Editing Ray Mancini

{{Short description|American boxer (born 1961)}}
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{{Infobox boxer
| name = Ray Mancini
| image = Ray Boom Boom Mancini 2008.JPG{{!}}border
| caption = Mancini in 2008
| realname = Raymond Michael Mancino
| nickname = Boom Boom
| weight = {{plainlist|
*[[Lightweight]]
*[[Light welterweight]]
}}
| height = 5 ft 4+1/2 in
| reach = 65 in
| nationality = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|3|4}}
| birth_place = [[Youngstown, Ohio]], U.S.
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| total = 34
| wins = 29
| KO = 23
| losses = 5
}}

'''Ray Mancini''' (born '''Raymond Michael Mancino'''; March 4, 1961), better known as "'''Boom Boom'''" '''Mancini''', is an American former [[professional boxer]] who competed professionally from 1979 to 1992 and who has since worked as an actor and [[sports commentator]]. He held the [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] [[lightweight]] title from 1982 to 1984.<ref name = "vindy-12-05-99"/> Mancini inherited his nickname from his father, boxer [[Lenny Mancini]].<ref>[http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=24441&cat=boxer Lenny Mancini<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2015, Mancini was inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/11978825/riddick-bowe-ray-boom-boom-mancini-highlight-international-boxing-hall-fame-selections|title=Bowe, Mancini highlight 2015 HOF class|date=December 4, 2014}}</ref>

==Early life and amateur career==
Mancini, an American of Italian descent, was born Raymond Michael Mancino in [[Youngstown, Ohio]] on March 4, 1961. Boxing played a prominent role in the Mancini family history. Mancini's father, [[Lenny Mancini]] (the original "Boom Boom"), was a top-ranked contender during the 1940s. Lenny Mancini's dream, however, was dashed when he was wounded during World War II. Although Lenny Mancini returned to boxing, limitations resulting from his injuries prevented him from fulfilling his potential.<ref name="vindy-11-17-82">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1CFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3215%2C471040| title = Ray Mancini Uncertain About His Ring Future | newspaper = Youngstown Vindicator | date = November 17, 1982}}</ref> He was a childhood friend and neighbor to future [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma Sooners]] football head coach [[Bob Stoops]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 19, 2013|title=Collected Wisdom: Ray 'Boom, Boom' Mancini, former world champion boxer|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3747524/collected-wisdom-ray-boom-boom-mancini-former-world-champion-boxer/|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

Lenny inspired Ray to develop his boxing skills and encouraged him to train at a gym when he was quite young.  Thus, Ray then began his quest to win the world title for his father.

==Professional career==
On October 18, 1979, Mancini made his professional debut and defeated [[Phil Bowen (boxer)|Phil Bowen]] with a first-round knockout. His whirlwind punching style caught the attention of network executives at several American television networks, and he became a regular on their sports programming. During this time Mancini defeated some notable boxers including former US champion Norman Goins in March 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/ray-mancini-lands-a-punch-against-norman-goins-during-the-news-photo/163935088|title=Ray Mancini lands a punch against Norman Goins during the fight at|date=March 18, 2013 }}</ref>

===Lightweight title challenges===
On April 30, 1980, Mancini defeated Bobby Sparks with a knockout at 1:28 in the first round for the regional Ohio State Lightweight title. Over a year later on May 16, 1981, Mancini won his first major title by defeating Jorge Morales for the WBC-affiliated [[North American Boxing Federation|NABF]] Lightweight championship when the referee determined that Morales could not continue after the 9th round.  In the post-match interview, Ray said that he was "keeping this title for myself because the world title is going to my dad".  Two months later, he successfully defended the title against [[José Luis Ramírez]] after a unanimous decision. Mancini's first attempt at a world title came on October 3 when he was pitted against [[Alexis Argüello]] for his [[World Boxing Council]] lightweight title. The event was selected by many (including ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' and [[ESPN]]) as one of the most spectacular fights of the 1980s. Mancini gave Argüello trouble early and built a lead on the scorecards, but Argüello used his experience to his advantage in the later rounds and stopped Mancini in the 14th round.

Mancini would rebound from the loss to Argüello by winning his next two bouts, including a second successful defense of his NABF Lightweight title against Julio Valdez (10th-round TKO) which would earn him another chance at a world title.

