Biography of tommy morrison
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The Last Great White Hope A biography of the rise and fall of a fighter who gleefully let his excesses eat him.
Colleen Aycock
The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison
By Carlos Acevedo(2022, Hamilcar Publications) 232 pgs. with bibliography, no footnotes or index
Born in Gravette, Arkansas, January 2, 1969, Tommy “The Duke” Morrison grew up in the small town of Jay, Oklahoma, where his life was clearly rooted. When he was ten, his mother encouraged him to take up fighting, first in Toughman contests and later in amateur boxing. Declining a football scholarship to college, the athlete focused, instead, on boxing. Morrison’s chosen career allowed him to experience celebrity status in Las Vegas, New York, even Hollywood. The earnings from his professional bouts also provided him the means to experience an intermittent life of excess, after which he invariably returned to Jay, Oklahoma, to more comforting roots—his mother and small-town life. The taste of the limelight, however, and the allure of a crown led him to a never-ending search for eternal fame and dumped him into an addiction to drugs, a twenty-four-seven night-life, steroid use, and full-blown AIDS—the sum of which ensured that the one-time world champion and one-time movie star would die young. He succumb
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“Tommy ‘The Machine’ Gunn”
Appearing in: Rocky V
Born on January 2, 1969 in Jay, Oklahoma, Tommy Morrison is a former boxer who was once world Heavyweight champion. Morrison has had a troubled life outside the ropes of the boxing ring. His nickname is The Duke, and he is the grandnephew of Hollywood legend John Wayne.
Morrison started boxing professionally November 10, 1988, with a first round knockout of William Muhammad in New York City. Twenty days later, he scored another first round knockout win.
In 1989, Morrison had 19 wins, 15 by knockout. Among the fighters beaten were former Mike Tyson opponents Lorenzo Boyd, Dave Jaco and Lorenzo Canady, as well as former George Foreman opponents Steve Zouski and Ken Lakusta.
CAST BY STALLONE AS TOMMY GUNN
His biggest breakthrough, however, came in 1990, and it wasn’t directly related to his boxing career: During one of his 1989 fights, Sylvester Stallone was a spectator, and he was looking for an actor to oppose him in Rocky V. After seeing Morrison, he arranged for Morrison to have a script reading, and Morrison went to Los Angeles, where he 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 m
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Tommy Morrison
"The Duke"
- Onset Name: Tommy David Author
- Origin Place: Contribute
- Born: Jan 02, 1969
- Died: Contribute
- Age: 55
- Height: 6′ 2″
- Weight: Contribute
- Reach: 76″
- Stance: Orthodox
- Pro Debut: November 30, 1988
- Nationality: Army
- Status: Inactive
- Manager: Contribute
- Promoter: Contribute
- Total Bouts: 52
- Total Rounds: 172
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