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Tommy Morrison (January 2, 1969 – September 1, 2013) was an American professional boxer and mixed martial artist who competed from 1988 to 2009. Best known for his left hook and formidable punching power, Morrison won the WBO heavyweight title in 1993 with a unanimous decision victory over George Foreman .
Morrison wins via 4th-round RTD. Tommy Morrison vs. Tim Tomashek, billed as Bringing It Home, was a professional boxing match contested on August 30, 1993, for the WBO heavyweight title. [1] Morrison's original opponent Mike Williams, who had appeared opposite Morrison in the film Rocky V, withdrew from the fight only 90 minutes before it was ...
The fight was a matchup between two undefeated, up-and-coming heavyweights. Thirty-year-old 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist Ray Mercer had won all 17 of his previous fights (12 by KO) since turning pro in 1989 and was coming off a victory over Francesco Damiani that made him the WBO Heavyweight Champion, though the WBO title did not carry nearly as much prestige as the WBA, WBC and IBF versions of ...
Recognition. WBO. Heavyweight Champion. WBO. No. 9 Ranked Heavyweight. Result. Bentt defeated Morrison by 1st round technical knockout. Tommy Morrison vs. Michael Bentt, billed as " The Tulsa Shootout ", was a professional boxing match contested on October 29, 1993 for the WBO Heavyweight Championship.
The film also marks the final appearances of Shire and Meredith in the franchise, and Tommy Morrison's last film appearance before his retirement from boxing in 1996 and eventual death in 2013 due to complications from AIDS. Rocky V was released in the United States on November 16, 1990. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics ...
When Harry publicly took an HIV test alongside the singer Rihanna in 2016, the broadcast contributed to a 500% increase in the number of people requesting a test on the Terrence Higgins Trust website.
The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the " Tommy gun ", " Chicago typewriter ", or " trench broom ") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although ...
HuffPost looked at how killers got their guns for the 10 deadliest mass shootings over the past 10 years. To come up with the list, we used Mother Jones’ database, which defines mass shootings as “indiscriminate rampages in public places” that kill three or more people.