Prime Muhammad Ali vs Ray Mercer

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  1. superman1986

    superman1986 Active Member banned Full Member

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    I know that Ali wins, but how convincingly. Mercer was a type of George Chuvalo and Chuvalo did prove to be a challenge. So is this a fight where Mercer is mercilessly clowned and outboxed to a very one sided, shut out decision or would Mercer make Ali work for his money?
     
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  2. Hookandjab

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    Mercer is vastly underrated, but it's his own fault because of his poor work ethic. Ali would beat him.
     
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    The Holmes v Mercer fight tells us what we need to know here.
     
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    Total mismatch

    Ali glides around, stops, pumells Mercer. Repeat

    Ali by late stoppage as Ray's grotesquely swolen features prompt a mercy stoppage.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

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    Ali would outclass Mercer so badly it would be quite painful to watch.
     
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    "I must learn to box ." Ray Mercer after the Holmes fight.
     
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  7. Fergy

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    Ali quite conclusively, and it wouldn't even be close.
     
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    To be fair, though he didn't exactly improve immediately after that defeat, he did improve his boxing a little for the Holyfield and Lewis fights. (Although his conditioning was going downward by '96)
     
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  9. superman1986

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    I lol'd out loud when I read this
     
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    When I read this I started thinking of the Roy Jones Jr vs Richard Hall fight

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    Ali vs Mercer could look something like that without all of the knockdowns.
     
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    This is also a valid alternative ending.
     
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  12. Perry

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    Mercer was an overrated hwt. Extremely one dimensional. Ali wins every round in a very one sided contest.
     
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    If ever there were a more appropriate title for a fight (i.e. thrilla in manila) that would be it for a Mercer vs prime Muhammad Ali fight
     
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  14. JohnThomas1

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    Mercer wouldn't win a round, however long it went.
     
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  15. Hookandjab

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    Overrated? Consider the posts here. Total mismatch, ect. He is underrated but it's his own fault because of his poor work ethic. Ali by decision.
     
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