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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.