Tommy Morrison: best wins and career analysis

How? He's generally never on any top fighters list.

 

Ring's Annual heavyweight ratings only list him twice in his career, both times at number 9. He was blip on the radar. A hard hitting blip but a blip none the less.

 

I wouldn't make Morrison the favorite against even someone like Kallie Knoetze. Morrison might have a lot more exposure but I don't think he was any better, or more dangerous a fighter.

 

I think moreso how he still gets talked about on forums 30 years later when some much better fighters are all but forgotten.

 

Dude went to war with Foreman and literally lumped him up. Morrison literally ran in one of the most negative boxing performances you will ever see from a scared puncher.

 

It's hardly a technicality. He was a known commodity from 91-95 and barely scratched the mean because he couldn't maintain consistency and was a one-trick pony. Nobody but nobody considered him a threat at that time. He was marketable and that was it.

 

Just a reminder that you're worshipping a guy who secretly exposed many women to HIV and chose to deny that he had it rather than be a role model like Magic.

 

For comparison, Joshua lost four times over a longer period and never fell out of the rankings.

 

I sincerely hope that you're scrutinizing monthly Ring ratings of several other fringe contenders from decades back to advocate for them.

 

It's pretty gross how much attention such a mediocre man gets. I guess being a knockout puncher in ring as like hitting a home run or a 3 pointer... people will idolize you no matter what you do in your personal life.

I bet you people talk about Wilder in 30 years like they do Morrison now. "hOw DaNgeRous wAs WiLDer u guyz!?"