how big could tommy morrison have been?

You disgust me.

 

I didnt know he was scheduled to fight Tyson.
Would have been a way better fight then Seldon who was diving around in fear.
Tupac would still be alive as well possible.

Whenever I think of Morrison a few thoughts pop up. That awful Rocky movie we all want to forget, his brutal Mercer ko loss and questions like how long was the guy fighting while hiv positive?
Its a scumbag move to not announce it of he had it for years, which is possible.
I think he even tried to get his license back in 06 or something if I recall.

 

Fury would have simply refused to fight him, wriggled his way out of it as usual.

 

He actually achieved all that he possibly could as far as "Name". He would've still lost to everyone he lost to (yea including Bentt). Honestly he probably would've lost more were his head on right, because he would've had to fight more higher ranked guys than he did. Morrison squeezed out all he could.

 

Starred in another Rocky film.

 

I think he'd have had a somewhat successful career as a perennial top 5-10 contender. He had a hellova punch, but his chin did let him down. HIs loss to Mercer was BRUTAL!

 

He would have been very marketable so would have gotten more title shots than others IMO

 

The media & fans alike were more intrigued by his "suspected" Glass Jaw than anything....

 

Good call. Morrison vs Povetkin would have been a fantastic fight.

 

He probably achieved all he was going to regardless of his discipline. I'd say due to his race, looks and style he was much more popular than many more talented fighters. Despite his weak chin he had heart and a glass cannon is always a welcome addition in the heavyweight division. Lots of good fights that could have been..Tyson, Bowe, Holy, Sanders, Golota would have been exciting for as long as they lasted.

 

I pretty much think he was there. I'm not saying he couldn't pull off a few more nice wins, but there's a lot of glass cannon argument based on things like Bentt blowing him out, and maybe not enough attention paid to fights like the Joe Hipp fight which I think are actually pretty illustrative of his level. He was never going to be some long-running champion and never had the potential for it. He was a talented, IMMENSELY powerful puncher, but while too much is placed on his lack of chin, this is not generally someone who had the extreme durability and mental consistency, defensive instincts, without any of his substance issues, to be a great fighter. He never would have been.

He was just not built to be. He was a cool contender who had a not fully regarded world title briefly. In worse eras he would be more likely to have a fully regarded title, sure, but he was pretty much as big as he was going to be. They actually wanted him to be successful; he had hype machine behind him, to be a star, but for boxing substance, I don't know that we didn't see what was essentially his ceiling. He's always going to have stories about why he really lost this or performed poorly in that or got injured in this, how crazy he was living then, but sometimes I think it misses the point that is he probably wouldn't be without those struggles even if he lived like a monk. Better, sure, and maybe with a few more notable wins, like I said, but that's about it, I suspect.

 

You absolute moran. You have no idea what you're talking about and probably just spent thirty seconds on boxrec before answering. WTF is wrong with you, idiot? Do you even know what was going on around those fights? Do have any idea? Whatsoever? DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH! He should've been an ATG, like Golota. Truth is, nobody wanted that. They were all against him, trying to make both of those guys look crazy.

 

Hey… he’s better than Mason Dixon though

 

Clearly that guy DKSAB!

 

He was always a bit chinny, stylistically limited, and looked to have some self-confidence issues that caused him to tighten up in the ring. Had he not partied or done whatever stupid ass things he did out of the ring he might have had a more successful career, but he loses to any version of Lennox and likely gets blitzed by even an old ass Tyson or an upcoming Vitali or something.