Tommy Morrison Losses

Tommy Morrison had three losses in his professional boxing career of 52 fights — two of them in world-title fights and one in a non-title fight. All of these losses came via way of KO. Here is the complete list of Morrison's losses in reverse chronological order:
  • 1.

    Tommy Morrison loses to Lennox Lewis

    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.

  • 2.

    Tommy Morrison loses to Michael Bentt

    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.

  • 3.

    Tommy Morrison loses to Ray Mercer

    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.

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