Great Champions
Great Champions
6 impressive DVDs. Boxing for Martial Artists! The best pack of DVDs on Boxing ever made!
o Olympic Gold Medal Seoul 1988 o Heavyweight World Champion
Ray " Merciless " Mercer
“ Exclusive interview with one of the biggest names in Boxing, Olympic Gold Medalist who dared to try Mixed Martial Arts( MMA), a champion with an exceptional career, on the occasion of the presentation of his work to learn the art of Boxing in a series of six DVD ' s. "
CN: Tell us a about your life and how you decided to make these DVD ' s
Ray Mercer: Well, I was Olympic champion in Seoul 1988, winning all my fights by KO. I was the first G. I. to win an olympic medal while in the U. S. Army. After that I turned professional and managed to win the heavyweight World Championship of the WBO. Every time I got into the ring I was sure I would win because I had my good luck charm in my left boot. This good luck charm is very important to me, I ' ve carried it with me ever since the Olympics, and then, when I turn pro in the WBO, and it ' s been always very good for me. Also, this amulet is important because it helps me all the time not to forget who I am and what I have achieved. I ' ve been the last heavyweight to get the Olympic Gold Medal, and the seventh American boxer to win the gold. I believe, therefore, that my potential speaks for itself, and everyone who sees this series of DVD ' s should know that what is in it is real.
Budo International: Please, tell us more about your life and career
Ray Mercer: I was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 4, 1961. The truth is that I had a very happy childhood. My father was in the Army, my mother was a housewife and we all lived together, my mother, my father, my grandmother, my four sisters and me. I remember the time when I was 6, what I used to do with my friends, when we were all playing or went to the store to get some candies. I remember
Christmas and many happy things related to that time. When I was about 9, my father returned from Vietnam and was assigned to a headquarters in Georgia, and we moved there. I loved that place of which I keep many good memories, I remember go riding a bike and swiming with my friends. It was a very happy childhood. I also keep in mind some fights with my sisters, especially with my two older sisters, what helped me later to develop my skills in boxing. When I was about 15 my father was assigned to
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