Would a prime Tommy Morrison be champion if he was boxing now?

I have always felt Morrison was underated in his prime.

He was unlucky to be boxing in the second best decade of HWs,the 90's.


Looking at The Rings now out of date top 10 HW of today,I think Morrison would stand a great chance against any of them apart from Sam Peters who might be to strong for the Duke.

1-Klitschko
2-Rahman
3-Toney
4-Liakhovich
5-Brewster
6-Ruiz
7-Byrd
8-Brock
9-Peter
10-Valuev

What a motly crew. :(

wlad would trouble him but i havent seen much of tommy only seen like 2 fights of his

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

wlad would trouble him but i havent seen much of tommy only seen like 2 fights of hes

---

aside from Wlad Tommy would be the most dominant HW today if that was the case. He had tremendous skills and only lost them to his moviestar lifestyle.

yep i agree with that

Well he had a great left hook that was able to KO a faded Razor Ruddock.A very good KO by the way.

Beat Joe Hip while boxing with a broken jaw.

He was also able to out box big George over 12 rounds.


But..............he got badly KOd by Ray Mercer,Lewis and Michel Bentt.



In short when his mind was on the job he was very good,but when it wasent he was bad.
He was a kill or be killed type of boxer.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

yep i agree with that

---

rode the fame train 1 too many times...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bigragu

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

wlad would trouble him but i havent seen much of tommy only seen like 2 fights of hes

---

aside from Wlad Tommy would be the most dominant HW today if that was the case. He had tremendous skills and only lost them to his moviestar lifestyle.

---

1 left hook off Morrison and Wlad would be in clowd coo coo land.

One way or another Morrison would fine away blow it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by porkypara

Well he had a great left hook that was able to KO a faded Razor Ruddock.A very good KO by the way.

Beat Joe Hip while boxing with a broken jaw.

He was also able to out box big George over 12 rounds.


But..............he got badly KOd by Ray Mercer,Lewis and Michel Bentt.



In short when his mind was on the job he was very good,but when it wasent he was bad.
He was a kill or be killed type of boxer.

---

u got it. He either came into the ring top shelf or he came in horrible. There was never an OK night for him.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

One way or another Morrison would fine away blow it.

---

True. He had everything and shat it down the tubes.

i havent seen much of tommy so what do u think hes greatest performance was ??

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bigragu

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by porkypara

Well he had a great left hook that was able to KO a faded Razor Ruddock.A very good KO by the way.

Beat Joe Hip while boxing with a broken jaw.

He was also able to out box big George over 12 rounds.


But..............he got badly KOd by Ray Mercer,Lewis and Michel Bentt.



In short when his mind was on the job he was very good,but when it wasent he was bad.
He was a kill or be killed type of boxer.

---

u got it. He either came into the ring top shelf or he came in horrible. There was never an OK night for him.

---

Have a CC mate.

Brewster, Wlad, Peter and Valuev might of caused trouble for him. Brewster would of brawled so maybe would of got knocked out but remember tommy didnt have the best chin and brewsters left hook could do some damage, Wlads right hand would of koed tommy...but tommys left hook was not something to be messed with so if he landed it clean it could of been a problem, Peter would brawl and maybe have too much power and Valuev...plain too big.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

i havent seen much of tommy so what do u think hes greatest performance was ??

---

His win over Ruddock was a great KO when you think that Tyson could not stop him even thought Ruddocd was a faded fighter.


His win over Foreman supprised a lot of fans as well.


But if you want to watch the most brutal KO ever you got to watch his loss to Ray Mercer.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by porkypara

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bigragu

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by porkypara

Well he had a great left hook that was able to KO a faded Razor Ruddock.A very good KO by the way.

Beat Joe Hip while boxing with a broken jaw.

He was also able to out box big George over 12 rounds.


But..............he got badly KOd by Ray Mercer,Lewis and Michel Bentt.



In short when his mind was on the job he was very good,but when it wasent he was bad.
He was a kill or be killed type of boxer.

---

u got it. He either came into the ring top shelf or he came in horrible. There was never an OK night for him.

---

Have a CC mate.

---

CC back at cha!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYIDbkGQK4 yea found ko loss here mate brutal

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

i havent seen much of tommy so what do u think hes greatest performance was ??

---

for guts and all I would say the Hip fight. He had a broken jaw and hand in that one and still pulled it out. for a straight up beating I would say the Tillis fight. It was "Quick", pardon the pun :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYIDbkGQK4 yea found ko loss here mate brutal

---

Dude your the king of youtube boxing, :coolclick:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Snakey

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYIDbkGQK4 yea found ko loss here mate brutal

---

Dude your the king of youtube boxing, :coolclick:

---

Tommy was putting it to Mercer before the beatdown though.

yea u get some really classic stuff from there

cc back at ya snakey

I think Tommy would easily be a champion if hadnt left. Any fight with him vs Wlad/Peter/Brewster/Rahman would be a 50/50 fight. All could easily hurt him and he could easily hurt them. With the way the heavies a matched in their fights today he would only face one of the them once every two years or so.

I think there is no question he would be a champ...but I don't think he would be THE champ

I actaully think Tommy Morrison would take out any of the current Heavies.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Snakey

Brewster, Wlad, Peter and Valuev might of caused trouble for him. Brewster would of brawled so maybe would of got knocked out but remember tommy didnt have the best chin and brewsters left hook could do some damage, Wlads right hand would of koed tommy...but tommys left hook was not something to be messed with so if he landed it clean it could of been a problem, Peter would brawl and maybe have too much power and Valuev...plain too big.

