Ray Austin (born October 31, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1998 and 2021. He challenged for the IBF and IBO heavyweight titles in 2007.
Professional career Austin has drawn with other notable heavyweights Lance Whitaker, Larry Donald, and Sultan Ibragimov. Austin is also known for his TKO victory over Jo el Scott, the final professional bout for Scott.
In 2007, Austin was promoted to the International Boxing Federation's mandatory challenger due to his draw with Sultan Ibragimov. He challenged Wladimir Klitschko on March 10, 2007, and lost at 1:23 in the second round by technical knockout.
Austin also competed in Cedric Kushner's Thunderbox Heavyweight Tournament, "Fistful of Dollars", but lost.
Austin most recently defeated Domonic Jenkins, Andrew Golota and Julius Long.
In his most recent fight in a WBC Title Eliminator on October 31, 2009, against DaVarryl Williamson who he defeated by fourth round technical knockout after knocking him down as Williamson got up the referee stops the fight.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes44DrawRydell BookerSD611 Nov 202143Loss29–10–4Ivan DychkoTKO3 (6), 10 May 201942Loss29–9–4Robert AlfonsoUD615 Feb 201941Loss29–8–4Gerald WashingtonKO4 (10), 16 Jul 201640Loss29–7–4Andy Ruiz Jr.RTD4 (8), 14 May 201639Win29–6–4Earl LadsonUD621 Feb 201438Loss28–6–4Bermane StiverneTKO10 (12), 25 Jun 201137Loss28–5–4Odlanier Solís10 (12), 17 Dec 201036Win28–4–4DaVarryl WilliamsonTKO4 (12), 31 Oct 200935Win27–4–4Julius LongUD814 Feb 200934Win26–4–4Andrew Golota1 (12), 7 Nov 200833Win25–4–4Domonic JenkinsUD827 Sep 200832Loss24–4–4Wladimir KlitschkoKO2 (12), 10 Mar 200731Draw24–3–4Sultan IbragimovSD1228 Jul 200630Win24–3–3Jeremy BatesTKO2 (10), 1 Apr 200629Win23–3–3Owen Beck123 Sep 200528Draw22–3–3Larry DonaldMD1230 Apr 200527Win22–3–2Ken MurphyUD625 Jun 200426Win21–3–2Gilbert MartinezTKO4 (6), 17 May 200425Win20–3–2Willie Williams5 (6), 6 Mar 200424Win19–3–2Jo el ScottTKO8 (10), 26 Aug 200323Win18–3–2Sedreck FieldsSD89 May 200322Draw17–3–2Zuri Lawrence1015 Feb 200321Win17–3–1Francis RoyalTKO3 (6), 29 Sep 200220Draw16–3–1Lance Whitaker1013 Apr 200219Win16–3Gary WinmonUD530 Jan 200218Loss15–3Attila LevinTKO9 (10), 20 Jul 200117Win15–2Fai FalamoeTKO4 (6), 28 Apr 200116Loss14–2Harold SconiersUD62 Nov 200015Win14–1Ramon HayesTKO1 (6), 14 Sep 200014Win13–1Tim NobleTKO2 (6)27 Apr 200013Win12–1Ron McCarthyPTS624 Feb 200012Win11–1Ronnie SmithTKO4 (4), 13 Jan 200011Win10–1Ron GuerreroTKO6 (6), 12 Dec 199910Win9–1Cisse SalifKO4 (6)7 Oct 19999Win8–1Zibielee KimbroughTKO1, 10 Sep 19998Win7–1Grant Cudjoe413 Aug 19997Win6–1Charles Young1 (6)3 Jun 19996Win5–1Mike BradleyTKO1 (4), 3 Apr 19995Win4–1Kevin WilsonTKO1, 19 Mar 19994Win3–1Zibielee KimbroughTKO1 (6)4 Mar 19993Loss2–1Lincoln Luke222 Jan 19992Win2–0Wesley SmithPTS49 Sep 19981Win1–0Charles Hatcher410 Jul 1998
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