-chill factor driving temperatures below zero, was quite an opportunity, that he found a sanctioned way to use his aggression. The beginnings were tough, “I came back from that first day of sparring with a bleeding nose and my lips swollen. For two months I got pounded. But then it became a challenge. I’m not a quitter. I figured the other guy learned the moves, so could I.” He learned quickly enough, winning military titles and a United States Amateur Boxing Federation title. He became 1985 U.S. Army and inter-service heavyweight champion, along with Wesley Watson, who was inter-service superheavyweight champion (Mercer later beat Watson in professionals). But in 1985, when Army Coach Hank Johnson sought to recruit Mercer for a stateside training camp for the 1988 Olympics, Mercer turned down the offer. “I was in my prime at partying. The training was not a sacrifice I wanted to make. I told Hank, you won’t see me until the Olympics”, he said. He first boxed in organized competition in 1983 at Schweinfurt, West Germany. He won a battalion box-off and then won the brigade championship. “After that, I won the VII Corps novice and open championships and was runner-up at U.S. Army, Europe,” Mercer said. When he was reassigned to Baumholder, he won three USAREUR crowns while carrying the banner for V Corps (he won the USAREUR Championship less than a year after his first amateur fight.) As he served with USAREUR, for that reason in 1986—1987 Mercer had several international bouts in Germany, he also competed internationally at Western Europe open tournaments. In summer of 1988 he again won the inter-service heavyweight championship. His next step was to apply for the all-Army boxing trial camp and win a spot on the Army team. “Right now, I want to be the ‘woodwork’ man. I’m 26 years old and relatively unknown. My plans are to stay healthy, and I need to do well in international competition prior to the Olympics to build confidence.”
In 1995, he was accused of attacking his girlfriend in Fayetteville (North Carolina).
| Name | Ray Mercer |
| First Name | Ray |
| Last Name | Mercer |
| Occupation | Boxer |
| Birthday | April 4 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place of Birth | Jacksonville |
| Home Town | Florida |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Kristal Mercer |
| Children(s) | Raina Mercer, Ramia Mercer |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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USAREUR Boxing Championships (heavyweight), Darmstadt, West Germany, May 1985:
Ray Mercer Net Worth
Ray Mercer is one of the richest Boxer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ray Mercer's net worth $500 Thousand. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a heavyweight and won the 1988 United States Amateur Championships.
He knocked out UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia in 9 seconds. This was his first knockout win over Sylvia.
Mercer served with the USAREUR, V Corps, infantry, he was stationed with Company D, 1st Battalion, 39th Infantry, in Baumholder, West Germany. His latest military rank was sergeant.
| Net Worth | $500 Thousand |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Boxer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Stockholm Box Open (heavyweight), Stockholm, Sweden, January 1986:
Copenhagen Cup (heavyweight), Copenhagen, Denmark, December 1987:
