Tommy Morrison vs Lennox Lewis
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- Tommy Morrison vs Lennox Lewis
October 7, 1995
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Lennox was the perfect mix of boxer and brawler. Big and strong, but also technical and smart.
And very determined! Heart of a champion indeed. Just got done watching the Briggs fight.
Lennox fought like a machine in this one. Absolutely devastating.
Tommy was just not that good at top level
@@constantine2731I disagree. Tommy beat Foreman in the World Championship title but Tommy did have H.I.V. and still boxed without telling anyone. Tommy's health drastically diminished which affected his speed and endurance.
@@tskraj3190 both are true. Tommy Morrison was a crude slugger with genuine natural talent and power, but he partied too much and never built much on his natural gifts. Then of course the illness that followed.
@@tskraj3190Forman was old ...what are you talking about
The disease was fully hitting yet ...a month later was his down climb
Who doesn't respect Lewis now?!
And RIP Tommy. Much as I love seeing Lewis victorious, it gave me no joy seeing Tommy lose.
I second that exactly!
Well said.👍
Me. He was garbage.
@@oilyshoes9969 I do love a good parody
Lewis is always laying his body weight on his opponent and holding all the time, did it here, with Bruno, with Tyson = no respect
Rest in peace, Tommy Morrison.
Steven Mitchell
Rest in peace with 72 virgins?
Morrison had a lot of heart, too!...
Sad how his life ended. RIP.
@@RainerGrim
What do you expect, he had sex with every Tom, Dick and Harry?
Le sida 😢
48-3-1 with 42 Knockouts is a hell of a professional career record for any fighter.
Tommy Morrison was a great fighter who had the best left hook in the business. He deserves more respect than he gets. R.I.P. Duke, you are missed. TCB⚡️
What are you talking about???
Smokin Joe Frazier, Henry Cooper, Iron Mike Tyson...all had better left hooks than your boy.
And all 3 losses were to title holders, WBO shure gets more respect these days.
@@kakimuniafu450 Theres more in history of boxing than the big names. I guess he would have knocked you out in 8 seconds.
@@kakimuniafu450 sonny liston, jack dempsey and Cleveland williams had a better left hook imo as well
Rest in peace, Tommy! You left this world but you left a strong mark in the world of boxing you will forever remain a great hope that turned on quickly like a light and just as quickly you went out….🙏☹️
Love em we all have been there in one way or the other, he's survivor enough said
Thanks
Alex 92
Praise and insult all in one go!
@@redblade8160 what are my insults? He argues!
He left because he lived like a tramp. Lewis busted him up, I just hope Lennox never gets aids from the blood he beat out of his face. The Duke? Dude coudnt box past 5 rds was to dumb to pace.
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Damn! Why are all 90's videos so exciting to watch?
It's because they were all fighting each other, constantly trying to move up the feeding chain. The problem we have nowadays is all the rematch clauses have corrupted the mandatory challenger system so the fighters wanting to move up the feeding chain are getting locked out, and the fighters at the top of the chain aren't fighting regularly.
@@ivanjulian2532 hmmm thanks. Nice insight.
It is absolutely insane to me that they questioned a fighter's ability after losing ONE fight, being his 1st loss ever in 25 professional bouts up to this point in his career!
25-0 with 23 KOs?!
And you question that guy with that record up until his 1st loss?!
Unbelievable!
What's even more unbelievable are all of the comments that say Lewis sucked, he ducked people, he never fought anyone during their prime etc. These are either people who haven't watched much boxing, or are children who weren't around at the time. Lewis, by far, was the most-gifted, hardest-punching, and most dominant heavyweight of that era. I remember when Lewis fought the giant, top-rated Michael Grant in 2000. Grant looked like the next great big heavyweight at the time, and Lewis destroyed him in the 2nd round. Hopefully the boxing historians give him much more credit than these imbeciles do.
@@itzenormous we all know americans are hypernationalistic, they just can't stand outsiders beating their best boxers specially if they are from the UK like calzaghe or lewis etc..
lewis was a completely different fighter than the man who fought Bruno and Mcall.Steward perfected him Morrison looks like a cruiserweight this fight
It was the time, they were in. Mike Tyson really defined the 90's and after his fall off, people didn't want to see a true boxer like Lennox. He just wasn't impressive because he didn't have that killer instinct but an incredible boxer, especially when you think about the division today.
