Ray Mancini
"Boom Boom"
- Born
- 1961
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1979–1992
A beloved all-action lightweight from Youngstown.
Titles & Honours
- WBA Lightweight Champion (1982–1984)
Career Timeline
1979–1992- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Phil Bowen · W KO
- Title history
Title reign begins
WBA Lightweight Champion (1982–1984). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Kim Duk-koo · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Bobby Chacon
W TKO · Lawlor Events Center , Reno, Nevada , U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Greg Haugen · L TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-10-18 | W | Phil Bowen | KO | 1 | Fieldhouse , Struthers, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1979-11-13 | W | Lou Daniels | UD | 6 | Convention Center , Phoenix, Arizona , U.S. |
| 1979-11-24 | W | Ricky Patterson | KO | 2 | D.C. Armory , Washington, D.C. , U.S. |
| 1979-12-14 | W | Roberto Perez | KO | 1 | Convention Center , Dallas, Texas , U.S. |
| 1980-01-15 | W | Dale Gordon | KO | 1 | Memorial High School Fieldhouse , Campbell, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1980-01-22 | W | Charlie Evans | KO | 2 | Market Square Arena , Indianapolis, Indiana , U.S. |
| 1980-01-26 | W | Ramiro Hernandez | TKO | 3 | Mississippi Coliseum , Jackson, Mississippi , U.S. |
| 1980-03-17 | W | Antonio Rutledge | TKO | 1 | Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| 1980-04-30 | W | Bobby Sparks | KO | 1 | Fieldhouse, Struthers, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-06-18 | W | Trevor Evelyn | KO | 2 | Fieldhouse, Struthers, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-07-23 | W | Leon Smith | KO | 1 | Silver Slipper, Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1980-07-30 | W | Jaime Nava | PTS | 10 | Silver Slipper, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1980-09-09 | W | Johnny Summerhays | UD | 10 | Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1980-10-28 | W | Bobby Plegge | TKO | 6 | Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-12-09 | W | Kelvin Lampkin | KO | 2 | Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1980-12-17 | W | Marvin Ladson | KO | 1 | St. John Arena , Steubenville, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1981-03-12 | W | Norman Goins | KO | 2 | Felt Forum , New York City, New York , U.S. |
| 1981-04-02 | W | Al Ford | UD | 10 | Conrad Hotel , Chicago, Illinois , U.S. |
| 1981-05-16 | W | Jorge Morales | RTD | 9 | Concord Resort Hotel , Thompson, New York , U.S. |
| 1981-07-19 | W | José Luis Ramírez | UD | 12 | Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1981-10-03 | L | Alexis Argüello | TKO | 14 | Bally's Park Place , Atlantic City, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1981-12-26 | W | Manuel Abedoy | TKO | 2 | Bally's Park Place, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1982-01-23 | W | Julio Valdez | TKO | 10 | Sands , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1982-05-08 | W | Arturo Frias | TKO | 1 | The Aladdin , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1982-07-24 | W | Ernesto España | TKO | 6 | Mollenkopf Stadium, Warren, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1982-11-13 | W | Kim Duk-koo | KO | 14 | Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1983-02-06 | W | George Feeney | UD | 10 | Palazzetto dello Sport, Saint-Vincent , Italy |
| 1983-09-15 | W | Orlando Romero | KO | 9 | Madison Square Garden , New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1983-11-25 | W | Johnny Torres | KO | 1 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1984-01-14 | W | Bobby Chacon | TKO | 3 | Lawlor Events Center , Reno, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1984-06-01 | L | Livingstone Bramble | TKO | 14 | Memorial Auditorium , Buffalo, New York , U.S. |
| 1985-02-16 | L | Livingstone Bramble | UD | 15 | Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1989-03-06 | L | Héctor Camacho | SD | 12 | Lawlor Events Center, Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1992-04-03 | L | Greg Haugen | TKO | 7 | Convention Center , Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
Showing 34 of 34 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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