Did Tommy Morrison have better boxing skills than Anthony Joshua?

Joshua's style is similar to Wlad's in a lot of ways. He's a tall fighter that is good at keeping the fight at range and he primarily relies on his jab and straight right to win at that range. He rarely throws body shots. Unlike Wlad, Joshua does have a nice uppercut up close at times and he doesn't go too crazy with clinching, but in general, Joshua has a very stiff style of boxing and imo, like Wlad he gets by a lot by simply not having much to worry about coming back his way due to the lack of competition in the division and his size. Morrison imo, has more variety and skill, but is the classic case of being a super dangerous fight for anyone while also having the chance to lose to anyone due to his chin. If he and Joshua were to fight prime vs prime, I'd take Joshua to stop him the vast majority of the time.

 

Lewis fan? You give away your insecurity when you resort to making assumptions about the person instead of their opinions.
I'm a boxing fan.
As for whether AJ would beat those two, we don't know. He's yet to face anyone as good as either of them. And as yet hasn't shown any willingness to do so. But my opinion is he would be a Bentt level fighter in that era. Morrison was an unprepared, drug addicted flake much of the time, but at the top of his game, he was a way more talented boxer than AJ. And it's not even close.

 

Morrison was more explosive and a more natural fighter with I think more power however he was a kill or be killed type and didn't always train properly.AJ would probably win a fight between the two but if Tommy got at him early AJ could be in trouble

 

IMO no Joshua has better boxing skills

IMO Joshua is better at jab / defense and from range
tommy was of course a better left hooker
tommy was fast for a heavy but for a man with 50 fights he was padded a huge ammount hiwith huge ammounts of cannon fooder or once names looking for paydays

tommy best boxing display from memory was v George foreman when he surprised and boxed and used his leg and handspeed advantage to box from distance and not engage to much

lewis boxed him easy in a fight which at the time was seen as 50 -50 but was one sided lewis controlling morrison with the jab

bent fight was terrible
mercer in hindsight was teak tough so no shame in losing to him
aj has improved a lot
I was actually impressed with AJ v povetkin despite all the shot/old/ critisims povetkin gets he IMO was a real test for Joshua and Joshua boxed relaxed/blocked/slipped/ducked /moved his feet well nice and light and balanced /adjusted to povetkin and read the povektin left hooks and attacks as the fight wore on.

and his finish of povetkin was clinical he never missed a punch once he got him in trouble.

 

Too soon to say, since Joshua hasn’t fought enough yet.

 

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I bet my bottom dollar that a focused Morrison would beat AJ's best win, Grandpa WK, in similar fashion , he was better than Purrity, Brewster and the Golfer who waxed WK in his prime......Morrison Ko's AJ's WK, it is not even up to debate........many top Heavies from the 90's would have stopped that version of WK even old Foreman would have rolled him.

 

The answer doesn't even matter.

What matters is that a prime Morrison probably wouldn't even make the top ten today, just like during the majority of his own era.

 

yeh of course they would both beat old wlad K, but that doesnt prove anything. AJ would beat that unhealthy trio too.

 

Morrison was thoroughly worse than Samders and Brewster. He fought Purrity and did not win. Sit your ass down.

 

AJ is so much bigger and longer than Morrisson. Not only does AJ have a nice, heavy jab, he has a great rear uppercut and is a solid counter puncher. He would KO Tommy. Morrisson was chinny with a leaky defense.

 

I'm not sure about that, Morrison might be on par with sanders, since they both reached the same level of unrecognised title as their best achievement in their primes - morrison, wbo and sanders best being the wbu title. As I say, neither was a recognised achievement.

Puritty and Morrison drew, suggesting they were equally matched, so you have some merit there, though the suggestion is Morrison can knock out Wlad too if hes as good as Purrity.

I am unsure how Brewie and Tommie measure up against each other, prime brew, not the retired blind one.


Morrison had way less class though. Imagine trying to bypass a test for a fight knowing that you had HIV which you could possibly pass on to your opponent. He was an evil little man and should be remembered for being that.

 

Math not your thing Sonny? Do you understand the concept of a draw or did that get right over your head ? We understand your limitations and thank god your lack of intellect is not painful.

One more time, WK quit, Morrison drew.....Fact.

 

Fair post, the problem with Morrison was always dedication, the only time he had a excellent training camp was the Foreman bout, otherwise he was MIA for days for most of his other fights.

He is on par we Brewster and IMO way above the Golfer........Morrison was a entity in the 90's vs Sanders whose only claim to fame was icing glass chinned WK and sank right back into obscurity while Morrison was always, win or loose, in the mix.

 

yes he is likely better h2h than retired sanders. Wlad just went out to him because...well he probably was unable to fight even weak southpaws without serious prep, due to his limited skillset.

 

Morrison never lost due to a lack of gun power or tangibly quantiable ability/talent. Evrytime Tommy lost -- besides the Mercer loss -- he lost before the fight ever happened and lost in his own head. Once his self confidence in his skills, ability, and durability cracked, he was never the same fighter again and never fought the same way again. He was a lot like Wlad in that respect. Once swlf doubt creeped into his head combined with fighters showing him they werent intimidated or scared of him, ie they stood up to the bully he was, he fell apart in record and embarrassing fashion and every fight after the Mercer loss against a fighter he thought could beat him, everytime, he fought cautiously for every second against those guys.

Skills-wise, athletically, and natural talent-wise, he was unusually unique, very underrated, and pretty ****ing special. Mentally and emotionally, he was a *****(female dog)