He was a very good HW, and had one of the best left hooks in HW history. The speed, power and accuracy he had in that left hook was tremendous.
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He was a very good HW, and had one of the best left hooks in HW history. The speed, power and accuracy he had in that left hook was tremendous.
Remember reading Mercer saying that at the weigh in with Tommy he noticed the spots and acne on Morrison’s back. Mercer believed he was using steroids and that he would not be able to last in the latter half of the fight. Mercer was right.
So as well as HIV he was probably on steroids. When he died he looked totally different to the person that we all knew.
The smart Tommy that beat Foreman had a chance to beat all of them because he showed he was not one dimensional. If he did not knock them out he could out box them.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Bowe had a jab and that beat Tommy when Lennox beat him.
Bowe HAD a jab, but after the fights vs Holyfield he was damaged and I think Golota showed just how much Bowe had deteriorated by allowing fighters to get on the inside too often.
I see a fighters' defense like a pistachio or an oyster. Some are very easy to open up, all you need is to get leverage between their shells (or in this case guard). Some fighters have visible cracks in their defense and all you need is a jab, to relate to the pistachios it's just like simply using your fingernails to pop open. In other cases the fighter has a very solid defense and anytime you try to open them up, they shut even tighter and in those cases you need something not so simple to open them up. But once a fighter gets opened up, they can be opened up so badly that they can no longer offer up any defensive resistance in the future and I think Holyfield did just that to Riddick Bowe. Riddick Bowe was a big oyster and Evander Holyfield knifed his defense and tore him up on the inside.
In 1996 Golota was eating Bowe up in the ring and had "The Foul Pole" not been such a fucking idiot he would have won, maybe even stopped Bowe. I think in 1996 Tommy Morrison offers more than Golota did although a Morrison-Golota match would have been nice as well.
Yes Master, Tommy was certainly juicing, I would imagine a lot of boxers have done that but again it doesn't improve your chin or your stamina. The chin is God given and the stamina is earned through roadwork.
You are right Bowe was damaged goods by then and he was open to left hook so he would be very vulnerable to Morrison's bomb.
He looked like a zombie here itching and twitching..such a shame.
http://youtu.be/cDDy4QlTTkQ
Can not see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by imp
Tommy would have beaten Botha and Seldon and lost to Byrd and probably Bruno as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
Morrison would have outworked a stamina lacking Bruno
Tommy was not the most consistant he beat Foreman and loses to Bent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleepwalker
Tommy was a good dude. He was a lil upset with me I believe in one of the last phone calls we had. He started talking about fighting a Klitschko and I basically told him that would be a extremely hard fight for him to be victorious at that time. If Tommy was in his prime, I could very well seen Tommy stopping either brother. But anyhow, Tommy to me was a friend, extremely underrated and his own worst enemy. The guy would smoke, drink and have sex with bimbos during countless training camps, But none the less he had enough natural talent, raw power and hand speed to beat a lot of top competitor's in arguably one of the greatest boxing eras of the Heavyweights.
Btw, Check out all of Tommy sons fights Trey Lippe Morrison ( 7-0-7 Kos ) and Kenzie Morrison ( 4-0-4 kos ) fights on youtube.
Tommy will be missed by many.
I think Morrison admitted that he used steroids during his boxing run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
From this as we all remember him
http://static.boxrec.com/thumb/6/6f/...ison.tommy.jpg
Did he ever confess to you and let you know the real truth like his mother did after he passed?Quote:
Originally Posted by CountryBoy