Ken Norton vs. Ray Mercer

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  1. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ken Norton - always well-conditioned with tricky, unusual style, but bad chin.

    Ray Mercer - granite chin, but not always well conditioned and sometimes rather unimaginative.

    Who the bloody hell takes it?
     
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  2. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Norton by very clear decision. Norton was vulnerable to HUGE punchers. Mercer was a good puncher, but not a big puncher. And Norton was by FAR the better technician of the two. Kenny schools him.
     
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  3. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, I like that answer. That would be my pick, too.
     
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  4. Knights107

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    Ken norton
     
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  5. energie

    energie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    norton via dec
     
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  6. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Norton
     
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  7. uncletermite

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    Anytime you do a match up one has to realize its the best version of that fighter..Mercer easily outboxes him,add in the chin and power...sorry guys...Mercer owns this one.
     
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  8. Smokin Bert

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    Mercer didn't "easily" outbox any elite fighter. He lost to old Larry Holmes and Ferguson while still in his prime.

    Norton by clear decision 9 out of 10 times. (Ray might get lucky and catch Ken 1/10 times, but it is unlikely)
     
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  9. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    Norton for me decision
     
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  10. nikrj

    nikrj Active Member Full Member

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    Ken Norton UD
     
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  11. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    An old Holmes clearly beat Mercer on points while a prime Holmes won a close split decision against Norton.

    Norton wins a clear decision. Mercer didn't have the greatest work rate and as mentioned before while a solid puncher was not a great puncher.
     
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  12. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm not convinced Norton's chin holds up if Mercer does land a bomb. It didn't require George Foreman to crack it. Garcia KO'd him and a past it Quarry almost had him out. Then again, Mercer lost to Jesse Ferguson and probably should have lost to club fighter Marion Wilson so he can't be relied upon either.

    Best to best, Mercer with a come from behind TKO.
     
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  13. heizenberg

    heizenberg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think it would be an action packed fight much like Mercer's fights with Holyfield and Lewis and much like those fights I'd expect Mercer to give it a good go but Norton to get the win.
     
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  14. Phil_Ivey_76

    Phil_Ivey_76 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ken Norton on points
     
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  15. latineg

    latineg user of dude wipes Full Member

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    I would say Kenny,,,,,

    other than Mercer was so tough in his prime it is never easy to write off how that toughness can effect a fight,, that toughness has a chance to change a fight in a big hurry even when one is getting their a-s-s kicked.

    So maybe Kenny but not as clearly as most in this thread are saying.
     
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