****ey TKO 6. Morrison roughed up and even hurt Mercer by his own admission. ****ey was bigger, stronger, and hit harder. Decent jab to boot. Mercer is formidable but I think ****ey could overwhelm him and dent that chin.
If Gerry boxes he wins a decision. He could jab and use a fair amount of footwork when he wanted to and Francesco Damiani had Ray outboxed for nine rounds before getting his nose broke. Gerry would have the reach and was a bit more mobile.
I would favor C00ney. His jab will really keep Mercer honest and ****ey would tee off on Mercers granite chin. I actually think C00ney may knock mercer out. If Anyone could do it, it would be him.
****ey is not KOing Mercer. nobody did until he was a ghost of a shell. ****ey hit really hard, but was not the absolute best at putting folks away. ****ey iis a prime example of someone who was not that strong, certainly for his size. He just had a Monster left. You could see the difference in build, arm size, strength....vs. old Foreman. ****ey at his best could outbox Mercer.
Mercer certainly could win. Their respective perfomances against Holmes do not inspite confidene though. Since Holmes was prime vs. ****ey, & 137 years old when he outboxed Mercer-who was far from Merciless. ****ey had drugs & alcohol limiting him. Mercer was talented but the intensioty of his efforts caried. Especially when trying to throw a fight to "The Boogeyman". The big guy really should have learned how to deploy his right more often. He made Frazier look like a 2 fisted whirling dervish by comparison. if he did, that alone could have made him great or near great-with focused training & sober.
I think prime ****ey is too big and strong for Mercer. Mercer had a granite chin, but I think ****ey could stop him late, maybe swell Ray's face up ala the Cooper fight.