On October 7, 1995, a 26-year-old Tommy Morrison (45-2-1, 39 KOs) and a 30-year-old British boxer Lennox Lewis (27-1, 23 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Morrison came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. Lewis was on a 2-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 5 days.
Lennox Lewis stopped Tommy Morrison via TKO in the 6th round. Lewis improves his record to 28-1 (24 KOs), while Morrison adds a loss to his record at 45-3-1.
On October 29, 1993, the 24-year-old WBO heavyweight world champion, Tommy Morrison (38-1, 33 KOs), faced Michael Bentt, in a title defense fight.
Morrison came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 29 days.
Tommy Morrison was defending his heavyweight WBO titles against Michael Bentt and lost via TKO in the 1st round, and adds an loss to his record at 38-2.
On October 18, 1991, a 22-year-old Tommy Morrison (28-0, 24 KOs) got a shot at the heavyweight WBO title held by 30-year-old Ray Mercer (17-0, 12 KOs).
Morrison came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 21 days. Mercer was on a 17-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 7 days.
Ray Mercer stopped Tommy Morrison via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO heavyweight title. Mercer improves his record to 18-0 (13 KOs), while Morrison adds a loss to his record at 28-1.