Background
Mormeck was born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe as an only child to Fulbert and Sonia Mormeck.
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 lieutenant
1990-1998: Early 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. 2002-2006: First World Title & Unification Bouts
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. Mormeck fought Uzbek heavyweight and WBA#7 Timur Ibragimov (30-3-1, 16 KO) on 2 December 2010, at Halle Carpentier, Paris.
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 until Klitschko pulled out after having a kidney stone removed on 2 December 2011. The fight was postponed to 3 March 2012.
However, he was defeated by the 4th - round KO.
Before his first encounter with O"Neil Bell, Mormeck had no nickname, so he asked his fans to come up with one.
He did not know that the fans had selected the moniker "The Marksman" until it was announced at the fight. Mormeck made one appearance in a French television talk-show called "Tout le monde en parle" to raise his mainstream profile.
He defended that title three times before relinquishing lieutenant