Defensive skills nonexistent!

@@Shovelhook He must've felt he didn't need defense with a chin and body that resistant to damage. The dude was one of the most brutal fighters of all time.

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33 wins 16 kos? That’s a beast

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@Your Neighbor yes. Moorer and David Tua too.

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Bob I completely agree with you I remember watching this fight back in the day thinking Mercer maybe not won but did a lot better then he really did lol

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He did hold the WBO belt and beat some good guys and also gave a few ATGs a run for their money

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Mercer vs. Tyson would have been great

Mercer shoulda been more than a wbo champ ! He is unfulfilled talent, but he was indeed a beast.

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The Rub Mercer almost made it a draw, Lewis certainly didn't dominate this one.

Yap,the truth about Lewis is "he is talented "To me,he has a good timing unexpectedly.

Lewis was a great fighter when he respected, truly respected his opponent, and didn't allow his arrogance to just assume that his 'greater talent and ability' would automatically make him superior, and therefore, the victor... Honestly think Bowe missed a trick not fighting Lewis... Yeah, Lewis beat Bowe in the Olympics, which of course is amateur boxing, and doesn't mean shit when it comes to Professional Boxing... Must remember that Gonzalez battered both Lewis and Bowe in the amateur game, and teased Bowe about when he beat him rather convincingly...and look what happened when Gonzalez faced Riddick Bowe as a professional...Bowe gave Gonzalez a boxing lesson, and a beating, and made him look like he was still an amateur... In all professional sport, and most definitely in boxing, one's talent, or natural ability, and skill, they can only take the boxer so far. If the boxer doesn't have 'discipline' and 'commitment' then they may as well not have the fucking talent because they'll get found out by those that treat boxing, the training, and their bodies with respect...and that was Bowe's trouble, his discipline. He'd spend 75% of the time between fights sitting in fucking Mcdonalds...such a waste. When he was disciplined, like preparing for the first and the third Holyfield fights, he was great. Bowe had so much natural ability, but was a lazy fucker. Same goes for Tommy Morrison, but instead of gorging on burgers, he gorged on booze and cocaine. People talk about Morrison's susceptible chin, but when he was passionate and focused, his chin was fine. He got up against Ruddock to win, and losing to Mercer, well, Mercer was hardly a weak puncher, and how can people say his chin was weak after going 12 rounds with George Foreman, and Tommy lasted as long with Lewis as Vitaly Klitscho did, 6 rounds, and wasn't as battered, and Lewis was younger and fitter, and 6 rounds was longer than Golota, Ruddock, Rahman, McCall, Shannon Briggs, Tyrell Biggs, and Francis Botha lasted...yet he had a 'dodgy chin'...12 rounds with Foreman?....What I'm saying is, when a fighter is disciplined and passionate about the fight, even their chin acts differently and can withstand more, no doubt cause of will power...honestly believe if Bowe had trained hard, he could've beaten Lewis.... Miss these heavyweight days

@@bloodfluke7530 There's always a possibility, but you f Lewis is on his game no one gets the majority of ten fights against him, he's the best ever

I think Lennox kept getting better as time went on

Yes. Mike Tyson vs Ray Mercer would be a crazy fight. Ray Mercer against the 1986 to 1988 Mike Tyson, i see Mike Tyson win by TKO in the end of the fight or Unanimous Decision. Ray Mercer against the 1990 to 1992 Mike Tyson, i see Mike Tyson win by Semi Decision in a harder fight for him than the second Ruddock fight. Ray Mercer against the post jail Mike Tyson, i see Ray Mercer win by TKO in later rounds (9 to 12).

Tyson avoided him like many others.

@@seniordavidmanderson9232 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKupddyTu93Yfp8.html ahem. Do your homework. Mercer was his toughest fight, due to the conditions.

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Then hooking him in the back of the head while he took a knee buy a good point all the same

Holyfield was knocking people out just with his conditioning

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Holyfield was an animal in the ring, no doubt about it. Lewis was too. I think Mercer gave Lewis the toughest 12 rounds of his life. The difference in this fight was razor thin. Just imagine how dominant guys like Lewis, Holyfield, Bowe, Tyson, Mercer, Moorer, Morrison, and so many others could have been if they weren't all beating up on each other? That's not even considering what Holmes, and Foreman did in the 40's. I don't know when we will ever see another era of heavyweights like that again.

Just no. Look at the punch stats. Lewis won. It was close, but Lewis won.

@@taekwondotime I agree that the fight was close, but I still think that Ray should have won. Busy doesn't win fights; winning rounds does. I thought Mercer won more rounds (the ones I listed). But I do respect your opinion. There is a reason this bout has remained controversial for all these years. By the way, Mercer landed a higher percentage of his punches (nearly 10%), Lewis landed a few more punches overall, but only a very few.

