Bernardo Mercado vs Muhammad Ali
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Bernardo Mercado and Muhammad Ali met once (1977). drawn in 1977.
SOURCE·Bernardo Mercado and Muhammad Ali — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Bernardo Mercado | Muhammad Ali | |
|---|---|---|
| — | Reach | 78″ (198.1 cm) |
| 76″ (193 cm) | Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) |
| — | Reach advantage | +3.99% |
| 33–5 | Record | 56–5 |
| 85% | Finish rate | 66% |
| 0 | Longest unbeaten run | 34 |
| 2 | Recorded bouts | 59 |
| Orthodox | Stance | Orthodox |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Bernardo Mercado | Muhammad Ali |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Holmes | ? | L |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Bernardo Mercado
Muhammad Ali
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 2 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
33–5 Muhammad AliThe same, from the other corner — 59 bouts and the cohort Ali is ranked inside.
56–5 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
900 BOUTS