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CLASSIC BOXER BERNARDO MERCADO
Posted: 14 Aug 2003, 19:01
by karla mercado
BERNARDO MERCADO I THINK WAS THE BEST BECAUSE HE FATE ONLY THE BEST AND HE ONLY LOST 5 HE DIDNT FITE ALI BUT THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS BERNARDO HASENT SEEN ALI BUT HOPES TO SOMEDAY SWO DONT HATE ON BERNARDO MERCADO BECAUSE HES ONLY FATE THE BEST AND LOST 5 TIME BUT LOOK AT IT THIS WAY BACK THEN THERE WAS GOOD FITERS AND SOME OF THEM GOT BEAT BY BERNARDO MERCADO. ALWAYS KARLA MERCADO
Re: CLASSIC BOXER BERNARDO MERCADO
Posted: 14 Aug 2003, 19:12
by karla mercado
karla mercado wrote:BERNARDO MERCADO I THINK WAS THE BEST BECAUSE HE FATE ONLY THE BEST AND HE ONLY LOST 5 HE DIDNT FITE ALI BUT THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS BERNARDO HASENT SEEN ALI BUT HOPES TO SOMEDAY SO DONT HATE ON BERNARDO MERCADO BECAUSE HES ONLY FATE THE BEST AND LOST 5 TIMES BUT LOOK AT IT THIS WAY BACK THEN THERE WAS GOOD FITERS AND SOME OF THEM GOT BEAT BY BERNARDO MERCADO. ALWAYS KARLA MERCADO
Posted: 15 Aug 2003, 22:36
by Vetteguy99
Thanks Terap,
As his record indicates Bernardo was a World Class guy who
had a Great Career. I wish he and his family, all the best.
Posted: 17 Aug 2003, 02:13
by zurdo
I remember watching his fight with Shavers on ABC Wide World of Sports...It was a pretty exciting fight ...
Mercado got off the floor after taking one of those trademark Shavers right cross to flatten Shavers in the seventh
(IMO the Shavers right is hardest single punch in heavyweight history)
and come back to win Is a terrific accomplishment for Benardo Mercado
Tyson?
Posted: 17 Aug 2003, 07:38
by KOJOE90
Wasn't there talk of a Bernardo Mercardo v Mike Tyson fight at one point?
Posted: 17 Aug 2003, 12:07
by Freedom
The best Columbian Heavyweight ever.
Posted: 15 Feb 2006, 14:24
by Nile4000
A Mercado vs Cooney fight would've been interesting.
Posted: 15 Feb 2006, 14:32
by BrocktonBlockbuster49
he knocked out trevor berbick with one punch
Posted: 16 Feb 2006, 07:53
by silkov
BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:he knocked out trevor berbick with one punch
Yes thats a very good result as Berbick had an iron chin... I regard Tysons ko over Berbick as his best performance.
Mercadoe had great fights with Leon Spinks and Earnie Shavers, both of which I have, ...he also had a great fight with Tex Cobb that I'd sell my wife to get my hands on!... 8)
Pan-American Games
Posted: 19 Aug 2006, 18:06
by Brutu
I read in a old newspaer article about him,that Bernardo Mercado
had knocked out Teofilo Stevenson in the Pan-American games?
Could someone confirm this?
Posted: 19 Aug 2006, 18:08
by Brutu
silkov wrote:BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:he knocked out trevor berbick with one punch
...he also had a great fight with Tex Cobb that I'd sell my wife to get my hands on!... 8)
Wasnt that fight on the undercard of the
Larry Holmes vrs Renaldo Snipes fight?
Posted: 20 Aug 2006, 10:08
by silkov
Decagon wrote:How old's your wife, Silkov?
She won't tell me!... :x
amateurs
Posted: 22 Aug 2006, 19:07
by Brutu
Another intersting bit of info.
Did you know that Trevor Berbick and Bernardo Mercado
fought in the amateurs.
In the Sixth Central American and Caribbean Boxing championships
in Guatemala in August 1975.
The two fought for the gold medal.
Bernardo Mercado won the first two rounds on points but Trevor Berbick knocked him out in the 3rd round to win the Gold medal.
Posted: 23 Aug 2006, 06:40
by silkov
One fight I've been looking for for years is Mercadoes fight with Tex Cobb... I read about it at the time and it was a real brawl... if anyone has this fight or can get it I'd definately be interested in buying it or swapping for it....
Re: Pan-American Games
Posted: 24 Aug 2006, 00:02
by locoxelbox
Brutu wrote:I read in a old newspaer article about him,that Bernardo Mercado
had knocked out Teofilo Stevenson in the Pan-American games?
Could someone confirm this?
I'm pretty sure he didn't. He did fight at the 1974 Central American & Caribbean Games as a light heavy. He was stopped in the semi-final by Venezuela.
