Tommy Morrison

[El Kabong]

So to add to the "what do/did you think of Tommy Morrison?" question...


How do you feel Tommy Morrison would have done against these fighters had he never gotten HIV, so POST 1996:
Ray Mercer II
Michael Moorer
Mike Tyson
Riddick Bowe
Andrew Golota
Evander Holyfield
David Tua
John Ruiz
Hasim Rahman
Michael Grant
Oliver McCall

And feel free to add more if you think of any

[J_Undisputed]

Call this a knee jerk reaction but its a just a gut feeling that the savage KO Mercer gave him would have changed him forever. I wont use the "R" word. He fought on where he could but I think he'd be haunted by that KO. Its not like a one shot, lights out, anyone could get caught kind of shot.
Its comes down to the type of fighter but I just got the feeling he was one of those fighters that once he was reminded of his own mortality, things would go south quick. Like when shane was cut for the first time in his career by vernon. He saw the blood, freaked and that was it. Shane still does something similar every time hes getting whooped... and keeps touching gloves and tries to keep it friendly with the thought it will save him from a more savage beating. I don't think Morrison would have done that but i think every time he got caught after that, he'd panic and stop breathing right and wear down fast. Not to mention how many opponents would just try to tee off on him mercer style for a highlight ko. just my opinion of course.

[beenKOed]

Call this a knee jerk reaction but its a just a gut feeling that the savage KO Mercer gave him would have changed him forever. I wont use the "R" word. He fought on where he could but I think he'd be haunted by that KO. Its not like a one shot, lights out, anyone could get caught kind of shot.
Its comes down to the type of fighter but I just got the feeling he was one of those fighters that once he was reminded of his own mortality, things would go south quick. Like when shane was cut for the first time in his career by vernon. He saw the blood, freaked and that was it. Shane still does something similar every time hes getting whooped... and keeps touching gloves and tries to keep it friendly with the thought it will save him from a more savage beating. I don't think Morrison would have done that but i think every time he got caught after that, he'd panic and stop breathing right and wear down fast. Not to mention how many opponents would just try to tee off on him mercer style for a highlight ko. just my opinion of course.

Sir, anyone who can look HIV, then full blown AIDS in the face, and then drop into total denial is not going to have even a little trouble getting around a devastating KO!
I liked Morrison, a lot, but he turned out to be brain damaged or a straight up idiot. It was hard to look at some of those terrible final pics of him.

[Beanflicker]

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.

[Master]

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.

[Beanflicker]

So as well as HIV he was probably on steroids.

I think Morrison admitted that he used steroids during his boxing run.

[Master]

From this as we all remember him

[imp]

He looked like a zombie here itching and twitching..such a shame.

http://youtu.be/cDDy4QlTTkQ

[Master]

He looked like a zombie here itching and twitching..such a shame.

http://youtu.be/cDDy4QlTTkQ

Can not see it.

[Sleepwalker]

Morrison would have outworked a stamina lacking Bruno

[Master]

Morrison would have outworked a stamina lacking Bruno

Tommy was not the most consistant he beat Foreman and loses to Bent.

[CountryBoy]

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.

[imp]

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.

Did he ever confess to you and let you know the real truth like his mother did after he passed?

[Master]

I thought his mum never said that was HIV positive when he died?

[imp]

I thought his mum never said that was HIV positive when he died?

"In August 2013, Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN.com reported that Morrison's mother Diana disclosed that Tommy had "full-blown AIDS" and was "in his final days." She also stated that Morrison had been bedridden for over a year."