Why did Mike Tyson duck Ray Mercer?

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Why did they skip him? I cannot remember Mercer ever calling for Tyson etc

Tyson was meant to fight Tommy Morrison.

The top guys Tyson fought in the 90s where: Razor Ruddock, Alex Stewart, Francis Botha, Frank Bruno, Andrew Golota, Evander Holyfield.

I love how this guy puts his grammatical error in bold. As if to show it off So fitting that Tyson's fans are like this.

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Old Foreman would have crushed him. David Tua at that point could have knocked him out. Mercer could have taken him to deep waters and stopped him late. Ibeabuchi same story. Late 90s Vitali would have crushed him too.

It's true that Tyson fought in the strongest or second strongest HW era ever and barely fought the best, and the few he did face mostly beat him up. I don't rank Tyson as a top 10 ATG and many historians don't either.

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Mercer was fighting everyone but Tyson didn't want that smoke.

Look at the names he skipped:

Moorer, Tommy Morrison, Tua and Bert Cooper.

They all skipped Mike Tyson 'Accept Tommy Morrison'.

Moorer would of been spooked.

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Mercer was fighting everyone but Tyson didn't want that smoke.

Look at the names he skipped:

Moorer, Tommy Morrison, Tua and Bert Cooper.

Morrison was meant to fight him, but things went wrong for him in his career 'With illnesses etc'.

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Why did they skip him? I cannot remember Mercer ever calling for Tyson etc

Tyson was meant to fight Tommy Morrison.

Mercer was fighting everyone but Tyson didn't want that smoke.

Look at the names he skipped:

Moorer, Tommy Morrison, Tua and Bert Cooper.

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But why did he skip a lot of decent boxers in his era?

Why did they skip him? I cannot remember Mercer ever calling for Tyson etc

Tyson was meant to fight Tommy Morrison.

The top guys Tyson fought in the 90s were: Razor Ruddock, Alex Stewart, Francis Botha, Frank Bruno, Andrew Golota, Evander Holyfield.

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Mike Tyson beat Andrew Golota, who was involved in two wars with Rid**** Bowe etc

Up until 2001 Mike Tyson was still a serious force.

Nobody at any point during Tyson's career, view him as some sort of joke or lesser threat 'His opponents and peers where always apprehensive'.

But why did he skip a lot of decent boxers in his era?

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Tyson also didn't fight Bowe, Foreman, or Briggs.

post 1989 Tyson just wasn't that good.

Mike Tyson beat Andrew Golota, who was involved in two wars with Rid**** Bowe etc

Up until 2001 Mike Tyson was still a serious force.

Nobody at any point during Tyson's career, view him as some sort of joke or lesser threat 'His opponents and peers where always apprehensive'.

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Tyson also didn't fight Bowe, Foreman, or Briggs.

post 1989 Tyson just wasn't that good.

I guess Mike Tyson is the first boxer in history to peak at 20 and fall off a cliff at 22, no?

And people still think he's the baddest. LMAO. I won't be surprised if he gets sparked by Roy Jones in the pensioner bout despite all the fancy videos he keeps releasing. LMAO.

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Because Lennox Lewis had threaten to sue him in court if he didn't fight him.

But he could've fought him after Lennox. Mercer didn't retire until mid-2000s.