Ray Mercer vs Wladimir Klitschko Prime for Prime

Mercer Tko9 Imo.

Mercer would be Too consistent with bombs, while being able to take flush shots the whole fight.

 

I am with you on this one.
Mercer mid RND TKO/KO.
He is a head to head monster .

 

Mercer will light him up

 

Mercer TKO 6

 

Wlad KTFO 8, maybe not so easy as in 2002

 

Mercer NO DOUBT

But just wait for the klit nuthuggers. they WILL blow your mind with their analysis

 

Id say mercer wins by mid round ko/tko aswell. It seems like a bad matchup for Wlad against a iron chined pucher with a great jab but id give Klitschko a decent chance of outpointing Mercer if he boxes well using his height and reach to keep Mercer away. If a 42 year old Larry Holmes could outbox a prime Mercer than Wladimir has a chance to aswell.

 

Prime Mercer was an animal, I would give the nod to Mercer by Ko

 

Mercer was a beast in his prime. I honestly feel this man could go toe to toe with everyone with the exception of a prime Foreman. Iron chin, explosive power, good stamina, a prime Mercer was almost as intimidating as a prime Iron Mike. Mercer TKO over Wlad. Mercer would get shaken up, but he was more consistent with his attack and a good finisher. He fought alot smarter and had a good defense avoiding bombs like he did in the Morrison fight. If Wlad boxed him with a jab, that's the only way I see Wlad winning. Mercer's aggressiveness would be too much for Wlad. You box with the Klits, you lose unless your Ali. You have better chances in slugging with them.

 

Nah, Tommy isn't biased against the Klitschkos. If you consider Pacquiao to be pushing forty, then I suppose Mercer was actually pushing fifty by that measure (really 41, or so, I'd say). My analysis for this fight goes as follows: If Mercer gets Wlad into the kind of fight he got Lewis into, Wlad will more likely than not be unable to make it through the way Lennox did (I even scored that for Mercer). If he doesn't, Mercer being very far from un-out-boxable, even to someone the caliber of Jesse Ferguson (remember that scandal? :-(). Wlad makes it his fight, he still gets mashed up a little bit by Mercer's jab, maybe survive a knockdown and goes the distance for a decision victory or a late round TKO. In other words, Mercer will not outbox Wladimir from the outside and Wladimir will not win a knockdown drag-out against an iron-chinned guy with heavy hands. I lean toward the best version of Wladimir against the best of Ray on this one. But a prime Ray versus the less defensively responsible Wladimir Ray actually fought, I'd favor Ray heavily.