Tommy Morrison V Anthony Joshua??

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  1. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Well, Ruiz was the only guy to stop Joshua and Morrison wouldn’t walk through what Ruiz did.
     
  2. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    Yeah, its true but with the difference Joshua never had Aids or undisciplined life issues. So..as unfortunately there are more versions of Morrison caused by the fact Aids didnt allow him to be always in shape, imo, the best Morrison's version always beat (and badly) the best Joshua's one above all that seen with Ruiz and in the two bouts with Usyk.
     
  3. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd say he's overrated if anything. People only remember him because he had a few good looking KOs in his career, he was a fancy agressive puncher and people love such fighters. The truth is that Morrison was never a top tier contender and he accomplished nothing relevant in his career on a world level
     
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  4. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Correct. He is much closer to Dillian Whyte than he is to AJ. That is a 50/50 fight if there ever was one.
     
  5. Man_Machine

    Man_Machine Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The above is helping prove the point you're responding to.
     
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  7. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    That's how I feel about it. That can not rule out Tommy at all.
    Not as if we're talking about Fury s chin here, but AJ a..
     
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  8. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Did he have HIV all through his career. Genuine question.
     
  9. NoNeck

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    Yes. It came out in a lawsuit in the last decade:
     
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  10. NoNeck

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    HIV was asymptomatic for Morrison until after Lewis beat him up. Notice that his weight never dropped.
     
  11. Boxing2019

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    His weight was the same but who knows if this disease has influenced his stamina abd his chin. He lasted 12 rounds with Foreman and won.!
     
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  12. NoNeck

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    Not much of an accomplishment for a contender. HIV doesn’t really wax and wane like that. Without meds, there’s gonna be a long asymptomatic period preceding weight loss, infections, and other tell tale signs. Morrison passed his physicals and maintained his physique. He didn’t look affected by HIV until that ridiculous 2000s comeback.
     
  13. prostx23

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    There's been a story going around for a bit now that he was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1989 I believe. I find that very difficult to believe however.
     
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  14. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    The only thing Morrison has on AJ is slightly more ko power.
     
  15. Fergy

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    Same here, it would have told on him long before 1997 surely, I'd have thought.
     
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