Same Ray Mercer that lost to Kimbo? Or are we talking about all time great James Toney? Maybe you remember Jimmerson getting his **** pushed in by a 170lbs Brazilian that didn't even know how to throw a punch?
A world champion boxer vs a wrestler in kickboxing match? Cool story. Erickson was a nobody, and would handle Shannon easily in a real fight. Any more failed rebuttals?
It happens. Vitali is awkward but effective and Adamek is good but the styles were bad. Gamboa and De Leon always come to fight so its a rarity that the fight wasn't a 3 round blow out. Admittedly, boxing would never put on a card like SF did. 4 top heavyweights, 3 of whom are top 15. middleweight title fight. former champ was on the undercard. Too much depth for boxing to ever match. Main even to boxing means only event!
Did you see the crowd for Adamek vs Klitshko by any chance? Compare that crowd to Bellator LOL. You could throw the audience from Bellator inside the Strikeforce arena and not even be close to that crowd. So, I don't think boxing is getting slapped around. I did watch the SF as well, and it was pretty good, but I liked the boxing matches too.
And Sylvia was a bum. What's your point? My only point was that in a "real" fight, a mixed martial artist who isn't a ****** beats a boxer 10/10 times. And easily