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Bernardo Mercado vs Tom Prater — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bernardo Mercado

Tom Prater

Bernardo Mercado (33-5) and Tom Prater (0-8-1 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Mercado

33

Wins28 KO · 85%

5

Losses

0

Draws38 tracked bouts

Prater

Tracked record

0–8–1

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Mercado leads 1–0

Bernardo Mercado and Tom Prater have met 1 time; Mercado leads 1–0.

Bernardo Mercado and Tom Prater have met 1 time; Mercado leads 1–0.
Met1980Aug 14Series
Bernardo MercadoFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom PraterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Mercado 5 · Prater 0 of 5 measurable rows
MercadoPrater
Record†
33-5 (edge)0-8-1
Win %0–100%
86.8% (edge)
5.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
84.85%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
85%—
Times stopped‡max 6
4 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 38
38
9

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Bernardo Mercado: 6′4″
Tom Prater: No height on file
Agenot held
Bernardo Mercado: Died aged 69
Tom Prater: No date of birth
Stance
Bernardo Mercado: Orthodox
Tom Prater: Not recorded

Bernardo Mercado left, Tom Prater right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bernardo Mercado33 wins · from 38 tracked bouts

Bernardo Mercado: 33 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (85%) and 5 on the cards (15%). Counted from 38 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 85%5 on the cards 15%

Tom Prater0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Tom Prater: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Prater yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bernardo Mercado 38, Tom Prater 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bernardo Mercado had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Jimmy Thunder. Mercado last boxed on Dec 8, 1989.WWWWL

Gonzalez Nov 1986Nelson May 1988Smith Aug 1988Watson Aug 1988Thunder Dec 19892.7 tracked bouts per year

Tom Prater last boxed on Jun 3, 1983 — 15,844 days ago. Prater had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Bobick Oct 1978Cooney Jun 1979Mercado Aug 1980Evangelista Aug 1981Ribalta Jun 19831.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bernardo Mercado and Tom Prater ever fought each other?
Yes. Bernardo Mercado and Tom Prater met once on August 14, 1980, and Bernardo Mercado won by TKO.
The meeting

WAug 14, 1980 · Mercado · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mercado or Prater?
Bernardo Mercado is 33-5 and Tom Prater is 0-8-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bernardo Mercado has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mercado33–586.8%

Prater0–8–15.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mercado or Prater?
Bernardo Mercado has 28 knockout wins and Tom Prater has 0. Bernardo Mercado has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mercado2884.9%

Prater0

The Numbers ↓
Do Mercado and Prater have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bernardo Mercado and Tom Prater have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mercado and Prater?
This comparison is drawn from 38 bouts tracked for Bernardo Mercado and 9 bouts tracked for Tom Prater. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mercado38bouts

Prater9bouts

How They Win ↓

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