{"id":2355,"date":"2010-05-07T14:35:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T18:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2010-05-07T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-07T18:35:34","slug":"former-wbo-heavyweight-champion-ray-mercer-to-attend-2010-hall-of-fame-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2355","title":{"rendered":"Former WBO Heavyweight Champion Ray Mercer to Attend 2010 Hall of Fame Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/online.titanbet.com\/promoRedirect?key=em9uZUlkPTE1NzMyNjAwOTUmbGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZD0wJnByb2ZpbGVJZD01MjUyMzc%3D\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1750\" title=\"468 banner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/cid_X_MA3_1269187203@aol.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2355\" href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=2355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-534\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"RSR Boxing Headlines header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/RSR-Boxing-Headlines-header1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>IBHOF Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hall of Fame Weekend June 10-13th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today former WBO heavyweight champion \u201cMerciless\u201d Ray Mercer will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRay Mercer was a hard-punching heavyweight and was involved in some truly exciting bouts,\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to welcoming him to Canastota for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mercer compiled an 85-6 amateur record and captured the 1988 Olympic heavyweight gold medal. He turned pro in 1989 and wins over Garing Lane, Ossie Ocasio, Kimmuel Odum and Bert Cooper set up a WBO title-winning clash with Francesco Damiani in 1991 (KO 9). In his first defense he scored a dramatic 5th round TKO over Tommy \u201cThe Duke\u201d Morrison. Stripped of the title in 1992, he went on to score wins over Jesse Ferguson, Tim Witherspoon and Darroll Wilson among others. He was unsuccessful in a 2002 WBO title bid against Wladimir Klitschko. Mercer\u2019s pro record stands at 36-7-1 (26 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>The June 10-13th Hall of Fame Induction Weekend will feature over 20 exciting events including a banquet, Madison Square Garden night, parade, golf tournament, cocktail party, and the official induction ceremony honoring the Class of 2010. Living inductees to be honored at the Official Induction Ceremony on Sunday, June 13th are light flyweight champion Jung-Koo Chang (South Korea), featherweight champion Danny \u201cLittle Red\u201d Lopez (USA), manager Shelly Finkel (USA), referee \/ commissioner Larry Hazzard (USA), promoter Wilfried Sauerland (Germany), matchmaker Bruce Trampler (USA) and journalist Ed Schuyler (USA). Posthumous inductees will also be honored.<\/p>\n<p>Over 40 boxing stars are scheduled to participate in weekend festivities. In addition to Mercer, other stars slated to appear include Nino Benvenuti, Carmen Basilio, Tony DeMarco, Ken Norton, Aaron \u201cThe Hawk\u201d Pryor, Angelo Dundee, Leon Spinks, \u201cIrish\u201d Micky Ward, Gerry Cooney, Lou Duva and many others.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Hall of Fame\u2019s 21st Annual Induction Weekend please call (315) 697-7095 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibhof.com\">www.ibhof.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBHOF Press Release Hall of Fame Weekend June 10-13th The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today former WBO heavyweight champion \u201cMerciless\u201d Ray Mercer will attend festivities planned for the 21st Annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend set for June 10-13th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[343,346,419,596,756],"class_list":["post-2355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-ibhof","tag-induction-week","tag-june","tag-ray-mercer","tag-wbo-heavyweight-champion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}