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Ray Mercer vs Tony Willis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ray Mercer

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Tony Willis

Ray Mercer (36-7-1) and Tony Willis (25-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Mercer

36

Wins26 KO · 72%

7

Losses

1

Draw44 tracked bouts

Willis

25

Wins16 KO · 64%

4

Losses

0

Draws9 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Mercer leads 1–0

Ray Mercer and Tony Willis have met 1 time; Mercer leads 1–0.

Ray Mercer and Tony Willis have met 1 time; Mercer leads 1–0.
Met1993Aug 12Series
Ray MercerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony WillisFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Mercer 5 · Willis 3 of 8 measurable rows
MercerWillis
Record
36-7-125-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
83%
86.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 26
26 (edge)
16
KO rate0–100%
72.22% (edge)
64%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
72%
100% (edge)
Times stopped†max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.3
2.3 (edge)
2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 44
44
9

† 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
Ray Mercer: 6′1″
Tony Willis: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ray Mercer: 77″
Tony Willis: No reach on file
Age1 yr apart
Ray Mercer: 65
Tony Willis: 66
Stance
Ray Mercer: Orthodox
Tony Willis: Southpaw

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Tony Willis2 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Tony Willis: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ray Mercer 44, Tony Willis 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Mercer better on 1

Mercer

Opponent

Willis

  • Ray Mercer

    Win, UD

    1996

    WitherspoonMercer better

    Tony Willis

    Loss, UD

    1992

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ray Mercer last boxed on Sep 5, 2008 — 6,618 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

Tony Willis last boxed on Aug 12, 1993 — 12,121 days ago. Willis had lost five straight.LLLLL

Norris Dec 1990Jackson Jun 1991Witherspoon Aug 1992Butler Feb 1993Mercer Aug 19932 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ray Mercer and Tony Willis ever fought each other?
Yes. Ray Mercer and Tony Willis met once on August 12, 1993, and Ray Mercer won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WAug 12, 1993 · Mercer · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mercer or Willis?
Ray Mercer is 36-7-1 and Tony Willis is 25-4. Tony Willis has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Mercer36–7–183%

Willis25–486.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mercer or Willis?
Ray Mercer has 26 knockout wins and Tony Willis has 16. Ray Mercer has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mercer2672.2%

Willis1664%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mercer and Willis have any common opponents?
Ray Mercer and Tony Willis share 1 common opponent: Tim Witherspoon. Ray Mercer fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Tim WitherspoonWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mercer and Willis?
This comparison is drawn from 44 bouts tracked for Ray Mercer and 9 bouts tracked for Tony Willis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mercer44bouts

Willis9bouts

How They Win ↓

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