How good was Tommy Morrison?

[hunkysoupbone]

his comeback? Does he not have HIV? I'm sure I read this somewhere.

Ace,
He fought in 2007 and again in 2008. here's his record from Boxing records....
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php...1465&cat=boxer

[The Iron Man]

They incorrectly diagnosed him with HIV Aids.

[Ace Dutrey]

Incorrectly diagnosing hiv aids? WOW! changing a man's life that way. that's a problem. Didn't know he fought again though. I stand corrected.

-Ace

[MaTTuP]

i can't believed the misdiagnosed him with hiv just before his fight with tyson. anyone think he had a chance against tyson at that point in his career?

[The Iron Man]

It would be a war, and the winner IMO would be the person with the better chin. Tyson by KO.

[Phil McRevis]

i've seem some clips of him on youtube, there are some pretty impressive ko wins from him. i read elsewhere that he had a notoriously known glass jaw, any truth? He's only got 3 losses but i think they are all from ko/tko.

At Heavyweight 99% have a glass Jaw.
That has always been the Beauty of the Heavyweight Division.
A big punch can come at any point.

[randy johnson]

Again you people show your lack of boxing knowledge. When has been knocked out 3 times in 50 plus fights means you have a glass chin? He was stopped by Lewis but at the end up the fight he was on his feet. Tyson on the other hand was laying on his back but yet Tyson has a great chin according to you people. He came into the Bent fight cold and probably over sure in himself and lost but was still on his feet. Mercer stopped him after he tired himself out in a fighter he was dominating.

Morrison had a pretty decent chin and murderous power. Who knows how good he could of been if he would of focused on boxing more instead of sleeping with women and ending up with HIV.

[MaTTuP]

Again you people show your lack of boxing knowledge. When has been knocked out 3 times in 50 plus fights means you have a glass chin? He was stopped by Lewis but at the end up the fight he was on his feet. Tyson on the other hand was laying on his back but yet Tyson has a great chin according to you people. He came into the Bent fight cold and probably over sure in himself and lost but was still on his feet. Mercer stopped him after he tired himself out in a fighter he was dominating.

Morrison had a pretty decent chin and murderous power. Who knows how good he could of been if he would of focused on boxing more instead of sleeping with women and ending up with HIV.

those are very good points. i wonder how long he went before he found out he was misdiagnosed.

[Thunder Lips]

Awesome left, but his chin was easy to find and he was easily overwhelmed. Regardless of how one feels about the term "glass chin," Morrison was simply prone to sudden knockdowns and stoppages at any give time. I don't like his chances against most versions of Tyson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPt1j1elFIg&feature=related

Carl Williams somehow catches Morrison after taking a beating and drops him twice in Round 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpdeONftgaA

Morrison gassed and Mercer can't miss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9nzeTOA-M

Morrison vs. Bentt. Morrison out in round 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjnr0GRIyE

Outside of old man George, Morrison's best win against Ruddock; still manages to find a way to end up on the canvas in round 1. Morrison was also down twice against Ross Purrity in the middle rounds, and Lewis ****d him.

[TheGreatA]

Awesome left, but his chin was easy to find and he was easily overwhelmed. Regardless of how one feels about the term "glass chin," Morrison was simply prone to sudden knockdowns and stoppages at any give time. I don't like his chances against most versions of Tyson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPt1j1elFIg&feature=related

Carl Williams somehow catches Morrison after taking a beating and drops him twice in Round 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpdeONftgaA

Morrison gassed and Mercer can't miss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9nzeTOA-M

Morrison vs. Bentt. Morrison out in round 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjnr0GRIyE

Outside of old man George, Morrison's best win against Ruddock; still manages to find a way to end up on the canvas in round 1. Morrison was also down twice against Ross Purrity in the middle rounds, and Lewis ****d him.

More videos:

Here's Morrison going down against Puritty (around 4 minutes of the vid).


The Lewis fight.

I can't say he had a good chin or even a decent one, I guess it could be said that Morrison also had stamina problems and a leaky defense which made him that much easier to hit especially in the later rounds.
So his 'chin' may not have been that bad after all, but it was certainly his biggest problem as a boxer.

When a top contender gets blown out in the first round by a Michael Bentt and has been knocked down over 10 times in his career, there are going to be questions. It's the same with Wladimir Klitschko.

Enough about his chin, here's his left hook: