Wilder would have boxed Mercer`s head off and so would have AJ unless he got caught, Mercer was very sloppy.
He didn`t have more power and Ruiz`s jab is better and his jabs to the body were great v AJ too, he also proved his chin getting up v AJ.
He landed counter jabs on Fury, that fight was far closer than a fight between Mercer and Fury would be, Mercer would miss far more shots than Wilder did v Fury.
Mercer landed more jabs because he went the distance against Lennox, Bruno was stopped in the 7th round. Mercer outjabbed Lennox by a small margin, Bruno clearly outjabbed and outboxed Lennox. If Bruno boxes the way he did against McCall, I think he beats Mercer by decision (you can make a case for either guy). Why are we discussing Mercer vs Bruno?
I agree, his best wins were a three fight streak in 90-91 when he beat Cooper, Damiani and Morrison. Other than that he was just a tough gatekeeper
I think he would have been a handlfull for any heavyweight in the 90`s except Vitali based on how well Vitali did v Lewis later on in his career.
Mercer landed far more punches v Lennox in the first 7 rounds of that fight compared to Bruno landing some more jabs than Lewis before being stopped, there wasn`t much action in the Bruno fight compared to Mercer v Lewis and McCall was awful v Bruno compared to Mercer v Lewis, he would have stopped Frank and was a better fighter.
Moorer was much better than Foreman during the 90`s but lost because of his weak chin, I fel Mercer could have beat both of them.