Duane Bobbick vs Tommy Morrison

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  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I think Morrison would probably be the favorite but not a guaranteed win. Two guys with big power, padded records and shaky chins.
     
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  2. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Morrison would crush probably faster than Norton did.
     
  3. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well, neither of these got a receipt with their chins. If they had, they'd have taken them back !
    All of Bobbick's best wins were against light punchers. LeDoux, Wepner and Bunny Johnson who was only really a Light Heavy.
    What Morrison brings here is serious power. More than Norton or Kallie Knoetze I reckon.
    Despite having been an Olympian and having good basics, Duane tended to fall apart when he got tagged, chin up, hands down, timberrr.
    For all his crudity, I see Tommy winning here in three or four rounds of pure car park classic action.
     
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  4. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yeah it certainly seems like Morrison would be the right choice but I agree that it might be an exciting scrap for the short time it lasts
     
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  5. IHaveAscreenName804

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    You say Morrison had a padded record and a shaky chin but I bet you are the type of guy who says Joe Louis was great even though he had a padded record and a true glass chin.

    Morrison was stopped by a barrage of punches from Mercer that would of put 99 percent of heavyweights out. Lewis a murderous punches dropped a faded worn down Morrison over and over and he kept getting up. Michael Bentt was a good puncher and just caught Morrison right on the chin. He still got up.

    His other knockdowns were a by product of being hit by big punches and him being a aggressive guy which means he was going to walk into punches. Morrison also beat various solid guys in his career. Better than anybody Joe Louis ever fought ( Watch you bring up a 160 pound Ezzard Charles and 190 pound Walcott).
     
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  6. fists of fury

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    I think Morrison wins this quite easily. Bobick was decimated by Knoetze, who was not on Morrison's level.
     
  7. GoldenHulk

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    Bobick totally froze against Norton and Tate, and Morrison is a fast starter. I think Bobick would be lucky to get out of the first round.
     
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  8. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Hahah. I appreciate the humor. We can all use some of that
     
  9. BCS8

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    I'd favour Morrison but wouldn't totally write Bobick off either.
     
  10. Stiches Yarn

    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    That's where you are wrong, you did very good in the beginning but crashed at the end when you said Morrison beat every a lot of solid guys, better than any opponent JOE LOUIS ever fought!!
    Ezzard Charles, Greatest light heavyweight and possibly the Greatest boxer P4P, the only retired undefeated heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, Jimmy Bivens, Bob Pastor, Joe Walcott, Max Schmeling, Primo Carnera, Jack Sharkey, Lou Nova, Max Baerw Tony Galento, Nathan Mann, Arturo Godoy, Buddy Baer, Lee Savold?!!
    Im huge fan of the Duke, but Joe's competition made Morrison's look like Wilder's!!
     
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  11. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    This.
     
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  12. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker Full Member

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    Duane had decent fundamentals but too slow, too hitable and not a world class chin ... Morrison also lacked that chin but he was much faster, much nor explosive and a better puncher .. I like Tommy early ..
     
  13. IHaveAscreenName804

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    No matter how great you think Ezzard Charles was he wasn't a heavyweight. Primo Canera was a bum, Bob Pastor was a 180 pound fighter and the other fighters you named including Rocky Marciano were third rate bums and on that note I can't type to you anymore.
     
  14. IHaveAscreenName804

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    The only humor here is these old senile boxing fans who love to talk about how great things were back when they were little kids. Dismissed.
     
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  15. Seamus

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    I got Tommy, also. Bobick isn't aggressive enough to put Tommy on the back foot.
     
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