===WBA Lightweight champion===
On May 8, 1982, in a match held at [[The Aladdin]] in [[Las Vegas]], he challenged the new [[World Boxing Association]] lightweight champion, [[Arturo Frias]].<ref>
{{Cite news | title = This Mancini match has different ring |newspaper = Youngstown Vindicator| page = 1 | date = April 22, 1989}}</ref> Fifteen seconds into the fight, Frias caught Mancini with a left hook to the chin and another combination made Mancini bleed from his eyebrow. Mancini recovered and dropped Frias right in the center of the ring with a combination. Dazed, Frias got backed up, and Mancini immediately went on the offensive and trapped Frias against the ropes. After many unanswered blows, referee Richard Greene stopped the fight at 2:54 in the first round, and the Mancini family finally had a world champion.<ref name="vindy-12-05-99">{{Cite news | first = John | last = Bassetti | title = Valley boxers, led by Mancini, ruled the ring
|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator | date = December 5, 1999}}</ref>

Mancini's first title defense, against former world champion [[Ernesto España]], went smoothly with a Mancini [[knockout]] win in the 6th round.

{{anchor|Kim match|Kim|Duk Koo Kim}}

===Match against Duk Koo Kim===
[[File:Duk Koo Kim vs Ray Mancini ticket.png|thumb|Ticket stub for Mancini's fight against Duk Koo Kim]]

On November 13, 1982, a 21-year-old Mancini met 27-year-old [[South Korea]]n challenger [[Duk Koo Kim]]. Kim had struggled to make the {{convert|135|lb|kg|adj=on}} weight limit, and had to lose several pounds shortly before the fight. The title bout, at [[Caesars Palace]] in Las Vegas, was televised live on [[CBS Sports]]. Mancini won by TKO in the 14th round. Moments after the fight ended, Kim collapsed and fell into a coma, having suffered a [[subdural hematoma]], and died five days later.<ref name="ap-11-18-82">
{{Cite news
| title = Nevada Court Rules Kim 'Legally Dead'
| newspaper = [[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|Youngstown Vindicator]]
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1SFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eVgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1075%2C1010069
| location = Youngstown, Ohio
| agency = Associated Press
| date = November 18, 1982
| page = 26
}}</ref> The week after his death, the cover of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' magazine showed Mancini and Kim battling, under the title "Tragedy in the Ring".<ref name=talltj>{{cite magazine |last=Wiley |first=Ralph |date=November 22, 1982 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126122/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118103829/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126122/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 18, 2009 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |title=Then all the joy turned to sorrow |page=26}}</ref>

Mancini went to the funeral in South Korea and fell into a deep depression afterwards.<ref name="vindy-11-17-82"/> He has said that the hardest moments came when people approached him and asked if he was the boxer who "killed" Duk Koo Kim. Mancini went through a period of reflection and blamed himself for Kim's death. In addition, Kim's mother died by suicide three months after the fight, and the bout's referee, [[Richard Green (referee)|Richard Green]], killed himself in July 1983.<ref name="vindy-11-13-2007">
{{Cite news
| title = After 25 years, Kim death still stings Mancini: ESPN airs documentary tonight that revisits 1982 tragedy
| newspaper = [[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|Youngstown Vindicator]]
| location = Youngstown, Ohio
| date = November 13, 2007
}}</ref>

As a result of Kim's death, the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] took steps to shorten its title bouts to a maximum of 12 rounds. The [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] and [[WBO]] followed in 1988, and the [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] in 1989.<ref name="vindy-11-13-2007"/>

===Later matches===
Mancini began the process of getting his life back together by once again putting on boxing gloves. He went to Italy to face British champion [[George Feeney (boxer)|George Feeney]], where he won a 10-round decision.

He defended his title two more times. First, on September 15, 1983, he beat Peruvian challenger [[Orlando Romero]] by a knockout in nine rounds at [[Madison Square Garden]] to achieve a lifelong dream of fighting in that building, and then after a November 25 tune-up bout in which he defeated Johnny Torres by first-round knockout in his return to the Caesar's Palace hotel in Las Vegas, in January 1984, in [[Ray Mancini vs. Bobby Chacon|a bout]] with former world champion [[Bobby Chacon]], which was broadcast on [[Home Box Office|HBO]], Mancini defeated Chacon when referee Richard Steele stopped the fight in the third round with blood dripping from Chacon's left eye at [[Reno, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Dahlberg |first=Tim |date=January 16, 1984 |title=Haugen Defeats Mancini |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rrFBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iKkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6702,883471&dq=mancini+chacon+round+three&hl=en |newspaper=Daily News |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref>

