Did Mercer take a dive against Shannon Briggs??

[rjj tszyu]

Certainly doesn't look like something that would KO someone like Mercer anyway!



Anyone else agree?

[erics44]

difficult to say

you see some knockouts from short punches that dont look like they should do the damage that they do

why would he take a dive?

[rjj tszyu]

difficult to say

you see some knockouts from short punches that dont look like they should do the damage that they do

why would he take a dive?

Well Mercer in his later years I know struggled with cash, which is the main reason he has crossed to MMA. He can't get the big fights in boxing anymore but at least with MMA he can be used (by MMA fans at least) to pit boxing against MMA and make decent money each fight over there. So he may have took the dive for money, knowing that he could probably make some money that way. I hope not but it is a theory!!

[erics44]

how did he do in MMA?

i saw one of his fights where he knocked some big white guy with a beard out in one punch

[rjj tszyu]

how did he do in MMA?

i saw one of his fights where he knocked some big white guy with a beard out in one punch

Thats his only real fight to date, and that guy was Tim Sylvia, the former UFC HW champ, although Mercer lost to Kimbo Slice in an exhibition bout that Mercer claimed that he and Kimbo had agreed to stick to boxing, but Kimbo took him down when Ray said "he wasn't expecting it" and submitted him. I don't know about that but the fight with Sylvia showed Ray still has a punch that if landed can KO anyone in MMA.

[The Promoter]

Looks a bit suspect, but I'm not sure why Ray would ever take a dive at this level. A win over Briggs would have had the casual fan talking about him and would have at least increased Ray's credibility (and $$$) in the MMA world. He probably was a bit dizzy after the 3 short rights to the ear against the ropes and could get himself straight in time...No smoke from the "grassy knoll" on this one....