Tommy Morrison: Best Left Hook in HW history

[g3org3]

I know this is sacreligious, but given his sad death this is the best tribute I can give him.

I think Tommy's hook was superior to Frazier's.

IMO it was a more POWERFUL hook and slightly more compact. He could rip it to the body like Frazier, throw it from all angles, distances and projections like Frazier. But I think Morrison's hook had that extra something.

RIP Duke.

Really ? Come on I know the guys just died but he was an average fighter nothing special about him IMO

[Beanflicker]

Really ? Come on I know the guys just died but he was an average fighter nothing special about him IMO

I'm not saying he was a great fighter, I'm just saying he did one thing REALLY well.

Being a great fighter doesn't mean you're automatically the best at everything. David Tua had a better left hook than Ali. Doesn't mean he's a better fighter, just means he could crank that left hook like a battering ram.

[jon09]

Very entertaining and fun to watch but also a cheater having used performance enhancing drugs to have an edge over his opponent. How good would that left hook be if it didn't have that little extra oomph behind it?

[Beanflicker]

How good would that left hook be if it didn't have that little extra oomph behind it?

That's a very fair question/point. When it comes down to best left hooks to me its between Frazier and Morrison, but obviously Frazier never had the benefits of using steroids like Morrison.

[bradlee180]

Tony Galento is the only missing name here I can think of regarding bone-crunching left hooks.

[Cressa121]

How good would that left hook be if it didn't have that little extra oomph behind it?

That's a very fair question/point. When it comes down to best left hooks to me its between Frazier and Morrison, but obviously Frazier never had the benefits of using steroids like Morrison.

I didn't know Morrison had been implicated in steroid use. When was this? His left hook was one of the best no doubt.

[Beanflicker]

He admitted it as far as I know, so it's not even speculation.

Which further goes to show how much of a joke drug testing is/was in boxing. Guys don't get caught by drug tests, they get caught when the FBI raids a pharmacy and finds their names on reciepts for steroids, or when they just plain come out and admit it like Tommy did.

[Cressa121]

He admitted it as far as I know, so it's not even speculation.

Which further goes to show how much of a joke drug testing is/was in boxing. Guys don't get caught by drug tests, they get caught when the FBI raids a pharmacy and finds their names on reciepts for steroids, or when they just plain come out and admit it like Tommy did.

Hmm, didn't know that. Yeah the testing is a joke, Mosley didn't test positive, Holyfield never tested positive but got caught buying a load over the Internet of something. There'll be a stack load more that never failed a test but used. That's why I don't buy the "never tested positive, must be clean" argument. They aren't going to get caught if the testing isn't good enough.