Joe Hipp

**Hulk** · 01-02-2014 08:32 AM

Did he and Jimmy Thunder ever fight?

Just checked Boxrec and no they didn't.

That's a shame.

**Dia bando** · 01-02-2014 06:50 PM

Thanks for the information Chaps.

**bradlee180** · 01-02-2014 07:43 PM

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!

**bradlee180** · 01-02-2014 10:16 PM

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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**Spicoli** · 01-02-2014 11:00 PM

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.

**Hulk** · 01-02-2014 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by Spicoli

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.

Gotta love Bert Cooper. He was ALMOST champion of the world.

**Spicoli** · 01-02-2014 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by Hulk

Originally Posted by Spicoli

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.

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