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Sentry 616 wrote: Mercury is a fairly decent fighter with a durabilty advantage, an unkown Semblance, and a resistance to being disarmed, but Barnes has quite a formidable reptoire of training and experience.

Sadly I don't have enough reading experince for the WInter Soldier of Earth-616. I've seen the MCU version (which number was that one again?) and at least one cartoon version, but it's been too long since even read up on his general profile in a character book. (Fun Fact, he's actually caught up in Wolverine's past more than Cap, though Wolverine knows a lot of people in interesting ways.)

I (think I) know enough to say that Merc will have trouble even if he wins. Barnes is a seasoned fighter of the Marvel universe, so he probably has a decent bit of experience fighting against more powerful opponents, even ignoring the monters and weapons of HYDRA. Huh. That's interesting. But yeah, the MCU Winter Soldier is based on the 616 WS, which is the "Prime earth" of Marvel