Tommy Morrison vs. Muhammad Ali

Some early versions of Ali certainly could be KOd hard by Tommy... but anybody could be KO'd HARD by Tommy I bet.

While Mercer was defending himself Tommy threw an uppercut that propelled Mercers head above his guard and directly got caught with a big left hook, that's some quality combinations.
And you can say about all kind of good things about Ali's chin, but it isn't Mercers. (Mercer also mentioned he had to fart from the bodyshots)

Prime Ali probably struggles with Tommy before beating him.
But it will be dangerous.

Late versions of Ali would probably get beaten hard by Tommy as you can't rely on just your toughness unless you're Ray Mercer.

 

a prime tommy would GIVE A BEATING TO THE 78-80 VERSION OF ALI and he would beat 77 ali by decision. So no, any version of ali would not beat any version of tommy, of course a good version of ali would play with him,

 

Ali stops him. Come on, guys! This is insane!

 

Glover, just out of curiosity, exactly how old are you ?

 

Morrison was a Overhyped media guy...had some talento, that s all...
Ali by KO.

 

How is this thread even possible

 

Fixed [unlike glover's parents].

 

The question is a post-Manilla version of Ali.

Somewhere after Manilla and before the Bahamas (the Berbick fight), Ali became a fighter that Morrison could have beaten.

 

Funny matchup. I think Ali rips Tommy's face apart with rapier jabs and straight rights. The only real debate is if Ali would choose to put him away early or late.

 

I think the Ali of Shavers and Norton III beats him, as Tommy gets tired [a very serious problem for him until Foreman's advice to relax after Mercer]. Not sure about the misfiring Ali of Leon Spinks I & II, but Leon had stamina and hustle Morrison never had to apply in unseating Ali. [As for the 230 pound Ali of the Young debacle, that version of Muhammad would have only beaten Evangelista among his subsequent eight opponents.]

Tommy does not knock out any version of Ali that is not impaired by a Thyrolar overdose, not if Shavers couldn't do it. Like Berbick, he'd have to settle for a decision win in the Bahamas. Work rate, not power, was the way to beat Ali at that late stage. Not convinced Morrison could have done it over 15 aside from when Young got his shot.

Ali by knockout? Not after Dunn, but that one episode was a post Manila performance, and I don't think Tommy would have had an answer for that right of Ali's. He could be stunned and dropped pretty abruptly, and he wouldn't be able to get through 15 rounds getting struck like that repeatedly.

 

wow - I used to be a huge ali fan - but your recent posts have convinced me ali was a fake and a fraud. atsch

 

On the other side of the coin,Morrison never fought anyone with half of Ali's skills,smarts and toughness.

 

Tommy Morrsion sure gets a lot of love on this forum, but its pretty logical to go with Ali in this matchup. Tommy lacks the chin to go the distance with Ali, who withstood beastly left hooks and bodyshots from power punchers in 15 round fights.

Ali's long jab and straight right would be landed throughout the fight, and somewhere in the middle of the fight Tommy is either going down or getting cut to pieces resulting in a stoppage.

 

Honestly, I think that Chuvalo might well have knocked Morrison out.