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 a 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.