*** AMATEUR BOUTS (68-6) ***
1988
-Mercer won the United States Amateur Heavyweight Championship
-Mercer won the Olympics Heavyweight Championship in Seoul, South Korea
*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***
1989
Feb 24 Jesse McGee Atlantic City, NJ TK 3
Mar 4 Luis Walford Bismark, ND KO 1
-Some sources report 3/03/89
Mar 28 Garing Lane Las Vegas, Nv W 4
May 16 David Hopkins Indianapolis, In KO 1
Jun 12 Ken Crosby Las Vegas, Nv KO 1
Jul 15 Al Evans Atlantic City, NJ KO 1
Aug 15 Tracy Thomas West Orange, NJ KO 1
Sep 5 Mitchell "Dino" Homsey Stateline, Nv TK 1
Sep 19 Arthel Lawhorne Jacksonville, Fl TK 2
Oct 17 Eddie Richardson Phoenix, Az KO 1
Nov 14 Jerry Jones West Orange, NJ W 8
Dec 7 Osvaldo "Ossie" Ocasio Las Vegas, Nv W 8
1990
Jan 15 Wesley Watson Atlantic City, NJ TK 5
Mar 2 Kimmuel Odum Las Vegas, Nv W 12
-IBF Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
May 31 Lionel Washington Rochester, NY TK 4
Aug 5 Bert Cooper Atlantic City, NJ W 12
-NABF Heavyweight Championship
1991
Jan 11 Francesco Damiani Atlantic City, NJ KO 9
-WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Oct 18 Tommy Morrison Atlantic City, NJ TK 5
-WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
-Mercer relinquished WBO Heavyweight Championship
of the World shortly after the Morrison bout
1992
Feb 7 Larry Holmes Atlantic City, NJ L 12
Oct 7 Mike Dixon Augusta, Ga TK 7
Dec 10 Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead Atlantic City, NJ TK 2
1993
Feb 6 Jesse Ferguson New York, NY L 10
Aug 12 Tony Willis Bay St. Louis, Ms TK 1
Oct 6 Mark Wills Atlantic City, NJ W 10
Nov 19 Jesse Ferguson Atlantic City, NJ W 10
1994
Jul 28 Marion Wilson Atlantic City, NJ D 10
-This was a very controversial decision;
Many observers thought Wilson clearly won
Oct 22 Frank Bruno Hong Kong, China SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled;
Financial problems
1995
May 20 Evander Holyfield Atlantic City, NJ L 10
1996
May 10 Lennox Lewis New York, NY L 10
Dec 14 Tim Witherspoon Atlantic City, NJ W 10
1998
Feb 21 Leo Loiacono Miami, Fl KO 2
1999
Dec 18 Jim Haynes Tunica, Ms KO 1
2001
Feb 11 Jeff Pegues Elgin, Il TK 2
Mar 17 Don Steele Philadelphia, Ms KO 5
Oct 13 Bryan Scott Copenhagen, Denmark TK 2
2002
Feb 23 Troy Weida Atlantic City, NJ TK 1
Jun 29 Wladimir Klitschko Atlantic City, NJ LT 6
-WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
2003
Aug 23 Mario Cawley Coconut Creek, Fl KO 3
Nov 11 Shawn Robinson Elizabeth, In TK 3
2004
Feb 28 Steve Pannell Coconut Creek, Fl TK 3
May 24 -Mercer retired from the ring (only to return later)
2005
Jun 24 Darroll Wilson Atlantic City, NJ W 10
Aug 26 Shannon Briggs Hollywood, Fl LK 7
2007
Sep 15 Mikael Lindblad Karlstad, Sweden KO 1
2008
Jan 26 Derric Rossy Macao, China L 12
-WBO NABO Heavyweight Championship;
WBC Asian Boxing Council Heavyweight Championship
World Boxing Foundation International Heavyweight Championship
Sep 5 Richel Hersisia Karlstad, Sweden W 6
2011
Feb 25 Stephane Tessier Montreal, Que, Canada SCH
-This bout is scheduled
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis,
Historian,
International Boxing Research Organization
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