@@itzenormous he certainly ducked a rematch with Vitali
Wasn't nothing like these fights man. The pre fight commentating. Larry merchant, Jim Lampley, best in the world. These were the best days of boxing in america.
lampley is so smooth. must be a genius, so eloquent on the fly
I'd always have some Stouffer's French bread pizzas fresh from the oven when I watched these fights back in the 90's.
@nazur72 Stouffers, does it right, dont they
@@scottworley1479 you can't spell stouffers without hbo. if you disregard the h and b and add many other letters.
@@thecontainerthecontents6889 truuuueee!
Tommy Morrison was fighting on pure heart and guts, he was out distanced, he was out boxed and KD 3 time but still kept going. He is most courageous fighter I have seen. RIP. Duke Morrison.
Absolute warrior and fought with all his heart. But all praise to Lewis, he had practically no trouble against this man.
Tommys own coach said he partied too much and after his win to foreman he just didn't take boxing seriously anymore.. This coupled with the effects of HIV/AIDs is why he couldn't live up to his potential. Same thing with Mike Tyson.
Thanks for uploading the fight. I miss watching HBO championship boxing and boxing after dark - it brought me closer to my dad. Reminds of a simpler time.
I miss exciting heavyweight fights. They just don't happen as often these days.
RIP though Tommy, he sure entertained in the ring
He entertained out of it too, himself. Thats why he's dead. No sympathy for addicts.
Lewis fought brilliantly, he totally took away Morrison's one weapon, the left hook, and just went to work on him. This was not Morrison at his best, but it was Lewis near his best. He could have taken Morrison out much earlier, but he fought the smart fight and let the knockout come.
Even Morrison at his best was no match for Lewis...same result quicker knockout.
@@lastdragon820 Oh sure, not even a question, I was trying to compliment Lewis on taking away Morrison's lottery ticket chance of winning this. Morrison was two, maybe even three classes below Lewis at his best, but that's still a really good fighter.
Morrison could have beaten anybody at his peak. He was about a notch below Lewis at his peak. That said Lewis was the best overall fighter of that era, and one of the greatest ever. He is underrated because he was not super exciting to watch. A big guy with a great jab and a good right hand. Tyson fans don't like to acknowledge Lewis. Tommy Morrison was more than a left hook. He had power in both hands, great footwork, and hand speed. His endurance was his weakness, and that was due to his lifestyle. If he had fought Lewis like he fought Foreman, he would have beaten Lewis.
What age is Lewis here ??
@@rhett7716 Lewis was 30 and Morrison was 26
Lewis's corner man: "Walk straight to him he can't do shit." Daaamn.
Its almost sickening to hear how Lampley, Merchant, and HBO hated on Lennox Lewis, and Floyd Mayweather through the years. now Floyd is a top 5 ATG p4p fighter, and Lewis is a top 5 ATG heavyweight. And people wonder why HBO boxing is no more
Everything you said was ridiculous
@@JohnSullivan-jp6qp False, because HBO Boxing never respected black fighters and crapped on them for decades.
@@meharinationsportspodcast2582 incorrect have you ever heard of Roy Jones Jr apparently not they didn’t crap on him
@@meharinationsportspodcast2582 being open about the fighters flaws and constructive criticism isn’t crapping on the fighters. You think that Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley are suppose to praise them like their god and kiss their asses??
@@meharinationsportspodcast2582no response? Don't be a coward
thank you for this upload bro! Its an interesting one to watch because as we NOW know, Tommy was boxing with HIV in his blood since 1989. With no medication either, letting it run free in his body. Watching his fall from the top, physically and professionally is both sad, and hard to watch, and yet i cant turn away. Tommy is in the ring literally fighting two battles. One against lennox, and one against himself. He would eventually lose both. Very sad.
The number one killer of HIV+ patients is liver failure.
From... the medication.
It's fucked up that he put his opponents at risk due to the risk of cuts and body fluids. At least Magic Johnson had enough respect for his sport to retire.
There is no proof of this. I've read it and heard it too but no proof. Also, no one has ever come forward claiming he infected them. Including g his wives and later girlfriends
The anabolic steroids tommy was taking would have been stopping any wasting
That's debatable though.
Genius trainer: "Just get out there and knock him out!"
He was right.
Bertos trainer, "be an assisan" 😅
American indignant towards Lewis in this era and sense, especially within this commentary is an absolute joke. He is the goat and wiped the floor with the lot of them… but because he wasn’t in American heavyweight, they all sooked… man’s still owed the the respect to this day.
