Tommy Morrison ... how good was he?

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  1. Vysotsky

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    Overrated althogh his power (left hook) was top notch. IMO got by on natural skills but hit to easy and had a bad chin... I always felt he was never any better than a lower top 10 contender... Who caught a lot of guys at the right time,and came with a good fight plan vs Foreman,having just enough of the right skills to pull out a decision..
     
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    I first saw him as a kid in theaters, then on espn so forth. I would give him a shot against
    Almost every heavyweight due to his left hook. Top notchPower, head movement, speed.
    Shame He didn't win a major belt. Don't forget as tommy himself said on ringside, that
    "Lennox had a great night and I didnt" Manny steward agreed. Tommy being cut bad in
    first 90 seconds and all. Exciting heavyweight with more heart and chin then he typically
    gets credit for. Tortured soul as well. I believe I saw a recent video on eastside and he looked
    In awful shape like an old man much worse than the footage of him I saw in 08 anyone know
    how he's doing?
     
  4. Vince Voltage

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    I disregard the WBO title of those days, too. But Morrison was a true perennial contender. I really appreciate guys like him who keep a division interesting, by winning and losing against the best. He deserves respect and on a very good night, might've been a true champion.
     
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    Yes, if Morrison landed his hook early, he has a puncher's chance vs. anyone. The left hook if landed right to the jaw or the temple is the best knockout punch in boxing, and Morrison had a lot of power, speed and snap in his left hook.
     
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    A good world class heavyweight. Excellent offensive skills, especially his left hook and possesed a fighting heart that many HW's today lack. His downsides were his stamina issues and his 'suspect' chin.
     
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    Solid B+ fighter in a deep heavyweight division. Incredible left hook, good overall skills but fought tense and lost concentration at times in the fight. Seemed to lack in confidence a bit as well. Slightly shaky jaw, but not terrible like some say. Lacked stamina, probably as a result of too much muscle coupled with being overly tense in the ring causing him to burn off lots of nervous energy. This led to him becoming vulnerable later in the fight. He came up short a few times, but I think all said and done he accomplished most of what he was capable of accompishing given his limitations.
     
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    I always felt that Morrison was a bit like Omar Sheika in the sense that both guys looked like big punchers against "ham 'n' eggers," but they didn't really carry their power up to the world class level. Eventually, both guys came to terms with this and supplemented their styles with some surprisingly decent boxing skills, but by then it was a bit too late to fully capitalize on this change (although Morrison did pull off that big win over Foreman shortly before being clobbered by Bentt).
     
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    Who knows how good "He" really was because he is an admitted juicer...I think he was a better then average fighter...
     
  10. Jon1962

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    He was a good but not great fighter.
     
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    Good boxer, great left hook, great combinations, bad chin, disastrous life outside the ring...
    He was definitely on steroids, because check out his thighs:
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    Just in time to make Top 10 HW 1993; he lost to "nobody" (Michael Bentt) by knockout in the first round, which only confirms his glass chin.
    The fact that he won the WBO title in 1993, which didn't mean much back then, doesn't mean much. But it means that Foreman won, and that was his peak. Very few boxers can boast Foreman on their resume. I believe he is more famous for the referee's delayed reaction in the fight when Ray Mercer demolished him than for being the WBO champion. 48-3-1 is a very good record, but then again he is more famous for his role in the movie "Rocky 5" than for beating Foreman.
    P.S. I think it's stupid that Mike Tyson ducked him...
     
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  12. Jon1962

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    Wasn't Tyson supposed to fight Morrison in 96?
     
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    Not a bad fighter, very hard hitting, he improved a little as he went on.
    His chin let him down most of the time in his biggest fights.
    Was part of that great era of the 1990 s
     
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