Bonecrusher Smith vs. Tommy Morrison

Nobody... The best person he stopped was either gate keeper Joe Hipp or the faded Carl Williams - both of whom gave him absolute hell on earth in the process. Virtually every man he ever beat was either a washed up ex-name or a tomato can. His affiliation to his uncle john Wayne along with his role as tommy Gunn in Rocky V is what earned him his fame and apparently his benefit of the doubt In head to fantasy fights.. Mike Tyson lost to Buster Douglas and he goes from being just about the greatest heavyweight of all time to barely making some of the hater's Top 10... But not Morrison.. He beat a string of mediocrities, got plastered by Mercer, humiliated by Bentt and put through the ringer with Ross purity and he's a man who has a chance against any bonfide quality professional...

 

But would Smith adopt the same approach to Morrison as he did with Tyson?

Clinching every 10 seconds etc.

 

Yes, he was overhyped but he had some talent. Very fast hands, powerful left hook

He was beating the **** out of Mercer and it was an exciting fight.

Mediocre chin and leaky defense were glaring weaknesses of Morrison.

But, he was adaptable and smart.

He fought a great fight against Foreman and I think if he fought that kind of fight, he could beat Smith.

Smith and Foreman had similar styles.

 

Yes he did.. But that was about it.

Until Mercer figured him out and started fighting back.

Agreed

Not sure I agree.

It was a good win.. But Morrison did a lot of running in that fight and against a very lethargic Foreman who had fought only once in the past 14 months and was now 44 years old.

I think the Smith of 1986 was better than the Foreman of 1993. He was fighting more actively, taking on better opponents, had a bit more height and wasn't ancient. Its possible that Morrison COULD have beaten smith, but he shouldn't made the favorite to do it.

 

Bonecrusher just needs to touch that face.

 

It is an intriguing proposition to wonder how good Morrison could have been without the ridiculous amount of partying he did. He was usually in nothing but "Hollywood Conditioning" for his matches having spent more time drinking, drugging and womanizing. His pops took him to his first brothel when he was all but 13 years old. He was had a totally f*cked up childhood. What we all saw as a boxing career was more a psychological unraveling of a half-formed man.

While I admire the physical tools Tommy possessed, I more pity for the barriers he never overcame. I've known more than a few who were like him.

RIP.

 

Agree with the gist of this. :good

I'd make Morrison an underdog against every world title fight OPPONENT of Tyson's (as they were at the time Tyson fought them) barring perhaps Bruce Seldon.
Douglas would kill him.

And I've been accused of being a Tyson hater myself.

Morrison was barely a contender in his day, a good puncher, an entertaining fighter but only briefly in any serious contention towards the division's top fighters.
W12 Foreman is by far his high-water mark and it wasn't anything special performance-wise, imo.