>The June 3 bout against American middleweight Pat Lawlor will make Duran the
>first professional boxer to have fought over five decades, and in two
>millennia.

"optik_b" <optik_bNOopS...@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in message

> Ike has a chance of being champ of the prison yard...that's
> about it.

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Ivan Weiss wrote:
> On Mon, 1 May 2000, Undisputed wrote:

> > While I realize it comes up roughly every six weeks or so on RSB, I can't
> > recall the status of Ray Mercer. I know the guy is nearly ancient and had a
> > long, injury-related layoff followed by some wins over rinky-dink
> > competition. But if his manager/promoter is worth his salt, and if Mercer
> > will buckle down in training, I believe a window of opportunity has opened
> > for him.

> > Lewis has Tua and perhaps Tyson to look forward to the next 12 months, then
> > nothing of any interest. Considering Mercer's strengths and his disputed
> > loss against Lewis in a very enjoyable war a few years back I believe the
> > time is ripe for one last push. HBO could use a tough fighter like Mercer
> > and I believe a marketable fight could be made for a Lewis-Mercer rematch.
> > If I were in the Mercer camp, I'd go into overdrive now pushing for the
> > top--a win over the Klit. brothers or even Grant or Golota could cement a
> > shot against Lewis, who seems willing to reward the best contenders.

> > I don't know if Mercer has it in him, but I think he has that window of
> > opportunity for the next 12-18 months. Some people will say he's had too
> > many of those, others will note that he's never had his shot at the title. I
> > think his actions in the Ferguson fight were despicable, but heck, his
> > matchup with Lewis was perhaps the champ's most exciting fight (that lasted
> > 6 rounds or more). I'd buy it if he could regain that form.

> > Beats Lewis-Kirk Johnson, at least.

> You're grabbing at straws. Mercer AFAIK is retired. He's too old, too slow
> and not even motivated enough to fight anybody, let alone Lewis. He
> doesn't have it in him and it looks like the rest of the division doesn't
> either. When the most logical contender goes in there with a big "HIT ME"
> sign on his chin, it doesn't say much for the rest of them.

> I look at the division and see a lot of dreck. I can't see that Tua has a
> chance in hell to beat Lewis, despite some of the shit I read here. I give
> him less chance than I gave Grant, just in styles alone. Lewis jabs his
> head off, and even if Tua gets inside on him, he runs into that uppercut.
> Ditto for Tyson, who IMO would never get in the ring with Lewis. Ike is
> another McCall, a nut ball. Forget him.

> It's not Lewis' fault. He's doing what he needs to do, and I give him
> credit for doing it to Grant *fast.* But he's the one-eyed man, king in
> the land of the blind. Wake me up when some good heavyweights come along,
> because I'm not seeing any out there. IMO Ali would have used all these
> guys for a floor mop. YMMV.

> Ivan Weiss       SELF-ESTEEM, n. An erroneous appraisement.
> Vashon WA        -- Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary

Brown Sugar <brown_sugar319NObrS...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>I am surprised people keep mentioning Mercer in the Heavyweight
>sweepstakes. Even in his better days, he lost to Jesse Ferguson
>and an ancient Larry Holmes and that about sums up the extent of
>his capalities.

>BS
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"Ivan Weiss" <i...@nwlink.com> wrote in message

> ... Ali would have used all these
> guys for a floor mop. YMMV.

In article <8eg1s9$dp...@news.onet.pl>, "ViRAx" <vi...@kki.net.pl> writes:
>Tyson is the best boxer in the world , i'm telling you mike will kill lennox
>ass and others...<