In June 1984, Mancini, still recovering from the emotional trauma of Kim's death, fought [[Livingstone Bramble]] to defend his title in [[Buffalo, New York]]. This time however, Mancini came out on the losing end, defeated after 14 rounds.<ref name="vindy-06-02-84">
{{Cite news
| first = Chuck
| last = Perazich
| title = What's Ahead For Mancini?
| newspaper = Youngstown Vindicator
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLs_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dlcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3996%2C346153
| page = 13
| date = June 2, 1984
}}</ref> Mancini lost the title, but not before a fierce effort that resulted in an overnight stay at [[Kaleida Health#Hospitals|Millard Fillmore Hospital]] and 71 stitches around one eye.<ref name="vindy-06-02-84b">
{{Cite news
| title = Bramble Claims TKO Win in 14th
| newspaper = Youngstown Vindicator
| last = Swanson
| first = Ray
| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLs_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=dlcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2915%2C343508
| page = 13
| date = June 2, 1984
}}</ref>

Mancini returned to the ring twice to attempt to regain his world title. In a rematch with Bramble, Mancini lost the fight by one point on all three judges' scorecards in a 15-round decision.<ref>[http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Livingstone_Bramble_vs._Ray_Mancini_(2nd_meeting) Article in ''Box Rec'']</ref> His next attempt came in March 1989, when he lost to [[Héctor Camacho|Héctor 'Macho' Camacho]] in a split decision,<ref>[https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3107079 ESPN – Twenty-five years is a long time to carry a memory – Boxing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Mancini had one final fight in April 1992, against former lightweight champion [[Greg Haugen]]. Mancini lost when referee [[Mills Lane]] stopped the fight in the seventh round.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gutskey |first=Earl |date=April 4, 1992 |title=Haugen Defeats Mancini |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-04-sp-317-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref>

==Retirement and later work==
A made-for-television movie based on Mancini's life aired in the 1980s.<ref name="vindy-08-14-84">{{Cite news| title = Mancini Movie Start Announced | newspaper = Youngstown Vindicator |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lllAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v1YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3419%2C5202265 |page = 12 | date = August 14, 1984}}</ref> The former champion was able to keep 75 percent of his $12 million in [[purse money]], which enabled him to pursue a broad range of interests in retirement.<ref name="vindy-11-11-2007">{{Cite news| first = Don | last = Shilling | title = City's past boxing champs offer advice | url = http://www.vindy.com/news/2007/nov/11/city8217s-past-boxing-champs-offer-advice/ | work = The Vindicator | page = A-3 | date = November 11, 2007 | access-date = July 15, 2019}}</ref>

Mancini, who as of 2007 resided in Los Angeles, owns the El Campeon Cigar Company and operates two movie production companies.<ref name="vindy-11-11-2007"/> Mancini appeared in and produced a handful of films. He appeared in the quirky 1994 comedy ''[[The Search for One-eye Jimmy]]'', in [[David Mamet]]'s MMA film ''[[Redbelt]]'', and in the 2000 remake ''[[Body and Soul (2000 film)|Body and Soul]]''. Mancini played Charlie, Frank's retired father, in ''[[Bad Frank]]'' (2017).

Mancini produced ''Youngstown: Still Standing'' in 2010, which premiered at the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival on March 24. The documentary film featured his hometown friend, actor [[Ed O'Neill]], and also included [[Jim Cummings]], [[Kelly Pavlik]], [[Jay Williams (politician)|Jay Williams]], Andrea Wood, and Mancini himself, among many other Youngstown natives and locals. John Chechitelli – another Youngstown native – directed and edited the 89-minute-long film. It recounts the history of Youngstown, Ohio, from its founding in 1797 to the present.<ref>[http://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/films/2010/youngstown-still-standing Cleveland International Film Festival :: March 18–28, 2010] – The 34th International Film Festival Program and website summary</ref>

Mancini has a son also named Ray who appeared in the YouTube reality series SummerBreak, in which Manicini also had a guest role.

Mancini practices [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]] and holds a purple belt in the martial art.<ref>{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Luke|title=Ray Mancini: Boxers who criticize mixed martial arts 'have no clue'|url=http://www.mmafighting.com/2013/10/6/4809504/ray-mancini-boxers-who-criticize-mixed-martial-arts-have-no-clue|access-date=October 7, 2013|newspaper=MMAFighting.com|date=October 6, 2013|quote=Legendary boxer Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini joined Ariel Helwani on Monday's 'The MMA Hour' to talk about his experience being a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu}}</ref> He became a fight analyst for the Fox reality series ''[[Celebrity Boxing]]''.

