Ray Mercer vs Joe Frazier

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  1. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Frazier by late stoppage. Easy fight to predict
     
  2. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I don't remember saying Bowe avoided Mercer but it is possible. Who says Frazier is not known for his chin ? I think he had a terrific chin. As far as beating Mercer, I said by decision. Is English a language you understand ?
     
  3. ticar

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    You said bowe was carefully matched and that eddie futch knew bowe doesn't have a good chin so he never fought big punchers like mercer etc...
    Frazier has a terrific chin, and bowe a bad one? Wow

    That's why bowe was never stopped, and foreman almost killed frazier..

    What about 30 lbs mercer has on frazier?
    If marciano was instead of frazier, you sure would have mention that...
     
  4. Combatesdeboxeo_

    Combatesdeboxeo_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    30 pounds of fat heavier? like buster mathis?
     
  5. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mercer would be doing more than just farting after those bodyshots like he was vs Morrison
     
  6. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Frazier outworks him to a UD
     
  7. SmackDaBum

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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Joe Frazier was the perfect fighting machine on the night of March 8 1971....and never to be seen again.
     
  9. daverobin

    daverobin Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    a little fatt here ...........his best shape of mercers career was 224 lbs when he foght evander holyfield but against lewis over weight
     
  10. daverobin

    daverobin Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    mercers body looked much much better against cooper and holyfield
     
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  11. Unforgiven

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    What you talking about now ?

    You said Mercer wasn't fat against Lewis. You were calling him "rock solid".
    You said prime Frazier had a much worse physique.
    The videos prove you wrong. Mercer was fat at 236 pounds.
     
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  12. Unforgiven

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    Mercer wasn't a particularly big puncher.
    But all heavyweights can punch.
     
  13. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mercer almost certainly took steroids, Frazier almost certainly never did. Either way Frazier hit plenty hard enough to give Mercer a good beating.
     
  14. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Mercer was 200 pounds in the 1988 Olympics, he was already 27 years old.

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    He was bigger as a professional.
    He probably took steroids, yes.
     
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  15. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    I was never all that impressed with Mercers power. If he couldn't KO Lewis, he ain't KOing Frazier. And he sure as hell isn't outworking him.