Corrie Sanders vs Tommy Morrison

Morrison's left hook was way faster than anything Sanders threw and it takes longer for a hook to come around than it does a straight line.

 

Half agree and half disagree.. Michael Moorer was a south paw and while he was probably a better fighter than Sanders overall was also careless against foreman and didn't have the best set of whiskers either.. Yet he still had foreman outboxed for pretty much all of 10 rounds before getting caught with that big shot. Not sure if Corrie can do any better than MM, but I don't think he'd be totally helpless either.

 

I know, I boxed.

 

I was big on Tommy at the time. He really did stay within himself in this fight. And he landed some nice shots. However, as always, he gassed big time. He was a guy who expended a tremendous amount of energy just maintaining position. A polar opposite would be James Toney, who effectively maintained his position while expending almost no energy.

But this isn't a discussion about whether Corrie or Tommy would do better against George. It's about stylistic and physical components of Tommy and Corrie against each other.

 

Morrison wins this, he was more athletic, quicker, faced better competition, and had a lust for fighting, he actually enjoyed it, unlike Sanders who was STUPID and took 13 months off, after the KO of Klitchko and lost all the momentum from his biggest win....

Morrison to me just had more heart, and was better conditioned, and yes he didn't have a problem fighting southpaws....

 

But Mike Tyson's bum sparring partner Nate Tubbs could find and destroy Sanders.Maybe he didn't care the southpaws.

 

They have a common opponent in Ross Purrity:

1. Morrison fought him when he was 8-8 and ended up with a 10 round draw. That was a little over a year before he fought Lewis

2. Sanders won a wide 12 round decision over him. That was in 97. Purrity was on a five fight winning streak with a victory over Jorge Luis Gonzalez and a knockout over Joe Hipp, whom Tommy struggled to beat (Hipp went 14-1 since the Morrison fight, only losing to Seldon). Since the Morrison fight, Purrity had gone 15-2 losing decisions to Rahman and Grant. This means that Sanders easily beat Purrity over 12 when Purrity was a prime fringe contender but Morrison struggled over 10 when Purrity was inexperienced. These results contradict any arguments that Morrison was better equipped to box over the distance.

Sidenote: Seldom mentioned, Sanders beat Johnny Nelson in 92, who would go on to be a long reigning cruiser champ.

 

wrong

 

Bert Sugar sucks.
- Tony and Nate were **** athletes.
- Tony Tubbs skill was great but he was a **** athlete.
Nate was a nobody.
( I think basically Tony was a fat fighter this is the why the Tyson team tried to "help him" for better shape against Tyson.They(TYSON TEAM) wanted a competitive fight for "japanese boxing fans" but this loser Tubbs was fat and Tyson destroyed him by classic one punch ko in the second round.
-Otherwise you're an idiota because somebody is 260 pounds this doesn't mean he is a great athlete.Everybody can be fat.
Show me a fat sprinter for example !
Only some fat shot putters,weightlifters/powerlifters are
great athletes but the reason isn't their fat mass.

 

And don't forget a fighter maybe the same Puritty destroyed the 100% prime unbeaten wladimir klitschko! (But a bum Woods destroyed Puritty easily.)
The common opponent was a great idea this prove how
**** the heavyweight division nowadays a Puritty victim
can be a long-time beltholder.

 

Purrity was a tough jouneyman and fringe-contender with two notable victims: Wladimir Klitschko and Tommy Morrison.

 

Purity was a tough customer for pretty much anyone, and as you say was at his best when Sanders soundly outpointed him. Corrie's resume gets sold short in my opinion. While his record isn't exactly loaded with elite wins, its hardly padded. Johnny Duplooy was a dangerous puncher and Sanders dispatched him in only his 11th pro fight. Klitschko will probably end up making most people's top 10 by the time its all over and Corrie at age 37 beat Wlad when he was more or less on the verge of peaking. He also has wins over a handful of tough journeyman, fringe types and former or future cruiser champs.. Its true that his resume isn't the stuff that ATG's are made of but people need to stop pretending that his record is on par with Vaugn Bean's.

 

Morrison wasn't a victim of Purrity the fight was a draw:deal, Purrity blasted Klitchko outta there..

 

Yea and that common opponent KO'D Klitchko in 8 rounds, but fought like hell against Morrison only to settle for a draw...:deal

Just goes to show by your logic Morrison was a lot tougher man than Wladimir i wanna hold and grab you Klitchko...

 

How was he at his best when he lost to past prime Donald and then Chris Byrd directly after Sanders.

And before that he lost to Rahman and Grant when they were both young novices coming up. Rock had only 12 fights.
Purrity isn't a good win for anybody expect Sanders and Sanders blowing away Wlad just proves what an overrated joke Wlad is.
Every time he had to face a slight dose of adversity he crumbled. You krack the man on the chin now and he will still fail around not knowing what to do. Thats not what great fighters are made of in anybody's book.