==In popular culture==
*[[Warren Zevon]] included a biographical song about Mancini called "Boom Boom Mancini" on his 1987 album ''[[Sentimental Hygiene]]''.
*[[Sun Kil Moon]]'s 2003 album ''[[Ghosts of the Great Highway]]'' includes the track "Duk Koo Kim" which references the fight between Mancini and Kim.
*In 2013, a documentary about Mancini was released called ''[[The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini]]''.
*In 2015, Mancini spoke to [[Retro Report]] about the repercussions of his fight with [[Duk Koo Kim]], "Blood and Sport".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.retroreport.org/video/blood-and-sport/|title = Hard Risks: Concussions in Sports, from the Boxing Ring to the Gridiron|date = October 22, 2019}}</ref>

==Professional boxing record==
{{BoxingRecordSummary
|ko-wins=23
|ko-losses=3
|dec-wins=6
|dec-losses=2
}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
|-
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
|-
|34
|{{no2}}Loss
|29–5
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Greg Haugen]] 
|TKO
|7 (12), {{small|2:27}}
|April 3, 1992
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Reno-Sparks Convention Center|Convention Center]], Reno, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For vacant NABF light welterweight title}}
|-
|33
|{{no2}}Loss
|29–4
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Héctor Camacho]]
|{{abbr|SD|Split decision}}
|12
|March 6, 1989
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For inaugural [[list of WBO world champions#Junior welterweight|WBO light welterweight title]]}}
|-
|32
|{{no2}}Loss
|29–3
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Livingstone Bramble]]
|UD
|15
|February 16, 1985
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For WBA lightweight title}}
|-
|31
|{{no2}}Loss
|29–2
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Livingstone Bramble]]
|TKO
|14 (15), {{small|0:53}}
|June 1, 1984
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium|Memorial Auditorium]], [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Lost WBA lightweight title}}
|-
|30
|{{yes2}}Win
|29–1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Bobby Chacon]]
|TKO
|3 (15), {{small|1:17}}
|[[Ray Mancini vs. Bobby Chacon|January 14, 1984]]
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Lawlor Events Center]], [[Reno, Nevada]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBA lightweight title}}
|-
|29
|{{yes2}}Win
|28–1
|style="text-align:left;"| Johnny Torres
|KO
|1 (10), {{small|2:58}}
|November 25, 1983
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}}
|
|-
|28
|{{yes2}}Win
|27–1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Orlando Romero]]
|KO
|9 (15), {{small|1:56}}
|September 15, 1983
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Madison Square Garden]], New York City, New York, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBA lightweight title}}
|-
|27
|{{yes2}}Win
|26–1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[George Feeney (boxer)|George Feeney]]
|UD
|10
|February 6, 1983
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Palazzetto dello Sport, [[Saint-Vincent, Aosta Valley|Saint-Vincent]], Italy}}
|
|-
|26
|{{yes2}}Win
|25–1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Kim Duk-koo]]
|KO
|14 (15), {{small|0:19}}
|November 13, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Caesars Palace]], Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBA lightweight title}}; {{small|Kim died four days later due to injuries sustained in the fight}}
|-
|25
|{{yes2}}Win
|24–1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Ernesto España]] 
|TKO
|6 (15), {{small|2:59}}
|July 24, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Mollenkopf Stadium, Warren, Ohio, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained WBA lightweight title}}
|-
|24
|{{yes2}}Win
|23–1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Arturo Frias]]
|TKO
|1 (15), {{small|2:54}}
|May 8, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[The Aladdin]], Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won [[list of WBA world champions#Lightweight|WBA lightweight title]]}}
|-
|23
|{{yes2}}Win
|22–1
|style="text-align:left;"| Julio Valdez
|TKO
|10 (12), {{small|0:59}}
|January 23, 1982
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Sands Atlantic City|Sands]], Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained NABF lightweight title}}
|-
|22
|{{yes2}}Win
|21–1
|style="text-align:left;"| Manuel Abedoy
|TKO
|2 (10), {{small|2:08}}
|December 26, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.}}
|
|-
|21
|{{no2}}Loss
|20–1
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Alexis Argüello]]
|TKO
|14 (15), {{small|1:44}}
|October 3, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Bally's Park Place]], [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|For [[list of WBC world champions#Lightweight|WBC]] and [[list of The Ring world champions#Lightweight|''The Ring'' lightweight titles]]}}
|-
|20
|{{yes2}}Win
|20–0
|style="text-align:left;"| [[José Luis Ramírez]]
|UD
|12
|July 19, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Retained NABF lightweight title}}
|-
|19
|{{yes2}}Win
|19–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Jorge Morales
