Jean-Marc Mormeck
Jean-Marc Mormeck | |
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| Born | Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck June 3, 1972 |
| Nationality |  French |
| Other names | The Marksman |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Cruiserweight |
| Height | 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (182 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 38 |
| Wins | 34 |
| Wins by KO | 22 |
| Losses | 4 |
Jean-Marc Mormeck (born 3 June 1972) is a French professional boxer of Antillean descent and a former WBC & WBA unified world cruiserweight champion.
Early life
Mormeck was born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe as an only child to Fulbert and Sonia Mormeck. When he was 6, he and his family moved to Paris, France where he still lives. Mormeck engaged himself in football and Muay Thai as an amateur. After watching some boxing matches on television, he became inspired to excel in it.[1]
Boxing career
He fought as an amateur in 1990 and turned professional in 1995. On 10 November 1998, Mormeck won the French light heavyweight title with a unanimous decision win over Alain Simon. He defended that title three times before relinquishing it.
Later, Mormeck captured the WBA cruiserweight title by a 9th round technical knockout win over Virgil Hill on 23 February 2002. Following three defenses with wins over Dale Brown, Alexander Gurova and Virgil Hill again, he added the WBC cruiserweight crown to his collection on 2 April 2005, by way of unanimous decision over Wayne Braithwaite.
He lost his WBA and WBC cruiserweight titles to O'Neil Bell by knockout in the 10th round on 7 January 2006, for the undisputed (WBC/WBA/IBF) cruiserweight championship. Later, he regained them back from Bell (Bell lost the IBF title over a dispute from the organization) by unanimous decision on 17 March 2007.
In the first defense of his second title reign, Mormeck again lost his WBA and WBC titles as he was bested by the United Kingdom's David Haye on 10 November 2007. Haye recovered from a 4th round knockdown to get back at Mormeck and score a technical knockout in the 7th. Although Mormeck rose up just in time, the referee decided that he was in no condition to go on and it would be extremely hazardous to his health, which caused a stoppage to be declared.
On December 17, 2009, Mormeck made his return to the ring, fighting for the first time as a heavyweight, against Vinny Maddalone. Mormeck outpointed the veteran heavyweight over 8 rounds.[2]
Trivia
- Before his first encounter with O'Neil Bell Mormeck had no nickname, so he asked his fans to come up with one. He did not know that the fans had selected the moniker "The Marksman" until it was announced at the fight[3].
- Mormeck made one appearance in a French television talk-show called "Tout le monde en parle"[4].
References
- ^ "Profile: Jean-Marc Mormeck". Eastboxing.com. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
- ^ Mark Vester (December 17, 2009). "Jean Marc Mormeck Decisions Vinny Maddalone in Eight". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ^ Thomas Gerbasi (2006-01-07). "Bell v. Mormeck". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ "Jean-Marc Mormeck". imdb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
External links
- Boxing record for Jean-Marc Mormeck from BoxRec (registration required)
- Jean-Marc Mormeck's Boxrec Encyclopedia
- Jean-Marc Mormeck's Official Website