Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
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!!