lol "smashed a surging Vera" that is hilarious to anyone who saw that fight, it was nearly a draw, and Vera was a false prophet, he was never good even at LHW; that should have been a squash match. The point is that when Tim fought him, he was terrible, and his 10 ranking was only a holdover from when he actually had significant wins, he never was ranked again after that, and it was at that time that he sucked, not really any way to argue that.
A 50 year old boxer that had been training heavily could easily beat the bump on the log that was Timmy. He stood there with a fat body that could hardly move. And yes, being medically compromised is a lot worse.
A top college wrestler could have beat Mercer in that fight by doing what Randy did against Toney- go for a low single and get him down where he is helpless, and finish from there.