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Originally Posted by smoogy
I thought Ray Mercer killed Morrison in the ring.
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No, but it was a vicious knockout. It's over on YouTube. People forget that for the first 4 rds, Morrison had Mercer's head snapping up and then snapping to the side from Tommy's devastating right uppercut/left hook combination. Ray Mercer, with perhaps the best chin in boxing, was probably the only guy in boxing who could take that combo again and again and NOT get knocked out or even knocked down! Morrison looked fantastic but he used to gas fast, and in rd 5, Mercer took it to him viciously. Morrison had a good record, only 3 losses in 50 fights (Mercer, Lennox Lewis, Bentt), 46 wins, 40 KO's. He got knocked down quite a few times but got up to win most of his fights. No shame losing to top guys like Mercer and Lewis. (Bentt though was second rate, and was hurt himself when he landed his own KO blow).