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bennie wrote:Wow, I didn't know Charles Williams took on Larry!

My2Sense wrote:

bennie wrote:Wow, I didn't know Charles Williams took on Larry!

At that time, he was known as "The Fighter Futurly Known As Prince".

Nile4000 wrote:Could Bernardo have dealt with Gerry Cooney and Gerrie Coetzee efficiently?

joe kurtz wrote:... Not that Holmes would've been troubled by Mercado, because all he'd do have to do is avoid his big ( but slow-ish ) right hand before going on to score one of his seemingly patented TKO7s.

kclovekat wrote:Ok ok!!!! so i ve been reading all these comments about Mr.Bernardo Mercado... lol and i see that most of you are right about some things..but not all.. for ONE i dont need to lie about this but im the one who posted this "BERNARDO MERCADO TOPIC" i posted IT not that long ago. I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WHERE PEOPLE OUT THERE who WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPEND AFTER MY FATHER STEPED OUT THE ring and never went back... FOR ONE knowone knows anything thing about these boxers and the life outside the RING.. God the things my dad said about these Soooo call champs!!! hahah!! most of you would freak!!!! no need to lie about being his child ... im the middle child of 5... have to say that thank god my dad got out when he did... he would be just like Ali.. bla!!! he said of the late Triver Berbick was a hellof a guy all around nice.. my family has so many awesome pictures.... ohhhhh!!! and as for the HOR we said she dated him.. whats you name BITCH!!.... i'd like to see if what you say is true.. so i could ask him...this year my dad tured 54 hes such a great person i love him to death.. i dont know what i would do if HE would be gone.. FYI TO ALL THE HATERS OUT THERE my pops only had 2months to prepare himself to fight Ernie Shavers AND IF YOUR A BOXER YOU KNOW THAT TO PREPARE FOR A FIGHT AND WIN YOU MUST TRAIN NONSTOP FOR SIX MONTHS... AND IF YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT FIGHT YOU COULD TELL THAT MUTHA fornicator WAS COCOED OUT..JUST LOOK AT THE WAY HE TOOK ON THAT FIGHT!!! 9ROUNDS AND NOT ONCE DID HE BREAK A SWET.. WHAT THE eff DOES THAT TELL YOU.. ohhhh!!! and just in case Mr. King reads this... THANKS eff FACE FOR effing MY DAD OVER. IF YOU WISH TO KNOW MORE JUST ASK... PEACE AND LOVE... K.M

overhand_right wrote:What does your old man do these days then fella?

You have any pictures?

Best regards

Joe20 wrote:I had the opportunity to hang out with Bernardo for several days shortly after Oscar Bonavena's death in May of '76. My great aunt Sally Conforte had Oscar's contract at the time of his shooting death at the front gate of the Mustang Ranch in Sparks Nevada that Sally co-owned. My mother went to be with Sally as she was distraught over Oscar's death. I drove my mother's car from Chicago to Sparks and ended up being Bernardo's driver and gym rat for about a week. His english was poor and my Spanish was worse but we figured things out. He was a nice guy and very unassuming. You would never guess he was knocking buys out for a living - a really gentle giant. I was 21 at the time and weighed about 150 pounds. They had me hold the heavy bag for him to add weight to the bag but he moved me and the heavy bag with each punch to the point my feet would come off of the ground. I later boxed in the USMC and never once came across anyone that came close to that kind of punching power. It was cool to watch him progress through the ranks knowing that I got to spend time with a true heavyweight contender.