Posted: 24 Aug 2006, 06:11
by overhand_right
silkov wrote:One fight I've been looking for for years is Mercadoes fight with Tex Cobb... I read about it at the time and it was a real brawl... if anyone has this fight or can get it I'd definately be interested in buying it or swapping for it....
It wasnt broadcast. ABC broadcast Holmes v Snipes & Dokes v Chaplin. The Young/Franco Thomas fight was broadcast in 'review format' a few weeks later, all of which i have. I have some footage of the Mercado/Cobb fight, i think HLs.
Cobb said the hardest punch he ever felt was from Shavers. The other 100 came from Bernardo Mercado.
Like a lot of these great missing undercard fights, someone somewhere will have a master copy, so keep searching!
Posted: 27 Aug 2006, 16:44
by Ambling Alp
terap wrote:BERNARDO MERCADO
Nationality Colombia
Height 6' 6
Won 34 (KOs 29) | Lost 5 | Drawn 0 | Tot 39
Mercado had 13 ONE-ROUND KO'S
Including one-round KO's over Marvin Johnson, Trevor Berbick, Roger Russell
TKO'd ERNIE SHAVERS in 7
Stopped Manuel Ramos in 5
James J. Woody in 3
Randy Stephens in 2
Tom Prater in 12
won 10 round decision over Henry Clark
Lost decision to Randell Tex Cobb
Was stopped by John Tate, Mike Weaver, and Leon Spinks
Just wanted to point out that the Marvin Johnson that Mercado knocked out wasn't the lightheavyweight champion Marvin Johnson.
Olympics
Posted: 29 Aug 2006, 15:14
by Brutu
I also read in a old newspaer article from 1975,the year he turned professional,that Bernardo Mercado competed in the 1972 Olmpics.
Isnt there a database somewhere of all of Teofilo Stevenson's amateur fights?
Re: Olympics
Posted: 29 Aug 2006, 15:37
by KOJOE90
Brutu wrote:Isnt there a database somewhere of all of Teofilo Stevenson's amateur fights?
Here it is.
http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/
Posted: 31 Aug 2006, 10:02
by kingpawn
zurdo wrote:I remember watching his fight with Shavers on ABC Wide World of Sports...It was a pretty exciting fight ...
Mercado got off the floor after taking one of those trademark Shavers right cross to flatten Shavers in the seventh
(IMO the Shavers right is hardest single punch in heavyweight history)
and come back to win Is a terrific accomplishment for Benardo Mercado
Yes I, too, remember watching Mercado-Shavers on Wide World Of Sports and that it was an exciting fight. Seems to me Shavers decked Mercado in about the third round and had him cut and bleeding, but then Earnie pulled one of his usual fades -- similar to what Foreman did to himself in Zaire -- and was out of gas by the 7th round.
Don't recall Mercado knocking Earnie down. I think he just had him hurt and Earnie was covering up on the ropes and not defending himself while Mercado was peppering away with these little quick shots, and the ref finally stepped in and stopped it.
I've always thought one of the reasons Shavers failed to finish in some of his biggest fights in which he had guys down (i.e. Mercado, Holmes, Lyle) is because he didn't just hit 'em with ANY SHOT when the ref would waive him back in. He always would try to land another bomb, like just landing ANY SHOT wouldn't be good enough, and, in failing to do so, his opponents had just enough time to get their faculties back and manage to survive the round.
Mercado vrs Shavers
Posted: 31 Aug 2006, 16:57
by Brutu
Reportly Shavers had cut his glove on Mercado's teeth when he
knocked him down with a uppercut.
The referree did not notice the tear until the fourth round.
According to Shaver's autobiography,he cooled down while they were fixing the glove.
But then why didnt Shaver's finish him off in round three?
Re: Mercado vrs Shavers
Posted: 31 Aug 2006, 17:04
by RazorKO
Brutu wrote:Reportly Shavers had cut his glove on Mercado's teeth when he
knocked him down with a uppercut.
The referree did not notice the tear until the fourth round.
According to Shaver's autobiography,he cooled down while they were fixing the glove.
But then why didnt Shaver's finish him off in round three?
Thats true, the ref indeed noticed the tear and the fight was stopped for about 1-2 minutes giving Mercado precious time to recover.
Shavers had Mercado badly hurt with a left-to the body and right on top which floored him in the 3rd, than Mercado simply ran away with Shavers winging shots and most did miss which faded him out.
It was the 7th round where Mercado floored Shavers with pitty-pat punches but Earnie fell down from more than exhaustion or anything, than more quick punches from Mercado and the ref stopped the fight.
Re: CLASSIC BOXER BERNARDO MERCADO
Posted: 21 Nov 2008, 22:59
by kclovekat
I REMEMBER THIS POST!!! LOL!!
Re: Tyson?
Posted: 09 Mar 2011, 16:04
by karla mercado
KOJOE90 wrote:Wasn't there talk of a Bernardo Mercardo v Mike Tyson fight at one point?
yes there was*