Ray Mercer vs. John Ruiz

[scorpio83]

12 (or 15) Rounds Heavyweight Bout

Mercer would counter Ruiz's clinching tactics behind his long jabs and left-right combinations on the face. If Ruiz tied him up, Mercer would free both of his arms quick and pounded him on the body to take a decision. What do you guys think and who do you got?

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Ruiz ouworks him

[DrDuke]

Mercer would beat the sh!t out of the clincher. Barely the tactics of Ruiz would confuse the Merciless brawler with such a high level of skillls and toughness. Mercer would troble the clumsy Ruiz with the jab and counter his clinching attempts with a delivery of pain.

Mercer by TKO inside 10.

[NazNaci1]

Mercer was a bit of a plodder and Ruiz was a bit of a spoiler, but they could both box a bit.

Mercer punched hard but was not a Tua kind of hitter but could club you down. Ruiz would hold, spoil, jab and peck away and had a decent chin. Although neither could be termed quick, Ruiz had faster hands and tended to throw more punches.

Could see him taking a UD.

[elmersalsa]

Ray Mercer by knockout in 10

[gilgamesh]

I feel like Mercer is a strong enough guy to be able to outstrength Ruiz in some of these clinches too. Ruiz has faster hands. Mercer hits harder, and takes a punch better.

I feel like it'd be a close, sloppy fight as per usual with Ruiz, but I can seen Mercer being able to catch him at some point and stop him.

[Ambling Alp II]

Assuming Mercer was on his game (not a given) he would beat Ruiz easily. Ruiz never outworked anyone. Ruiz was a nothing who just tried to clinch and clinch in order to make it a close fight. However, that's not enough to beat a quality fighter. Mecer would probably stop him in the mid-rounds.