Jean-Marc Mormeck

Jean-Marc Mormeck

Mormeck in 2005
Statistics
Real name Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck
Nickname(s) The Marksman
Rated at
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Reach 188 cm (74 in)
Nationality French
Born (1972-06-03) 3 June 1972
Pointe-à-Pitre,
Guadeloupe,
France
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 43
Wins 37
Wins by KO 23
Losses 6

Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck (born 3 June 1972) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2014. He is a two-time cruiserweight world champion, having held the WBA title twice, from 2002 to 2007; the WBC and Ring magazine titles twice, from 2005 to 2007; and the lineal title in 2007. Mormeck also challenged for the unified world heavyweight title in 2012.

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

1990-1998: Early Career

He fought as an amateur in 1990 and turned professional in 1995. Early in his career, Mormeck lost 2 minor four-round bouts on points but kept winning for years afterwards. 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.

2002-2006: First World Title & Unification Bouts

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 Gurov 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.

However, Mormeck lost his WBA and WBC cruiserweight titles to O'Neil Bell after being knocked out in the 10th round. This bout, on 7 January 2006, was for the undisputed (WBA/WBC/IBF) cruiserweight championship.

2007: Re-Capturing Cruiserweight Titles

In their rematch, Mormeck regained the WBA and WBC belts 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 mandatory challenger and knockout specialist David Haye on 10 November 2007. Mormeck was dropped heavily in the 7th round after being hit by a strong right from Haye. Although Mormeck rose up just in time, the referee realized that he was dazed and in no condition to go on, which caused the contest to be stopped and Haye winning the fight by knockout.

2009-2010: Heavyweight

On 17 December 2009, Mormeck made his return to the ring after a two-year layoff, fighting for the first time as a heavyweight, against Vinny Maddalone. He outpointed the veteran heavyweight over 8 rounds.[2]

Mormeck fought Uzbek heavyweight and WBA#7 Timur Ibragimov (30-3-1, 16 KO) on 2 December 2010, at Halle Carpentier, Paris. Mormeck started slowly but dominated the middle rounds to win a split decision (116-112, 116-111, 113-115).

2012: Heavyweight Title Shot

In October 2011, Mormeck was signed to fight unified Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko on 10 December 2011 at Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany [3] until Klitschko pulled out after having a kidney stone removed on 2 December 2011. The fight was postponed to 3 March 2012.[4] In this fight, Mormeck attempted to be only the third cruiserweight champion to win a world title at Heavyweight, after Evander Holyfield and David Haye. However, he was defeated by the 4th - round KO.

