Ray Mercer on Tommy Morrison's Power

Morrison also had the hardest hook I ever saw.

 

Firstly, Holyfield did NOT drop Mercer with a body shot. It was a head shot !
A left hook to the head if I remember correctly.

Second, I dont think I'm arguing semantics, I'm just pointing something out. If Mercer had never been hit hard on the chin he'd still be saying Morrison's body shots were the hardest punches he took. Therefore perhaps his chin is largely irrelevant. Or perhaps I'm wrong. It doesn't really matter.

No, I dont think you're making any "grandiose statement".
I think it's an interesting quote and I absolutely have no trouble believing what Mercer says. Morrison's power was monstrous, no question about it.
:good

 

Mercer was dropped from a left hook to the chin against Holyfield. It wasn't a body shot.

Holyfield landed the left hook and Mercer reeled back, and then took a knee.

 

I remember hearing some time in the 90's that Morrison was the hardest puncher out there. I can't really give a source for this, but Mercer's statement seems to back it up.

 

In the old days fighters used to say the guy who knocked him out hit the hardest.

These days it seems fighters say someone they beat hit the hardest.

Intertsting....

There is no doubt Morrison landed some good shots in the first three rounds of his fight with Mercer, but for my money Wlad Klitschko hit Mercer harder. He had Mercer flat on his back in round one, spun his body around like a top from a hook to the jaw, and bascially went after Mercer for the duration of the fight.

After the fight, it took Mercer in interview a while to give Wlad praise. Wlad said Mercer had the best chin of the guys he fought.

 

Its not about the power, its landing the power shots. Power without the ability to land is nothing. Morrison's power is up there but he doesnt have the ability to land his big shots on top level fighters, hes a big immobile Roider.

 

Mercer was a fat old man without ambition when he fought Wlad.When he fought Morrison he was a hungry young tiger,big difference.

 

Well, that explains how Mercer beat Morrison. The toxic gas bombs anesthetized him more than Mercer's punches

 

it's obvious morrison hit hard, but the question was who got the big shot in first, and he did more often than not. kind of a modern day bob satterfield.

 

In 2 interviews with Mercer I read 1 which i own in 1992 Ko magazine he said Morrison hit him harder then anyone.

 

sure as **** looked like it from what i saw