He fought some guys later in their life. He didn't fight them in the early/middle 90s when he should have. Plus he got starched in the late 90s when everyone was still young. He avenged his losses though.
Tommy was never the same after Rocky stopped training him
Lol
He fights was always outside the ring in the clubs. With alcohol and drugs...and unprotected enocourse ....
I love this music opening
" sometimes you have to hit bottom to bounce back " .
If only he knew just how much lower he was about to go.
RIP Tommy.
Perfect timing of the stoppage from Mills.
Tommy was tough and a great fighter rest in peace champ
What a warrior.
He wasn't man enough to stay away from drugs though. NO sympathy.
How funny is it that Steward mentions his attitude and demeanor as being a major issue in the past.
Always loved that HBO intro music 🔥
What is the song title for Lewis intro?
Joshua C not sure. I was talking about the showtime bowing theme music intro
Very 80-90s sounding
@@Detroit-gx5nd this is HBO not Showtime back when HBO boxing was the best boxing channel.
God knows how many people he gave them aids and wrecked there lives.may be think about them
"He is a survivor... peel him up against the wall, roll him over, set him on fire... you just can't kill him". Fateful words about Morrison by Larry Merchant.
but aids did
Morrison is an over-rated boxer. Foreman never gave him much respect in their fight. Foreman was fighting very seriously and cautiously when fighting Moorer cause he knew Moorer was a much stronger opponent. And Foreman almost lost that fight BADLY. Moorer was getting too aggressive and tried to knock Foreman out even in the last round. This is very similar to the match when Pacquiao fought Marquez and got knocked out cold.
You forget how big these men are lewis is huge and when you see morrison in his suit at the press conference for his Hiv blood test you realise how big and burly he is. RIP Tommy
This was a great match to watch
That was a great young man that fought adversity and struggles and desires and losses and came out as a champion in all ways i have the greatest respect.for him and admiration rest in peace till we see you again son
Lewis cleaned up the division. Man of the 90s
Lewis looked a better and a diffrent fighter than his last fights developped a good jab with an aggressive attitude and a good tactic in and out
I am critical of Tommy as a fighter, while admitting he was exciting to watch at times. I’ve watched a lot of his fights and highlights and during his competitive fights I don’t think I ever saw him enjoying himself, relaxed, in control or even confident. He was always vulnerable, surviving, and you get the sense he was on the verge of getting knocked out. In the Foreman fight and even after Tommy gave Foreman a head thrashing, Foreman was hunting him down until the last second of the 12th round. Foreman ran out of time and at least twice in that last round, Tommy was on the verge of going.
Same with Lennox Lewis. Tommy didn’t want to be in there.
Carl Williams was beating him on points. Tommy tasted a few decent rights and took a knee on the canvas twice in the fifth. This is after Tommy dropped Williams twice. However, he did stop Williams but not in the kind of way one would expect.
With Razor Ruddock. Same thing. Gassed and Ruddock had no fear of Tommy. Instead, while headhunting, he walked into a left hook and was later stopped by an exhausted flurry from Tommy. It’s hard to say a skilled fighter is ever lucky when his number one weapon comes through for him. However, in that one second of his career, I maintain he was lucky that Razor Ruddock had no regard for Tommy at that point in their fight.
Against Mercer, Tommy wanted out of there after Mercer took every missile he had. Tommy knew what was coming. In fact, right before the famous decapitation highlight real, stop it when Tommy’s head is slightly over the ropes before the first big right. Tommy quit at that moment. He gave up and then Mercer finished him off.
The point being is that Tommy didn’t like a fight. He liked to blow people up and get out of there. There were so many times Tommy would drop his hands, turn his back on his opponent, or take a knee to the canvas at the first sign of punishment. He was full of nervous energy and I would even say fear until he exhausted himself to the point of collapse-which was around the sixth round.
Morrison was one of many "good" heavyweights but that's about it.
Well said
You are spot on about the relaxation aspect of boxing which Tommy never quite managed to grasp. He was as you say a very tight fighter and that meant his tank often ran dry very early in fights usually after three or four rounds or so. That and his defense were the main factors which prevented him from reaching a higher level. His stamina was poor that if you watch his fights he becomes a completely different fighter less combinations easier to hit etc etc. His defense too was poor he was always extremely easy to hit and with a bad chin that's a recipe for disaster. I do disagree with you when you question his heart. I think Tommy had toughness he had a broken jaw, broken right hand, cut over his eye against Joe Hipp and kept going and turned that fight around. Against Williams after being knocked down twice he didn't give up he stayed determined and once again pulled it around. Even in this fight he could of easily just not come out of the corner for the sixth round but he pleaded his case saying I have still got my left eye i.e. don't stop it I am still in this. All of those examples show a fighter who persevered when the going got tough he was far from a quitter but was ultimately as you say a good but flawed heavyweight.
