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I always enjoyed watching Joe Hipp fight, win lose or draw he carried a bit of weight but the guy
could go the distance, and he could fight if I'm correct he was a native American, he was a southpaw
also. Just wondering is he still about never hear any thing about him.
Didn't he get injured in a fight and have to retire?
The fight between he and Tommy Morrison would make you turn anti-boxing. The beating BOTH men took, particularly Hipp, was something that you should retire off of.
Not for the weak at heart!
Hipp was all brass. He did well to max out his limitations and make the most of Espn to a few HBO features and vice versa. Unfortunatly his tissue and bone could not keep pace with his heart. Dude had respectable pop and uppercut to hurt all the key players he faced. He was swollen or nicked just about everytime out and successfully came back from a major knee surgery to rebuild for a trinket bid but was tailor made for a Seldon piston jab, even then he had Seldon doing 360's. He def got the most from what he had available.
If I remember correctly Morrison suffered a broken jaw. While Hipp's cheekbone was shattered. It was brutalQuote:
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Seldon shredded his face with that jab. One thing Seldon could do was throw a good jabQuote:
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Did he and Jimmy Thunder ever fight?
Just checked Boxrec and no they didn't.
That's a shame.
Thanks for the information Chaps.;)
A main liability for Joe Hipp was that his eyes would swell shut.
You'd start to see the swelling right after rd one.
He was all Heart, he was tough.
When he fought, he gave 'er everything he had.
Hipp is part of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
Niitsitapi is their own word for themselves in their own language, some also say Siksika (Blackfoot.)
4 First Nations make up the Confederacy, they share a common language with dialect differences. Hipp's is Piikani Blackfoot in northern Montana. The other 3 are just over the border in southern Alberta, Canada.
Morrison fought about 5 rds with the broken jaw, Hipp with a broken cheekbone, Morrison broke his hands. That was a Damn good fight!
I just rewatched it, hadn't seen it in years. June 1992.
Y'know, I think ref vic drakulich should have let Joe continue.
He was knocked down in the 9th, he beat the count, but the ref waved off the fight with only 1 rd to go.
I think Hipp was winning the fight at that point, Morrison never had stamina past 4 rds (aside from the Foreman fight).
I think Morrison being a proven ticket seller and Hipp not being is why that fight was stopped a bit quick. I was a fan of Morrison, but the powers that be will always go with the attraction.
That fight was a good Heavyweight scrap, but it wasn't near as vicious as the bad injuries would lead you to believe. It really wasn't a couple of 1-dimensional bombers with no science. It was quite measured, not a frantic pace of desperate fighting. It was a good competitive Heavyweight scrap between a Top 10 Heavyweight in Morrison and a Top 15 Heavy in Hipp.
The announcers were pure $#!t though. alex wallau, dan dierdorf, couple of d!<k-heads...
Not once did those two rocket-scientists contemplate that Morrison may've injured a hand as to why he wasn't throwing the left hook that he was famous for....
It's why it's better to get Boxing people to call Boxing, not any sportscaster. Some of the times with sports stations, it was like he's our sports-guy, send him over to cover the fight. Dude may know football or baseball, but jack$#!t about Boxing. MMA had that Gus guy for a while, effin' idiot...
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Yeh the momentum was def going Hipps direction, I had it 76-76 with him having a solid 9th until he went down. You can say that with the Cooper fight if you ask me. After 1st Hipp literally welded his head to the shorter Coopers chest and they both tee'd off on the body. One right hand shook Hipp and Joe Cortez jumped in all dramatic but made no indication on stoppage. Just stood there pawing Hipps eye until eveyone flooded the ring. Hipp was pissed. All an testament to what a solid time that was for heavyweights, the early 90's was something special and its not been the same since.
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Gotta love Bert Cooper. He was ALMOST champion of the world.
Dude should have his own movie. Guilty of mass career sabotage but when he was 'on' he brought a few of the best young talents to the brink of ring Hell. I've changed my mind on Foreman loss..said he quit but Foreman literally almost broke his body in half with a hook in there..now Truth Williams, RIP, ehhh. His cross arm defence was awkward effective at whipping off those hooks too. Half crab-half Fred Sanford ;DQuote:
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Originally Posted by Spicoli
Gotta love Bert Cooper. He was ALMOST champion of the world.
I'd forgotten about the Morrison v Hipp fight. Hipp fought off his front foot a lot, so he was only punching with his arms and shoulders, but he was a real tough guy. I have been to Browning, where he is from, and that is a hard place to grow up. It is no wonder he is so tough.
I have met a few other guys from Browning and they are real tough, too. Browning High School also seems to always have real strong basketball teams.
He was a good, tough contender. Always enjoyed his fights.