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Don Steele vs Ray Mercer — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Steele

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Ray Mercer

Don Steele (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Ray Mercer (36-7-1) 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.

Steele

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Mercer

36

Wins26 KO · 72%

7

Losses

1

Draw44 tracked bouts

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

Mercer leads 1–0

Don Steele and Ray Mercer have met 1 time; Mercer leads 1–0.

Don Steele and Ray Mercer have met 1 time; Mercer leads 1–0.
Met2001Mar 17Series
Don SteeleFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ray MercerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Steele 0 · Mercer 6 of 6 measurable rows
SteeleMercer
Record†
0-336-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
83% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
0
26 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.22%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—72%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.3
0.6
2.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 44
3
44

† 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
Don Steele: No height on file
Ray Mercer: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Don Steele: No reach on file
Ray Mercer: 77″
Agenot held
Don Steele: No date of birth
Ray Mercer: 65
Stance
Don Steele: Not recorded
Ray Mercer: Orthodox

Don Steele left, Ray Mercer right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Don Steele0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Don Steele: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Steele yet.

Ray Mercer36 wins · from 44 tracked bouts

Ray Mercer: 36 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (72%) and 10 on the cards (28%). Counted from 44 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 72%10 on the cards 28%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Don Steele 3, Ray Mercer 44 — 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

Don Steele last boxed on Mar 15, 2003 — 8,618 days ago. Steele had lost three straight.LLL

Nielsen Nov 1997Mercer Mar 2001Hoffmann Mar 20030.6 tracked bouts per year

Ray Mercer last boxed on Sep 5, 2008 — 6,617 days ago. Mercer had won once since losing a decision to Derric Rossy.WLWLW

Wilson Jun 2005Briggs Aug 2005Lindblad Sep 2007Rossy Jan 2008Hersisia Sep 20082.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Don Steele and Ray Mercer ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Steele and Ray Mercer met once on March 17, 2001, and Ray Mercer won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LMar 17, 2001 · Mercer · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Steele or Mercer?
Don Steele is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ray Mercer is 36-7-1. Ray Mercer has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Steele0–30%

Mercer36–7–183%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Steele or Mercer?
Don Steele has 0 knockout wins and Ray Mercer has 26. Ray Mercer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Steele0

Mercer2672.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Steele and Mercer have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Steele and Ray Mercer have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Steele and Mercer?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Don Steele and 44 bouts tracked for Ray Mercer. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Steele3bouts

Mercer44bouts

How They Win ↓

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