@@jakeyb25 asi es era perseverante...
And people say he could’ve beat Tyson if they fought 🤣🤣
K B well, technically Morrison could best Tyson. Of course he could as he was a dangerous and skilled world class fighter. But how many times would they have to fight for Tommy to KO and stop Tyson?
10 times? Does Tommy win one fight out of ten? Better or worse? None would go the distance that is for sure.
Lewis always liked to fight opponents after their prime days like tyson fight..
dont agree at all, he fought everybody, the fact that he fought Tyson too late, wasn't his fault, rather Mike's one (jail, and others stories). Morisson who was a very good athlete with good skills didn't belong to the same level of Lennox. Top class level, for me one of the best carreer in HW
@@teamzawafootball1370 I know, this Smartboy character obviously isn't that smart. if he was, he would know that Lewis fought all of the top heavyweights of that era, and dominated. I don't know how he can say that Lewis fought Tyson past Tyson's prime. First of all, Tyson was always heavily overrated. He never fought anyone but a bunch of has beens and never wases, except a very old Larry Holmes. Michael Spinks was a very small 205 lbs, and was scared to death in '88 when he fought Tyson. Every capable heavyweight that Tyson ever fought, beat him. And, Smartboy also fails to mention that even though Tyson was 35, almost 36, in 2002 when he fought Lewis; Lewis himself was 37 and near retirement. I guess he also missed where Lewis dominated an in-his-prime slugger like David Tua, and destroyed top-rated giant, Michael Grant in 2000. I could list off all of the top heavyweights that Lewis defeated, all in or near their prime, but Smartboy, not knowing much about boxing, probably doesn't know who any of them are, or were.
💯💯💯
To the Supreme Grandmaster of boxing the late Emmanuel Lewis!
Great fight
Class work from the late, always straight- shooting Mills Lane!
With all due respect to Tommy, it seemed like he was there just for the paycheck.
He just didn't have the passion for it no more and it was obvious.
When it comes to Lennox - he improved a lot since his fight prior to this one; working with Emanuel Steward did wonders for him even in such a short period of time.
What surprised me the most in this fight is the fact that Lewis' left hooks were better than Morrison's (the latter weren't even there that night!).
Drinking and drugs destroy your body. That's why floyd refused to do them and he could still today be a top boxer and hes mid 40s. Tommy also probably had hiv at this time too considering his diagnoses would come like a year later
Dude also had AIDS likely for multiple years at this point, which wasn't helping his cause.
Tommy didn’t even get in range to land the left hook, that jab was powerful
No excuse, Lenox was just better.
@@icecreaman2010 excactly even Tommy had no excuse.
Lennox is so underrated. He's easily a top 10 heavyweight of all time. And capable of beating any boxer in history. There's not a boxer, dead or alive, that would've had an easy time with Lennox Lewis
Lennox is a problem for anyone.
i forgot about this fight.and didnt realize how dominant lewis was against a bomber like morrison,good fight!
@18:09 lmao, kellie maloney gets up close and personal, i lold watching this live!
Think this was a real underrated win for Lewis. Morrison was always dangerous, even when he seemed on the brink of defeat but Lennox just dominated him. Too big, too athletic and too good. That was the end of Tommy as a top fighter.
@kevindlinc Holyfield not smaller than Ali, both 6'3 and holy more muscled. You get away with less skill by having huge height and reach advantage. Holy v Lewis 1 was a robbery by all accounts.
@kevindlinc I thought holy looked steroidal first time I saw him v Tyson. He came out of cruiserweight/ light heavy where he looks natty. I'm just saying close to same height, reach and fight weight.
@@cruiser6260 Holyfield is 6'2" with his shoes on. He looks big because he is so lean. He was at very low body fat, and top heavy, on a narrow frame. He was a small heavyweight.
Morrison was past his prime here. It would have been a very interesting fight earlier in Morrison's career. When Morrison was younger he would have pounded Lennox' liver with left hooks, and worn him down.