Trivia

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary
43 fights 37 wins 6 losses
By knockout 23 3
By decision 14 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
43 Loss 37–6 Poland Mateusz Masternak MD 10 6 Dec 2014 France Palais des sports Robert Charpentier, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
42 Win 37–5 Hungary Tamas Lodi TKO 4 (10) 26 Jun 2014 France Patinoire d'Asnieres, Asnières-sur-Seine, France
41 Loss 36–5 Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko KO 4 (12), 1:12 3 Mar 2012 Germany Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany For WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, The Ring, and lineal heavyweight titles
40 Win 36–4 Uzbekistan Timur Ibragimov SD 12 2 Dec 2010 France Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris, France Won vacant WBA International heavyweight title
39 Win 35–4 United States Fres Oquendo UD 10 6 May 2010 France Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris, France
38 Win 34–4 United States Vinny Maddalone UD 8 17 Dec 2009 France Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris, France
37 Loss 33–4 United Kingdom David Haye TKO 7 (12), 1:54 10 Nov 2007 France Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France Lost WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring, and lineal cruiserweight titles
36 Win 33–3 Jamaica O'Neil Bell UD 12 17 Mar 2007 France Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, France Won WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring, and lineal cruiserweight titles
35 Win 32–3 United States Sebastian Hill TKO 4 (10), 2:32 8 Jul 2006 United States Savvis Center, St. Louis, Missouri, US
34 Loss 31–3 Jamaica O'Neil Bell KO 10 (12), 2:50 7 Jan 2006 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US Lost WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring cruiserweight titles;
For IBF and vacant lineal cruiserweight titles
33 Win 31–2 Guyana Wayne Braithwaite UD 12 2 Apr 2005 United States DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, US Retained WBA (Super) cruiserweight title;
Won WBC and vacant The Ring cruiserweight titles
32 Win 30–2 United States Virgil Hill UD 12 22 May 2004 South Africa Carnival City Casino, Brakpan, South Africa Retained WBA cruiserweight title
31 Win 29–2 Ukraine Alexander Gurov TKO 8 (12), 0:32 1 Mar 2003 United States Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, US Retained WBA cruiserweight title
30 Win 28–2 Canada Dale Brown TKO 8 (12) 10 Aug 2002 France Plages du Prado, Marseille, France Retained WBA cruiserweight title
29 Win 27–2 United States Virgil Hill RTD 9 (12), 0:01 23 Feb 2002 France Palais des Sports, Marseille, France Won WBA cruiserweight title
28 Win 26–2 United States Franklin Edmondson PTS 8 8 Oct 2001 France Palais des Sports, Paris, France
27 Win 25–2 United States Vinson Durham TKO 2 (8) 4 Aug 2001 France Plages du Prado, Marseille, France
26 Win 24–2 Brazil Antonio Fernando Caldas Jr. TKO 3 (8) 14 May 2001 France Palais des Sports, Paris, France
25 Win 23–2 Ukraine Valeriy Vykhor TKO 3 (10) 3 Apr 2001 France Salle Bellevue, Fréjus, France
24 Win 22–2 Colombia Juan Carlos Viloria TKO 10 (12) 29 Jan 2001 France Palais des Sports, Paris, France Retained WBA Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
23 Win 21–2 Ecuador Livin Castillo TKO 3 (12), 2:36 16 Dec 2000 Venezuela Forum Bicentenario, Maracay, Venezuela Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-heavyweight title
22 Win 20–2 United States Jerry Williams TKO 6 (8) 3 Oct 2000 Finland Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland
21 Win 19–2 Portugal Antonio Pedro Quiganga TKO 2 (8) 16 Sep 2000 France Châteauroux, France
20 Win 18–2 Ukraine Kostyantyn Okhrey TKO 3 (8) 16 May 2000 France Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
19 Win 17–2 United States Tim Hillie KO 4 (8) 25 Apr 2000 France Saint-Quentin, France
18 Win 16–2 United States Jerry Williams KO 7 (10) 7 Mar 2000 France Dijon, France
17 Win 15–2 United States Rob Bleakley TKO 4 (8) 15 Feb 2000 France Palais des Sports, Épinal, France
16 Win 14–2 United States Bruce Rumbolz TKO 4 (10) 7 Dec 1999 France Saint-Vallier, France
15 Win 13–2 France Pascal Warusfel UD 10 26 Oct 1999 France Guilherand-Granges, France Retained France light-heavyweight title
14 Win 12–2 Chad Ganguina Larme PTS 10 18 May 1999 France Noisy-le-Grand, France Retained France light-heavyweight title
13 Win 11–2 United States Joe Stevenson TKO 2 (8) 2 Feb 1999 France Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France
12 Win 10–2 France Alain Simon SD 10 10 Nov 1998 France Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France Won France light-heavyweight title
11 Win 9–2 Bulgaria Konstantin Semerdjiev TKO 5 (8) 13 Oct 1998 France Guilherand-Granges, France
10 Win 8–2 France Kamel Amrane PTS 8 23 May 1998 France Noisy-le-Grand, France
9 Win 7–2 Turkey Turan Bagci PTS 8 20 Jan 1998 France Levallois-Perret, France
8 Win 6–2 Bulgaria Kalin Stoyanov TKO 7 (8) 20 Dec 1997 France Bobigny, France
7 Win 5–2 Spain Juan Nelongo TKO 3 (6) 5 Nov 1997 Spain Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
6 Win 4–2 Finland Harri Hakulinen PTS 6 24 Jun 1997 France Pont-Audemer, France
5 Loss 3–2 France Dominique Mansare PTS 6 13 Jun 1997 France Clermont-Ferrand, France
4 Loss 3–1 Lebanon Lee Manuel Ossie PTS 4 22 May 1997 Spain Los Cristianos, Spain
3 Win 3–0 France Thierry Vuillemin PTS 6 8 Mar 1997 France Noisy-le-Grand, France
2 Win 2–0 France Frederic Goutal TKO 4 (6) 19 May 1995 France Saint-Lô, France
1 Win 1–0 France Pierrick Trideau TKO 1 (4) 25 Mar 1995 France Noisy-le-Grand, France Professional debut

References

  1. "Profile: Jean-Marc Mormeck". Eastboxing.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. Mark Vester (17 December 2009). "Jean Marc Mormeck Decisions Vinny Maddalone in Eight". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. "Wladimir Klitschko to face Jean-Marc Mormeck in Dusseldorf in December". The Guardian. 6 October 2011.
  4. "Klitschko pulls out of title bout". BBC News. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. Thomas Gerbasi (7 January 2006). "Bell v. Mormeck". ESPN. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  6. "Jean-Marc Mormeck". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded by
Alain Simon
France light-heavyweight champion
10 November 1998 – April 2000
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Kamel Amrane
Vacant
Title last held by
Juan Nelongo
WBA Inter-Continental light-heavyweight champion
16 December 2000 – April 2001
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Thomas Hansvoll
Vacant
Title last held by
Juan Carlos Gómez
WBA International heavyweight champion
2 December 2010 – October 2011
Vacated
Vacant
Title next held by
Alexander Petkovic
World boxing titles
Preceded by
Virgil Hill
WBA cruiserweight champion
23 February 2002 – 2 April 2005
Promoted
Vacant
Title next held by
Virgil Hill
as Regular champion
New title WBA cruiserweight champion
Super title

2 April 2005 – 7 January 2006
Succeeded by
O'Neil Bell
Preceded by
Wayne Braithwaite
WBC cruiserweight champion
2 April 2005 – 7 January 2006
Vacant
Title last held by
Carlos de León
The Ring cruiserweight champion
2 April 2005 – 7 January 2006
Preceded by
O'Neil Bell
WBA cruiserweight champion
Super title

17 March 2007 – 10 November 2007
Succeeded by
David Haye
WBC cruiserweight champion
17 March 2007 – 10 November 2007
The Ring cruiserweight champion
17 March 2007 – 10 November 2007
Lineal cruiserweight champion
17 March 2007 – 10 November 2007
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