Chris Arreola vs Prime Tommy Morrison

Not a master boxer ,but one appreciably better and more skilled than plodding, face first, no head movement Arreola.And Morrison has the clear power advantage.

 

Morrison KO2, easy work for him.

 

I suppose you're right. Though I wouldn't say that Morrison is head over heels superior in either of those two departments, and certainly has the lesser of the two chins.

 

:good, Remember too Morrison fought in the talent heavy 90's with a division full of bad asses, much tougher then the division today which Arreola has been mediocre, Tomaz Adamek outboxed Chris, Morrison would have no problem doing the same...

If any one of these 2 is the club fighter it's the flabby Arreola, not Morrison who was World class, he won the WBO title by giving Foreman a boxing clinic, the only other one who did that was prime Holyfield:deal

 

Simply having a valid boxing license during an era " full of bad asses", does not necessarily make one a badass by association. You still have to both FIGHT and BEAT some of those badasses to be considered one yourself.. Morrison defeated maybe one good named opponent and probably the only one whom he could turn the trick against, while regularly feasting on tomato cans, hasbeens, no namers, and getting KTFO by less than elite guys.... You could say that Chris Arreola's resume is weak and I agree that it is.. But let's not build Morrison out to be another Ron Lyle or Jerry Quarry who actually DID make the best of fighting in a strong era..

 

:good

"I shared an era with proper badasses"
"Did you beat any of them?"
"Er...no"

 

Chris is too sloppy for me. I think Morrison's better punching technique consistently gets on target before Chris can.

 

Yeah, I can't imagine being blessed with an era where Leon Spinks was champ.

 

Poor title holders have always come and gone

Leon Spinks, Bruce Seldon, David Haye etc and maybe Chris Arreola might be joining that group soon

 

Using Leon Spinks as an attempt to downgrade the seventies is a feeble tactic. When most people talk about the golden age of heavyweights, they are typically referring to the time frame spanning from about 1969 to maybe 1975. By 1977 George Foreman was gone.. Joe Frazier was gone.. Jerry Quarry and Jimmy Ellis were gone... Muhammad Ali was washed up and Leon Spinks was just in the right place at the right time.. Using his name to make the era look weak or imperfect is a straw man argument.

 

I agree with this most decade had there up and downs but the 70's still had 15 rd fights and heavyweights that could go 15 and with Ali-Frazier 2 prime guys in FOTC along with rest of the talent it rates pretty high overall for the most part

 

Interesting thread, with lots of good feedback.

This fight pretty much would boil down to "can Arreola take Morrison's left hook". I go Arreola over Morisson. Morrison may drop Arreola, but Arreola would survive and Morrison would eventually cave under Arreola's pressure.

 

I think Arreola cries even harder after this one. Tommy would be the first to put him out. Hits too hard and Chris eats a good amount of shots when he fights.

 

He outboxed Foreman pretty clearly before Foreman put Moorer to sleep. And he did it waaaay more convincingly than Briggs did. He stopped Rudduck. Both are considered 'Badasses' by many. He hit Mercer harder than he ever was hit (Rays words not mine.) Tommy was damn exciting. Had a lot of heart too and when he was at his best, was a threat to anyone those days. A lot more than just "having a boxing license."