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

He won gold in the 1988 Summer Olympics|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, in controversial circumstances, 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.