Old foreman vs Mercer

Mercer might have been too lively for Bald Foreman. This is because Foreman was really only a novelty side show in his comeback. He was never taken seriously in elite circles. Everyone wanted to fight him, so Foreman really could (and did) take his pick of who he thought he could beat. Believe me If Foreman thought he could beat Mercer he would have fought him. Everyone was lining up to fight him.

Morrison and Mercer were not really the same level. Lennox Lewis was able to demonstrate this. Mercer even demonstrated this against Morrison. The same Morrison who beat bald Foreman.

 

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Lewis essentially ended Mercers career with uppercuts. No man can walk onto Foreman's power for 12 rounds.
And when you walk into that power you are doubling the impact of the punch.

Mercer is the idksab answer.

Foreman by blow out.

 

mercer via dec

 

Planet Dino is a weird place.

Mercer was 36 when it was discovered herniated cervical disc surgery, caused by degenerative factors in a long career. This was well over a year after the Lewis fight, and after Mercer already took big shots against Spoon.

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I'd never seen Witherspoon-Mercer. Looked like a great fight. Any opinions on the decision?

 

Foreman's comeback was all smoke and mirrors.......he would never fight Mercer. George was stripped of the Moorer belt because he refused to fight anybody with a pulse. If a in shape Mercer shows up he will decision Foreman without a lot of fuss.

I do not think Mercer was any special but he was leaps and bounds better than Stewart,Saverese and Schulz who old Foreman went live and death with .

 

Mercer takes the foreman shots and gets plenty of his own in. Mercer s face is battered at the end but he gets a tight unanimous win.

 

Old Larry Holmes shoe shined Mercer with slaps one sided. The jab controlled him. Foreman had a better harder jab.
Morrison knocked the fart out of him before his glass chin gave out. He couldn't miss Mercer with uppercuts.

Mercer lost to friggin Ferguson once , arguably twice.

Not sure why you mentioned Copper. He tasted Foremans power and got so terrified he ran back into the locker room after only two rounds. And Cooper was a durable and brave warrior.

Mercer had only one strategy - come forward. Foreman will flatten anybody who consistently walks onto him and Mercer would be doing nothing else.

Ask Mike Tyson what he though of comeback Foreman. 'A wolf in sheeps clothing' .
He was underrated and extremely dangerous.
Mercer isn't putting him away and after 8-9 rounds of walking clean into his power shots with little to no movement up top he will drop to his kness and be counted out.
Anybody voting Mercer simply doesn't understand boxing.

 

I'll vote for Mercer.

 

Mercer never beat anyone of any note aside from Morrison. Ray was a very beatable hwt. Foreman who beat Cooney stops Mercer in 8 one sided rounds. Ref saves him from further punishment.

 

George beat Ray by a 7th round TKO. But Mercer is not going down.