|{{abbr|RTD|Corner retirement}}
|9 (12), {{small|3:00}}
|May 16, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Concord Resort Hotel]], [[Thompson, New York]], U.S.}}
|style="text-align:left;"|{{small|Won [[North American Boxing Federation|NABF]] [[lightweight]] title}}
|-
|18
|{{yes2}}Win
|18–0
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Al Ford]]
|UD
|10
|April 2, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Conrad Hotels#United States|Conrad Hotel]], [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|17
|{{yes2}}Win
|17–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Norman Goins
|KO
|2 (10), {{small|0:37}}
|March 12, 1981
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Felt Forum]], [[New York City, New York]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|16
|{{yes2}}Win
|16–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Marvin Ladson
|KO
|1 (10), {{small|0:57}}
|December 17, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[St. John Arena (Steubenville)|St. John Arena]], [[Steubenville, Ohio]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|15
|{{yes2}}Win
|15–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Kelvin Lampkin
|KO
|2 (10), {{small|2:10}}
|December 9, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, U.S.}}
|
|-
|14
|{{yes2}}Win
|14–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Bobby Plegge
|TKO
|6 (10)
|October 28, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, U.S.}}
|
|-
|13
|{{yes2}}Win
|13–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Johnny Summerhays
|UD
|10
|September 9, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[William Doud Packard|Packard]] Music Hall, [[Warren, Ohio]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|12
|{{yes2}}Win
|12–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Jaime Nava
|{{abbr|PTS|Points decision}}
|10
|July 30, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Silver Slipper, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.}}
|
|-
|11
|{{yes2}}Win
|11–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Leon Smith
|KO
|1 (8)
|July 23, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Silver Slipper, [[Paradise, Nevada]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|10
|{{yes2}}Win
|10–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Trevor Evelyn
|KO
|2 (8), {{small|1:39}}
|June 18, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Fieldhouse, Struthers, Ohio, U.S.}}
|
|-
|9
|{{yes2}}Win
|9–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Bobby Sparks
|KO
|1 (12), {{small|1:28}}
|April 30, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Fieldhouse, Struthers, Ohio, U.S.}}
|
|-
|8
|{{yes2}}Win
|8–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Antonio Rutledge
|TKO
|1 (6), {{small|1:44}}
|March 17, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.}}
|
|-
|7
|{{yes2}}Win
|7–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Ramiro Hernandez
|{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}}
|3 (8), {{small|1:35}}
|January 26, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Mississippi Coliseum]], [[Jackson, Mississippi]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|6
|{{yes2}}Win
|6–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Charlie Evans
|KO
|2 (6), {{small|0:08}}
|January 22, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Market Square Arena]], [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|5
|{{yes2}}Win
|5–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Dale Gordon
|KO
|1 (8)
|January 15, 1980
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Campbell Memorial High School|Memorial High School Fieldhouse]], [[Campbell, Ohio]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|4
|{{yes2}}Win
|4–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Roberto Perez
|KO
|1 (6), {{small|1:05}}
|December 14, 1979
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Dallas Convention Center|Convention Center]], [[Dallas, Texas]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|3
|{{yes2}}Win
|3–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Ricky Patterson
|KO
|2 (6), {{small|1:11}}
|November 24, 1979
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[D.C. Armory]], [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|2
|{{yes2}}Win
|2–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Lou Daniels
|{{abbr|UD|Unanimous decision}}
|6
|November 13, 1979
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Phoenix Convention Center|Convention Center]], [[Phoenix, Arizona]], U.S.}}
|
|-
|1
|{{yes2}}Win
|1–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Phil Bowen
|{{abbr|KO|Knockout}}
|1, {{small|1:59}}
|October 18, 1979
|style="text-align:left;"| {{small|[[Struthers Fieldhouse|Fieldhouse]], [[Struthers, Ohio]], U.S.}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Boxrec|id=001639}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0089261|title=Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story}}
*{{IMDb name|0541509}}
*[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/sports/families-continue-to-heal-30-years-after-title-bout-between-ray-mancini-and-duk-koo-kim.html Mancini vs. Kim 30-year anniversary] at ''[[The New York Times]]''

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