---

His chin was pretty good. His ko loss to Mercer was conditioning. He punched himself out and was exhausted. Couldn't defend himself and then got caught in the ropes when he was out. Plus the ref was sleeping on the job. That wouldn't have went down as such a brutal ko if he didn't get caught with several after he was already out. It obviously should have been stopped before several of those punches landed.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bigragu

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

wlad would trouble him but i havent seen much of tommy only seen like 2 fights of hes

---

aside from Wlad Tommy would be the most dominant HW today if that was the case. He had tremendous skills and only lost them to his moviestar lifestyle.

---

think Byrd would beat him.

But I would have loved to see the Brewster and Peter fights

I think Tommy would fit in quite nicely with todays crop. He biffed his way to a title back then so I dont see why he couldnt do it now. He'd be an American hero, think of all the pussy he would get....................or not ;D

i hope he dont come back because if he gets cut they would have to stop the fight so other boxer dont get hes infection

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Memphis

I think Tommy would fit in quite nicely with todays crop. He biffed his way to a title back then so I dont see why he couldnt do it now. He'd be an American hero, think of all the pussy he would get....................or not ;D

---

It's quite possible that all the panooch that he got is what put him in the spot he's in today...think about that. ;D

Anywho, if a prime Morrison burst onto the scene right now & made his way up the ladder...I think that he'd breeze through everyone...especially Sam Peter.

Morrison had one thing throughout his reign (so to speak) & that was confidence. Even after his losses...he was still ready to go to the next man. I honestly believe that throwing him in with Lewis was like throwing him to the wolves...but that's just me.

I liked him as a heavyweight hopeful. He was explosive & he was fun to watch. It'd be nice to have someone like him out there today...but Wlad would probably stop him too.

I really liked Morrisson as a fighter, always entairtaining.

fantastic left hook, good power, good stamina, okay footwork, akay combo, bad bad bad chin. exactly what it takes to make it exiting :D

here's how I see it (taking each persons at their best)

1-Klitschko - Morrisson by a fantastic 4 round KO thanks toi his left hook after being dominated during the first 3 rounds. 10 months later Wlad would win a exiting 12 rounds decision thanks to a better guard and his jab.

2-Rahman - Morrisson by TKO in 10

3-Toney - Toney by UD (accepting the fact that Toney would come at 210-215)

4-Liakhovich - SD for Morrisson after being rocked and counted twice in the last round

5-Brewster - Brewster by ko, I can't see tommy taking brewster punches..but still 50/50 bout

6-Ruiz - Morrisson by a 18 secondes KO, beating the record of Tua, and the ncalling out Tua ^^

7-Byrd^- Byrd by UD, no way Morrisson could outbox him.

8-Brock - Draw ^^

9-Peter - Peter by Ko, this is Morrisson Nemesis, a fighter who can hit you with 2 hands of stones, hurting you at each punch.

10-Valuev : interesting, but for being able to see the Valuev rocked by Nobles....let's say that Tommy would ko the mountain :-)

toney isnt ever going get back in shape so id go with tommy by easy ud

No Morrison is a nice film actor.

Did well in Rocky 5.

Never gonna be cham-pene!


:fyou:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

toney isnt ever going get back in shape so id go with tommy by easy ud

---

yeah...Tommy was a rock solid 230 or so....Jtoney goes about 200 plus fat.

yea totally agree

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by porkypara

I have always felt Morrison was underated in his prime.

He was unlucky to be boxing in the second best decade of HWs,the 90's.


Looking at The Rings now out of date top 10 HW of today,I think Morrison would stand a great chance against any of them apart from Sam Peters who might be to strong for the Duke.

1-Klitschko
2-Rahman
3-Toney
4-Liakhovich
5-Brewster
6-Ruiz
7-Byrd
8-Brock
9-Peter
10-Valuev

What a motly crew. :(

---

The best today: Klitschko, Valuev, Peter, Brewster, Liakovich. A prime Tommy Moorison would stand a very good chance against James Toney, but would have to knock him out to win.

Quote:

---

would have to knock him out to win.

---

that's my point, I mean Toney is so hard to KO. I don't remember him being KO in a bout though.

I think Tommy Morrison would have knocked out Toney, But thats just my opinion. Toney likes to lean to his right alot, And that would invite a Morrison left hook.... Peter will knock out Toney in Sept. Long live the Duke!!!!!!!!!!!!

The earlier version of Morrison before he started thinking he was Hollywood Tommy Was as dangerous as they come for the first 6rds.....He would have more trouble with the boxers of todays divisionlike Brock or Byrd...I think anyone else he could hang there with for the first half of the fight no problem until he ran out of gas like the mercer fight...

I say no... heavywieghts are vastly underrated right now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by porkypara

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bigragu

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

wlad would trouble him but i havent seen much of tommy only seen like 2 fights of hes

---

aside from Wlad Tommy would be the most dominant HW today if that was the case. He had tremendous skills and only lost them to his moviestar lifestyle.

---

1 left hook off Morrison and Wlad would be in clowd coo coo land.

---

I like a prime Morrison's chance against the Ruiz's and the Maskive's ,and Rahman's . but Sam Peter would "Ray Mercer him " if you will. as would David Tua,