@@-sensibleChris Lewis would of just upped his tempo.
TOMMY THE GREAT WHITE HOPE WHAT A FIGHTER..R.I.P
Lennox was one of the best hw, and Morrison was just outclassed.
Morrison got lashed all ova off lewis
RIP Tommy gone but not forgotten 🥊🥊🔥
Nawwww, hes forgotten. Bum!
And yet here YOU are commenting on a video about him with 600,000 views!?
Get a grip lad🤔
@@paulj.stavrou4332 you're a bum for calling Tommy a bum
@@paulj.stavrou4332 you racist
Ad?7y
Tommy's left hook is greatly missed in the HW division
RIP TOMMY.
W H Y ?
Tommy was a solid contender-level boxer. Always exciting to watch!
This was when Lewis really started showing signs of greatness. Manny Steward took his raw talent and turned him into a legendary boxer.
Very exciting in the Mercer fight. Blocking those punches with his head. His head was his defense
@@paulj.stavrou4332 Actually he hit Mercer with a lot of good combinations in the first three rounds; most heavyweights at the time would have been staggered and then knocked out from that offense. Mercer just has a chin and the ability to absorb big punches like no other. Tommy's only absolute poor performance came against Micheal Bentt, and that was entirely on Morrison for being wasted from the night before and underestimating his opponent.
Lew’s and Klitchko were amazing
" he seems to forget to got to body" commentator about Lennox Lewis who was boxing the best ever seen, he was jabbing, defending and moving using upper cuts and combination. He had 148 jabs in a thrown. Amazing.
Lewis beat the bricks off Morrison, Lewis looked huge in this fight.
Morrison pretending to be a changed man in the preview.
Maybe he had changed but it was to late anyway cause of the virus. Impressing performace if he fought this one with HIV
@@stennilsen9584 He fought his entire career being HIV positive; he was diagnosed in 1989 and hid it until he finally got caught.
Lennox with the Westcoast Sound 🔥.. Jayo Felony - Zoom Zooms and wam wam
Fire
Not even in same league. Most fighters weren't. Rest in peace T.M., you helped bring excitement to the heavyweight division.
Start of, and throughout, round 4 you begin to understand why Steward was one of the greatest trainers EVER. While Roy and Jim question Steward's wisdom and instructions you see Lewis begin to clearly impose his will
This is very true. It did help that Tommy was famous for getting gassed in the 5+ rounds.
Lennox had devastating jab. Every time it landed…which was frequently…it really hurt…ask Vitali…! AJ could learn a lot from this man. Also, love the way Lennox follows Tommy around the ring in the 5th at 43:25. No more Mr Niceguy AJ.
Overrated/ not much competition when he was champion. Look, he got knocked out by two crack addicts. Not a great heavyweight champion, not even in the Top 10
@@oilyshoes9969 Well done mate, it’s quite unusual for people to come out and say anything negative about a man that most boxers and boxing commentators freely admit was without doubt one of the greatest boxers of all time and, in a tough era…despite a lot of obstacles. You must be a true idiot.
@@oilyshoes9969 Not much competition? Guy fought everyone in one of the most competitive eras, and beat them all
@@oilyshoes9969 Talking that BS all day? 😂
@@dylanburston7453 dude deluded asf 🤣🤣
roy jones jr great honest analyzation of him challengin heavyweights and for smaller boxers
Hi, just wondering if you have the full telecast of Lewis vs Tua, thanks
Child's play for Lewis.
A prime Tommy Morrison wouldn't have been.
@@-sensibleChris yeah just ask Merciless Ray Mercer what a ko
Morrison has a better record than Mercer
A prime time Tommy Morrison would've KOed any of those heavyweights, Riddick Bowe as well.
@@omaru737 He was in his "prime'' when he was fighting. He was just an overhyped, ridiculously overrated, one dimensional, mid-level fighter.
Efficient, precise boxing by Lewis, that jab was deadly.
Amazing side to side work by Lennox.
Always want to see Tommy, and Tyson battle.
Battle of the overrated boxers
Tommy wasn’t overrated!
*Tommy "The Duke" Morrison was the real deal.* 🥊🥊
No, that would be Holyfield ☺️
@@Fusion991 *Evander was the real deal no question! But give Tommy his due. Morrison @ any given moment could've put even a prime Muhammad Ali on his butt if he landed his (7) flush on Ali's chin.*
Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield was the duke.