@@taekwondotime Mercer was able to land 60% percent of his jabs to Lewis' 33%. Mercer also landed a higher percentage of power punches, 59% to Lewis' 44%. Lewis, however, was able to narrowly land more total punches, having landed 235 punches to Mercer's 223.[NY Times}

​@@johncalbeck935 Somewhere on KZfaq I scored this fight round by round (hard to keep track of which video I watched since so many versions exist). In any event, Mercer lost rounds because he went long periods of time without doing anything. One flurry here or there doesn't offset being picked apart by Lewis's jab for 2:45 of every round. This became more noticeable in the later rounds as Mercer's early lead evaporated and Lewis took control of the fight. Kudos to Mercer for doing what nobody else had the courage to do: he went right after Lewis. That being said, he ate a lot of punches (that would have dropped most other heavyweights) and he faded down the stretch. The best you can say is that the fight was a draw, but Lewis winning was the right decision. You can't go by the crowd reaction because it's a pro-Mercer crowd.

so your a qualified judge ?? or maybe just American??? Mercer had 3 good rounds, sometimes lewis is lazy and takes awhile to warm up, be he won the fight. Not even close to a 'bad decision'

Mercer could ko lennox if he was 6' 6"

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@@zackzulu951 boxing don’t work like that, rays style of a shorter pressure fighter is what gave Lennox so much trouble

@@zackzulu951 Yeah, and i could be the worlds tallest man if was 10ft. what a stupid comment

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I gotta give Lewis alot of credit also..He got knocked slick out a couple times early...But he didnt let it discourage him...He didnt lose any confidence..He gained some somehow..And Riddick Bowe ran from Lewis...He wanted no part of Lewis..Which i think Big Daddy was right there with him at one time as a Professional But the Amateur defeat by Lewis crushed Bowe's make up...would have been one of the greatest battles...Id liked to seen Lewis vs Golota earlier...And he didnt dodge no one.

@@chrisslaughter5552 Lewis did fight Golota. He knocked him down instantly.

@@chrisslaughter5552 Lennox Lewis fought Golota and finished him in 1 minute. And agree about what you said on Lennox Lewis. He was scared of nobody. He fought the best of his area. Since the middle of the 80s him, Holyfield, David Tua (a lot of fighters were scared to fight him) and Ike Ibeabuchi (he said after his fight against David Tua that he wanted Tyson or Holyfield. Shame that he had some mental issues and his career was stopped too early) duck nobodies. Don king made Mike Tyson not fighting the best after jail because he wanted easy money with Mike. Mike Tyson said at the time that he wanted 5 or 6 fights that he knew he could win to be at 100% and after that, fight the best

Yep he destroyed him but he was damaged good by then but not that’s Lewis wouldn’t have anyway but Golota done gave up way before that fight Golota didn’t want to fight he wanted to be a truck Driver..True Story..Dude was nuts

@@chrisslaughter5552 true. I heard of that story

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Xavier the Boxing Nerd it wasn't a Robbery but i did have Mercer winning

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Mercer didn't like to train, period. He didn't like to train, and he didn't like to drill when he _did_ train. That's what keeps you in-shape, and what keeps you sharp.

Mercer would be champion if he was boxing today

@@Terrible-Ted He'd have had a belt, certainly. I don't think he'd be the Lineal Champion, though.

@@Da_Publick I don't see anyone but possibly usyk giving him any trouble

@@Terrible-Ted Mercer would not even pass round 5 against Tyson Fury or Wilder...too small for the modern era

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100% with you on that

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Unfortunately for Mercer that is not how boxing is scored.

Nobody knows for sure how boxing is scored at the best of times .

Lennox , hit and hold , Lewis again

​@garywalsh9798 so you didn't see mercer holding at all? Just Lewis?

Lennox lewis all time great 👍

If I were you I'd check with my ophthalmologist.

Lennox Lewis was busier, more constant and have a better boxing skilled that's why he won the fight

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Lewis es una máquina de tirar golpes con precisión el otro boxeador se le agradece su aguanté

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A draw in my book,it was a hard good fight.Everyone has an opinion,that's all it is,an opinion from armchair trainers.

Vic Rattlehead just like an old tillis almost beat a prime Tyson.✌🏾

@@truthmanifestingtruth Tillis held on the whole time. Very little action from him.

Did beat him.

@@truthmanifestingtruth Almost bruh chill out he did better than most but it would have been a terrible decision if he had gotten it

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naw he jabbed and weaved alot of mercers shots in those last round. everytime mercer clinch he caught an uppercut.

Mercer was in his mid 30s and he never had popularity of guys like Lennox, Tyson, Holyfield or even Bowe. They just wont let him win if its goes to decision.

​@@robnhood1416 he was robbed vs holyfield that 10th round knockdown was bullshit the stopped the fight because holyfield was bleeding and messed up mercer rhythm

Gatekeeper is an insult to a champ like Mercer.

An oak tree trunk at that.

lennox lewis does coast at times or you can look at it he pace his self hell i lyinin to myself the man just get lazy fights win he feel like it hell his trainer steward was always on his ass fight man fight yes no effort

Balboa was over the hill when Morrison fought him, got beat by an old man

Because Ray had the hunger for this fight

Dale Wilson Looking at their faces it seems it was the opposite

cocotimbo just because there faces are busted up doesn't mean it was close? stupid statement... even the commentator said it was close and it was a spilt desicion so it was close

Dale Wilson That's why I wrote "it seems...". BTW the stupid comment was yours! Do you really know the difference between a split decision and a majority decision? Have you ever stepped into a ring? So again, "it seems" you never have since you don't even know how to score a boxing match.

cocotimbo Muppet!!

I agree with you. I had to watch it again, Lennox did win despite what i thought the firzt time i watched it

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