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PETER: ANOTHER SET OF
HEYWEIGHTS.
RAY MERCER, EDDIE RICHARD
SON.
MERCER IS NOT JUST ANOTHER
HEAVYWEIGHT.
HE WAS 26 WITH A LATE START
BUT HE HAS DESIGNS ON MIKE
TYSON'S HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE MIGHT BE THE GUY.
AL: SOW FAR THOUGH NONE OF
HIS OPPONENTS RESEMBLE A
CONTENDER RAY MERCER HAS BEEN
INTI MY DATING FORCE.
TRACY THOMAS WAS AN EARLY
VICTIM.
AND DINO HOMESLY LOOKED BEAT
AT THE PREFIGHT INSTPRUK
SHUNS.
HE WOULD GO DOWN THREE TIMES
IN THE FIRST ROUND.
HE WOULD BECOME ONE OF
MERCER'S SIX FIRST ROUND
VICTIMS.
LAWTHORN WAS SUPPOSE TO GO
LONGER.
HE DID BUT NOT BY MUCH.
MERCER GOT TO HIM IN THE
SECOND ROUND.
IT BOOSTED HIS RECORD TO 9-0.
EDDIERY CHAERD SON MIGHT JUST
MAKE THE NEXT MERCER
HIGHLIGHT REEL.
PETER: T IS RAY MERCER.
YOU SEE WHAT HE DID IN HIS
LAST FIGHT.
A TWO ROUND KNOCK OUT IN HIS
HOME TURF OF JACKSONVILLE
FLORIDA.
OPPOSITE IS EDDIE RICHARDSON
WHO LAST FOUGHT IN AUGUST OF
THIS YEAR.
7 ROUND KNOCK OUT.
IT WAS OVER MR. GACIA.
HE IS 31 YEARS OLD.
HE HAS GOT A BIG CHALLENGE A
HED AGAINST RAY MERCER WHO IS
A REAL TALENT.
NOW TO MICHAEL BUFFER FOR THE
INTRODUCTION.
BUFFER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
ONCE AGAIN WE GO WITH THE
HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION.
THIS BOUT IS SCHEDULED FOR 8
ROUNDS.
THE REFEREE IS ROGER YANEZ.
INTRODUCING FIRST FIGHTING
OUT OF THE RED CORNER WEARING
THE BLUE TRUNKS WITH WHITE
TRIM.
BUFFER: HIS OPPONENT WEARING
THE GOLD TRUNKS WITH BLACK
TRIMMING.
REFEREE: MANDATORY COUNT.
THREE KNOCK DOWN RULE IN
EFFECT.
YOU CANNOT BE SAVED BY THE
BELL.
SHAKE HANDS.
PETER: A BIG UPPERCUT BY RAY MERCER.
AL: RAY MERCER IS A PUNCHER, PURE AND SIMPLE.
PETER: MERCER WORKING ON WHAT HE SAYS IS AN IMPROVED LEFT HOOK.
AL: THESE ROPES ARE VERY LOOSE.
RY HARD SON LOOKING AT THE
COUNT NOW.
AL: REFERREE WRONG ROGER
YANEZ GIVING HIM THE COUNT.
HE'S ON HIS FEET.
PETER: RICHARDSON TRYING TO SURVIVE ROUND ONE.
PETER: DOWN AGAIN GOES
RICHARD SON.
THE REFEREE -- ROGER YOUNG
SAYS THAT'S ENOUGH.
AL: OH, BOY.
PETER: THE CROWD NOT IN FAYE
VOR OF THE DECISION TO STOP
IT OR THE PERFORMANCE OF
RICHARD SON.
AL: THIS IS REMINISCENT OF
HOLE -MSLY IN HIS EFFORT
AGAINSMERCER.
MERCER HAPPY TO TAKE WHAT IS
THERE.
OF COURSE, HE WHALED AWAY AND
KNOCKED OUT EDDIE RICHARD SON
IN EASY FASHION.
PETER: I THINK REPLACE WILL
SHOW AS WE LOOK AT RICHARD
SON TALKED ABOUT MERCER
WANTING TO IMPROVE AND
FEELING HE HAD IMPROVED HIS
LEFT HOOK.
IT WAS A LEFT HOOK THAT SENT
RICHARD SON DOWN THE SECOND
TIME.
BUT IT WAS NOTHING TO WRITE
HOME ABOUT.
AL: AS YOU LOOK AT RAY MERCER
HE, OF COURSE, DID HIS JOB.
HE GOT EDDIE RICHARD SON OUT
OF THERE.
WE SEE THE FIRST KNOCK DOWN
HERE.
NOT DEVASTATING BY RAY
MERCER'S STANDARDS TO BE
SURE.
WE'VE SEEN HIM LAND BETTER
PUNCHES.
THERE'S A RIGHT HAND TO THE
FORHEAD.
AND AS WE SAID, HE HAS LANDED
BETTER BEEN -CHS THAN THAT.
EDDIE RICHARD SON TOOK A
SEAT.
HERE HE WILL GO DOWN AGAIN.
THIS ONE NOTHING LANDING
THERE.
THERE'S A VERY GOOD HOOK BY
MERCER.
OF COURSE, THAT'S THE PUNCH
HE WANTED TO SHOWCASE.
AND RICHARD SON SAYS, NO.
PETE POOT I TAKE THAT BACK.
THAT WAS NOT AS BAD A LEFT
HOOK AS I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
PETER: THE OFFICIAL WORD IN
THE CENTER OF THE RING.
BUFFER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
REFEREE ROGER YANEZ STOPS THE
FIGHT IN THE FIRST ROUND.
THE WINNER BY TKO IN THE ROSE
FROM GOLD TO GLORY CONTINUES,
HIS ROAD,FOR "MERCILESS" RAY
MERCER.
PETER: RAY MERCER ONE UP ON
TOMMY MORRISON, I GUESS.
HE GETS HIS MAN OUT IN 2:16
AS OPPOSED TO MORRISON'S