@@Charmolution 🥊🥊 *How bout that Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr fight...did you happen to catch it?*
Tommy Morrison at this stage of his career was a very sick man !
Yes & it was sad, although Morrison knew what was wrong with him (failed lab results for life insurance) & oot of respect for other fighters, should not had been in the ring. Fortunately it wasn't against one who (like Holyfield) used headbutting to his advantage, the result would had been more disateruos. RIP Tommy!
This isn't in his prime
Tommy mother said he tested positive for the virus in 1989..
God bless him. Tommy put many fighter at risk for Aids.
@@abrahamjackson6019 Yeah that's horrible
Roy: "he needs to get inside, 2 block the jab", commentator: "Morrison's not blocking the Jab, he's eating it". Delivered, as if, he was choosing to eat them-LMFAO!
Tommy Morrison was one of the greatest boxers of all time's rip bro
Agree. Only 3 losses at almost 50 fights and most of them with ko at 1st or 2nd round
Yah ...Right! Just a bum . Thats it
@@paulj.stavrou4332 Why are you commenting here then? Clown...
Only to a casual who knows nothing about the sport of boxing. Tommy Morrison is not even top 50, casual. He was nothing but a overrated white hype, who white media tried making him out to be the "white Mike Tyson".
of all time no.. he was not rated by the boxing committee or commission ...due to the fact he never faught any huge heavy weights....so no he was not...
Ah I love that 90s sound cue.
Ideally you want to avoid sticking your chin out. Like a Zen monk meditating, you keep your chin close when boxing.
What a great fighter. I wish he could’ve continued and not gotten sick.
Well said Dave.😎
Lennox for ever,
lennox delivered every time powerful punch like a iron fist
if you are here to watch boxing, skip to 26 minutes
Living legend
I really feel for how Morrison's career went. Unfortunately, he listened too much to the wrong people around him, brought into his own White Hype, slid down a razor blade and drowned in an alcohol river.
He did worse than alcohol. I also don't think he bought into his own hype, but he did buy into his power like many punchers do. He wasn't some kind of bum like a lot of those old stereotypical white hopes were. Him and Cooney were better than that. They both had some different, but serious, issues going on. Tommy was exposed to fame very, very early in his life from being such a good amateur. Rather than having people protect him, they let him indulge.
He got sober but had AIDS
@@PatkaBoy831 He had a 45 and 3 record with 42 knockouts. His only losses were to Ray Mercer, a crusher. Bent, the fluke. And a TKO to Lennox Lewis, the greatest fighter of his generation. Not a hype. A better record than 90% of his peers.
Awww poor Morrison. Only he could stay disciplined, no one but him. Why blame anyone else. He was a bum
Lmaoo Samuel L Jackson reference
Tommy morrison look like a high school coach.
Great Ref
Nothing like the ‘90s rip TM
REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND !!!!!!!!
47:26 - Lewis with a knockdown with a hell of a jab.
You can see at just after the 32 min mark, it wasn't the punch that put TM down. TM hit him with the hook to the body, then missed a big overhand right and got a little off balance, and freaked out, knowing he left his chin totally exposed. He went to a knee immediately as a defense mechanism.
Overall, Kudos to one of the all time greats, LL, and to TM, for putting up a fairly respectable showing in spite of being totally outclassed.
All time great are you kidding me
@@deforestbland3015 If you don't think Lewis is one of the top all time heavyweights, you've got a screw loose.
@@Okenshield69 I thought you was talking about tommy Lenox definitely is
Roy Jones sounds like he reading off a piece of paper bruh 😂
Well.played by the ref. He could see Morrisons spirit had gone and saved him from extra damage.more refs need to do that.
Mills Lane best Ref imho
Mills was the best! You're 100% right Morrison wanted no more Mills didn't make him say it though
Surely Mitch haloern the best , milks the second.
Rip Mitch - a terrible loss 😞
* halpbern
MORRISON COULD HAVE BEEN A LIVING LEGEND, IN THE SPORT OF BOXING, OF NOT BEING SO RECKLESS IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE.
Stop using caps lock like a simpleton.
I saw a bit of mike in morrison with that slip n jab but he didnt seem to use it to much even though the few times he did he was able to land
This wasn't much of a fight really, just more of a beatdown
by Lennox, totally dominating Morrison in this fight. Right
from round 1 it was all Lewis. Even if both fighters were in
their prime, I think you'd have the same result. Lennox, had
height, speed, weight and reach over Tommy, and really did
give him a beating in this fight. RIP Tommy, you were also
a great fighter, but just not good enough for Lennox.
