BOXER

Ray Mercer

1961 - Today

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Raymond Anthony Mercer (born April 4, 1961) is an American former 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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Mercer has received more than 1,454,527 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ray Mercer is the 142nd most popular boxer (up from 148th in 2019), the 9,057th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,409th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Boxer.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Ray Mercer ranks 142 out of 496. Before him are Jee Yong-ju, Francesco Damiani, Roger Michelot, Alexander Povetkin, James Smith, and Dariusz Michalczewski. After him are Paul Fritsch, Pernell Whitaker, Arturo Gatti, Corrie Sanders, Josef Němec, and Alfonso Zamora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Ray Mercer ranks 366. Before him are Daniel Johnston, Zlatko Saračević, Jon Tenney, Andrea Carnevale, Roberto Cabañas, and Stjepan Deverić. After him are Armin Veh, Valérie Benguigui, Charo, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, Simone Young, and Bam Bam Bigelow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Mercer ranks 9,057 out of 20,380. Before him are Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), John Patitucci (1959), Virginia Pearson (1886), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), T. R. Knight (1973), and Sarah Orne Jewett (1849). After him are Jerry Sanders (1936), Randy Pausch (1960), Herman Glass (1880), Brad Garrett (1960), D. A. Pennebaker (1925), and Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Ray Mercer ranks 55. Before him are Emanuel Steward (1944), Deontay Wilder (1985), Bert Schneider (1897), Riddick Bowe (1967), Pete Rademacher (1928), and James Smith (1953). After him are Pernell Whitaker (1964), Bob Foster (1942), Frankie Genaro (1901), Miguel Cotto (1980), Laila Ali (1977), and Antonio Tarver (1968).

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