Mercer offers bribe mid-fight
The 1988 Olympic gold medalist Ray Mercer lost a surprise ten-round decision to Jesse Ferguson, but worse than that he was accused of offering Ferguson $100,000 to throw the fight.
Mercer received $50,000 and Ferguson $10,000 but had Mercer had won he would of earnt $2.5 million against heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe.
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"I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson
Last edited by bob_bask; 11-20-2015 at 03:45 AM.
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