Lennox lewis best in the world.
What a brilliant fighter
We miss you Duke , R.I.P.
The Duke was a hell of a fighter. The Lion was the best of his era, and the last truly great heavyweight.
Lennox Lewis definitely was the "last truly great heavyweight" as you say.
Tommy Morrison was the best one punch ko boxer on heavy weight history.The perfect punch.
"The Absolute Best Left Hook"
You guys are funny. Tommy sucked! What decent fighter in their prime did he best?
@@sw5401 could say the same for Tyson. Did he suck too?
@@sw5401 he didnt suck but your right this guy is delusional
Wilder, Tyson, tua, ruddock, sanders, foreman, shavers, Liston were all VASTLY superior one punch knockout boxers than Tommy. You don’t know anything about boxing.
Roy Jones Jr does a really good job on color.
Miss this era the "silver" era of heavyweights, division was packed with top talent. Only better era the 70s gold era, and in both George Foreman was champion !!!
The dukes last real fight before the hiv test
RIP Tommy.
Morrison got really unlucky with that right eye in the second round that kept itching and irritating him. It also affected his ability to be effective at long range, and his strategy depended on spotting quickly Lewis' jabs to duck them in the nick of time. Lewis is a bit sluggish but has more power. Morrison had to box faster and land more constantly looking for openings. But this meant he had to stay withing range of Lewis' jabs and spot them quickly enough so as not to walk into one of them, and he needed both eyes for that.
Boxing is all about styles and Lewis negated the Tommy threat, the rest is history.
Tommy could've had 3 good eyes, same result.
I’m sure it was the itchy eye and not the coke and booze bender, sex parities and steroid abuse.
I’ll never understand why so many people are delusional about this guy.
@@SKa-tt9nmbecause he's white
TOMMY MORRISON DESERVES WAY MORE CREDIT THAN HE GOT=WITH DON KING CONTROLLING THE BOXING WORLD=TOMMY WAS ALWAYS FIGHTING MORE THAN ONE OPPONENT. HE DIDN'T DESERVE TO GO OUT LIKE THAT=RIP BROTHER 👍👍👍
Tommy looks like he just turned 35 years old in this Fight yet he's only 26. From late 94 to february 96 he looked like he had aged 20 years. If you didn't know anything about Tommy watching this Fight you'd think you were watching an old experienced fighter that already had a long full career especially when looking at his record , yet he was only 26 and his career would be cut short just 6 months later
More like 95 to 2005
@@martindebrois1472 There's pictures of him in 1994 and 1996 that are directly compared side by side and he looked like he aged 10 years in just that 2 year time span. He went from looking like a baby face 20 year old to looking like a 35 year old in just 2 years. But hey thats what HIV does to you and the medicine for it also speeds up the aging process as well so its not surprising , its just a little drastic to see thats all.
@@Capital2x I've seen them ... I wouldn't say *ten* years ... But the partying, and introducing hard drugs into it has a BIG effect on you aesthetically.
.. The weird thing is in '96 he said it all was bad, and shouldn't have been doing it - Then started again in 2008.
RIP Tommy Gunn, if you were alive today you would own this weak division.
That is pushing it fella
Maybe if he was alive and 20 today, but he'd be over 50 years old man lol
He was alive. He didnt own shit. A bum
Weak? Lol not
Em 1996 Tommy foi diagnosticado com aids e suspenso do esporte.... Nessa luta já não vimos mais ele com toda potência e velocidade talvez já afetado pelo estilo de vida..... Única forma de vencer o Lewis nessa luta era encurtar a distância devido a visível diferença de envergadura e pendular abusando dos cruzados se livrando desses jebs nocivos do Lewis! Tommy é meu segundo boxeador preferido ficando atrás somente do Foreman lutas emocionantes..... Lewis é um dos melhores de todos os tempos mas seu estilo trancado de luta é meio sem emoção kkkkk
Yeah I know, it's pretty sad
I tell you even when he was on his death bed he was still in shape, never saw him out of shape , never . just amazing
Steroids helped.
tommy once of best knock out punchers rest in peace
Lenox Lewis reach, height and deceptive powerful right hook combine to make him one of the greatest of all times.
Well if your judging by height/reach/power then why did Joshua get beat by ruiz? Your putting physical aspects above experience.