Ray Mercer

[JimStone]

On the boxrec results it says Mercer won in the third round on Saturday. Elsewhere it has been reported he demolished his opponent in 2 rounds.

Does anybody have the definite result?

[TerribleTerry]

Whatever the case Mercer is done as far as the world stage is concerned.

He always struck me as the kind of fighter who would do brilliantly in a pub fight. (and judging by press stories, he spends a fair bit of time in bars...)

[MightyWarrior]

From Fightnews.com below. I've read KO 2 elsewhere as well.

Former WBO heavyweight "Merciless" Ray Mercer(33-5-1, 25 KOs) scored a second round knockout over Steve Pannell (33-8, 27 KOs) Saturday night at the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino in Fort Lauderdale Florida. After a 25-minute delay between rounds one and two due to the absence of the emergency medical team who were tending to fallen warrior Luis Villalta, Mercer rebounded from a sluggish start to floor Pannell with a ferocious left-right combo. In addition, Mercer landed a right hand while Pannel seemed to be down. Pannell laid on his back and referee Bill Connors counted to ten ending the fight with 50 seconds left in the round.

[JimStone]

Thanks, that's 3 places that say 2 now. The delay may have confused the boxrec reporter/statistician.

That's a weird one for the fighters, a 25 minute delay between round 1 and 2! Bowe, Holyfield and the Fan man was another fight that caused a long delay between rounds.

Any more?

[jamesmcdonnell]

Yes, Bowe was really on top when the fight got stopped at that point, he didn't seem the same after the delay.

[TerribleTerry]

Yes, Bowe was really on top when the fight got stopped at that point, he didn't seem the same after the delay.

Who is Bowe? You have confused me there...