Yes Mercer had a chin and he could box

I'm not saying Coetzer and Morrison or Dokes or Witherspoon or whoever would BEAT Tyson I'm saying it would have been more competitive than oh Marvis Frazier, Michael Spinks, Carl Williams, OLD Larry Holmes...give me a break people talk about how bad Marciano's opposition was it ain't like he had a choice but he still CHALLENGED himself!

Rooney, Cayton, and Jimmy Jacobs really held Tyson back from some worthy opposition, sure hindsight is 20/20 but iif Tysn always fought the best available then why when he came out of prison did he not fight Riddick Bowe? Why didn't he fight Michael Grant when he was seemingly unstoppable? Why didn't he jump right into a fight with Lewis? Why didn't he fight Tommy Morrison when he was doing well? Michael Moorer

He never fought McCall! He never fought Mercer! Both of those guys had GREAT chances at beating him simply because they would last the distance with him

I absolutely agree Bowe would have whipped Tyson's ass