Rahman/Mercer set for Feb 22nd on Versus

[jcarr71]

"Former two-time heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman (41-6-2, 33 KOs) will fight once-formidable contender Ray Mercer (34-6-1, 25 KOs) on Feb. 22 (Versus) at Mountaineer Race Track in West ******ia in his first fight since losing his belt via 12th-round knockout to Oleg Maskaev in August. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Rahman was going to fight Mercer rather than go to Germany in March for a proposed bout with former title challenger Luan Krasniqi. Arum said the fight in Germany might be made for late spring if Rahman beats Mercer, who hasn't fought since Shannon Briggs knocked him out in the seventh round in August 2005."

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=2735670

This is kind of sad, but this is about as interesting as it gets from a free TV card.

[Kobe Bryant]

"Former two-time heavyweight champ Hasim Rahman (41-6-2, 33 KOs) will fight once-formidable contender Ray Mercer (34-6-1, 25 KOs) on Feb. 22 (Versus) at Mountaineer Race Track in West ******ia in his first fight since losing his belt via 12th-round knockout to Oleg Maskaev in August. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said Rahman was going to fight Mercer rather than go to Germany in March for a proposed bout with former title challenger Luan Krasniqi. Arum said the fight in Germany might be made for late spring if Rahman beats Mercer, who hasn't fought since Shannon Briggs knocked him out in the seventh round in August 2005."

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=2735670

This is kind of sad, but this is about as interesting as it gets from a free TV card.

**** being sad Rahman put himself in this position with that embarrasing loss. He completely faded in the last round and I was afraid of him getting knocked out of the ring again. To add to the fact the fight was on pay per view.