Ray Mercer v James Douglas

They were both inconsistent. The Mercer who fought Lewis might beat most versions of Douglas; but the Mercer who bombed v Jesse Ferguson wouldn't.

The Douglas who beat McCall, Mike Williams & Berbick would likely beat any version of Mercer; the Douglas who lost to Holyfield couldn't beat an egg (although he could eat many - lol!).

Even the Douglas who lost to Tucker MIGHT beat Mercer...

Douglas & Mercer could fight 5 times with 5 different outcomes...when you even things out, I reckon Douglas comes out on top overall...

 

Can't go wrong with this. But best version of Buster, which is Tyson v best version of Mercer, which we could say Lewis, I'll pick Douglas by slim decision.

 

The best Douglas beats the best Mercer, although there's obviously a wide range of possible results if you start applying any other versions of each fighter.

Douglas handled McCall pretty comfortably, and Mercer would have real trouble with Buster's movement.

I suppose if you made it a 15 rounder, Mercer would have more of a chance to get a stoppage late on. Douglas didn't have a great chin, and could fold under pressure the longer the fight goes on. Mercer could be one-paced though, and I don't see it as one of those fights where one fighter wears the other down with volume and workrate. He either would need to land a bomb, or have Douglas break mentally.

 

Douglas had better movement that loses showed v Mercer, Douglas was far more skilled than Mercer and better than the oldder Holmes that beat Mercer, Tyson floored Douglas with an uppercut because he kept overcommiting with the jab but Mike was more well schooled than Mercer who didn`t have that kind of uppercut in his locker, still he could catch Douglas if he made the same mistake that he did v Mike, but I`ll go far Buster because he was a lot more elusive than Ray.

 

I found it in his locker yesterday during a locker search.

And I'd pick Douglas to take home the W.

 

Bump. Would be a great fight. I see Buster taking it on points if he is at his best. But he would need to stay sharp throughout the entire fight in order to not get caught with something big from Mercer.

 

Douglas when on it, from the Tyson and Page fights would be able to beat Mercer on points, outjabs him and keeps it at range.

Mercer would get inside at times and make it tough for Douglas, but I feel he’d do enough to get the win.

 

Either Douglas by decision or Mercer by knockout. Both could be in and outers so it depends on which version shows up on that particular night.