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Tommy Morrison Boxing Glove Autograph
This is a brand new Everlast boxing Glove
autographed by former Heavyweight Champ Tommy Morrison.
Signed nicely in Silver Sharpie he has added T.C.B. (Taking
Care of Business) along with his signature.
Tommy David Morrison (born January 2, 1969,
Jay, Oklahoma) is a former world heavyweight boxing champion.
Dubbed "The Duke", he is the grandnephew of Hollywood
star John Wayne. Morrison has also garnered media coverage
for his troubled life outside the boxing ring.
Tommy Morrison
£115.00
His biggest breakthrough, however, came in 1989, when Sylvester
Stallone was a spectator at one of Morrison's bouts and
realised that Morrison would be ideal for his Rocky V movie.
Stallone arranged for Morrison to have a script reading,
and was cast as Tommy Gunn in the movie. While Morrison
did win two fights in 1990, it was when Rocky V was released
in December of that year that he gained mainstream popularity.
In 1991, Morrison, already the receiver of much television
exposure, won four fights, against opponents the calibre
of former Larry Holmes world title challenger and Tyson
opponent James Quick Tillis, and former world champion Pinklon
Thomas. He was then given a crack at becoming world Heavyweight
champion by WBO champ Ray Mercer in a Pay Per View card
held on October 18 1991. Morrison lost what turned out to
be a highlight film knockout in round five.
Morrison had six wins in 1992, including one over former
Riddick Bowe opponent Art Tucker, and one over future world
title challenger Joe Hipp, who would later become the first
Native American to challenge for the world Heavyweight title.
After two wins in 1993, including one over two time former
world title challenger Carl Williams, Morrison found himself
fighting for the world championship again, this time against
Foreman, On June 7. Morrison surprised many critics by outpointing
Foreman over 12 rounds, winning the world title. Almost
immediately, talks of a fight with WBC world champion Lennox
Lewis began, although it would not have been a unification
bout, because the WBC has always refused to have recognised
the WBO.
Talks of a Morrison-Lewis fight, however, momentarily came
to a stop because Morrison was himself upset in his first
defense by virtually unknown Michael Bentt, being knocked
out in round one in front of a live HBO Boxing audience.
He recovered by winning three bouts in a row in 1994, but
then, he drew in his last fight of the year, against another
virtual unknown, Ross Puritty.
He won three fights in 1995 before meeting Razor Ruddock
for the IBC Heavyweight Championship. This fight was named
fight of the year by various magazines, as Morrison dropped
Ruddock several times, but had to climb off the canvas in
round one himself before scoring a sixth round knockout
win.
The fight with Lewis, who had also lost his world championship,
finally came off after the fight against Ruddock. Lewis
stopped Morrison in six rounds.
A few days before his next fight, to be shown on Showtime,
Morrison had a mandatory HIV test performed by the Nevada
state athletic commission. It was revealed during Showtime's
telecast of the boxing undercard, that Morrison was on a
flight home to Oklahoma City, following the revelation that
the HIV test proved positive, automatically retiring him
from boxing as a competitor.
Later in 1996, Morrison announced that he wished to make
a comeback with one more bout, the proceeds of which would
go to benefit his newly created KnockOut Aids Foundation.
Morrison won what would turn out to be his final fight,
a first round knockout of Marcus Rhode in Tokyo. Morrison
finished his boxing career with a record of 46 wins, 3 losses,
1 draw, with 40 of his wins by knockout.
Morrison spent 14 months in prison after retiring on drug
and weapons charges.
On September 9, 2003, Morrison's wife Dawn gave birth to
a boy, Tristin Duke Morrison. He and his family currently
live in rural White County, Tennessee, where he is seeking
a return to acting, and doesn't rule out the possibility
of fighting again. He is currently penning his autobiography
and has recently signed a deal that would see a movie produced
on his life.
On April of 2005, Morrison admitted in an interview to
using steroids, both before, during and after his boxing
career was over.
