On Friday night, Lippe Morrison will make his television debut on ShoBox: The New Generation (Showtime, 10 p.m. Lippe told him that he felt his dad when he was walking to the ring. He was very close with two fighters, Morrison and a super middleweight from Kansas City, Missouri, named Randie Carver. Trey Lippe Morrison, Tommy's other heavyweight boxer son, got stopped in the first round by the capable Mike Balogun last December in a step-up fight after 18 wins against carefully selected opponents. The 27th-ranked American heavyweight, Lippe-Morrison would have a much different feeling after Saturdays fight that was streamed on ESPN+. Triller Results: Mike Balogun Crushes Trey Lippe-Morrison in One Lippe-Morrison working with new trainer - joplinglobe.com Duke Ragan stretches his leg on a door while Charles Clark hugs a supporter before their boxing match at the Skyline Event Center at Osage Casino in Tulsa on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Maxim Vlasov and Joe Smith Jr. box during their WBO Light Heavyweight Title fight at the Osage Casino in Tulsa on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Problem was, Lippe didn't always carry that intensity into the classroom. Trey Lippe-Morrison is on Facebook. Weve got big money fights now, Holden said. It was enormous to a little boy, but was also declawed and defanged, a detail Morrison declined to mention to his son. The only thing Lippe could think of was boxing. He had a great trainer. Shortly after they teamed up, Holden suggested making a few nods to his lineage, and Lippe was hesitant. For the second straight season, Monetts Jaxon Bailey captured medalist honors at the Big 8 Conference Boys Golf Tournament. Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. What if he got killed? Tommy was the overgrown kid. * Heavyweights: Sonny Conto (7-0, Philadelphia) defeated Waldo Cortes Acosta (6-4, Phoenix, Arizona), KO, 1:27 first round. Undefeated heavyweight knockout artist will have new trainer, Download the Globe app to my phone or tablet, Barbie unveils Anna May Wong doll for AAPI Heri, Carl Junction chamber to honor late president G, Gambino's Pizza opens location near Carl Junction, Joplin Police Department wins annual Guns and H. You can always be a little better and sharper. A SPECIAL BOND: Mother keeps late daughter connected to Lippe-Morrison Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Did Gervonta Davis make the top 10? Fans watch a boxing match at the Skyline Event Center at Osage Casino in Tulsa on Saturday, April 10, 2021. This time, referee David Fields didnt even count, waving the bout off 13 seconds into round two. He wanted him to be a boxer and offered to train him numerous times. DiBella Entertainment will host a three-part Broadway Boxing summer series, all exclusively live streamed on UFC FIGHT PASS, the world's leading digital subscription service for combat sports. Ajagba, will probably will be, and needs to be, a bit gun-shy before he gets back on track. And it's going to be good to have Trey back fighting in Oklahoma.. She figured she had the flu, so she went to the school nurse, who told her she was pregnant. The results were encouraging. "I have no doubt he's doing it for himself. Its a good one. Holden said he felt it, too. Kid has monster potential!! Why Trey Lippe is following his father's footsteps into the boxing ring. Globe | Jason Peake. The scheduled ten-round bout is part of a. The hard-hitting Trey Lippe-Morrison, son of former heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison, is back in the gym in preparation for a return to the ring. Pat Russell scored it 115-113 for Smith, while Dave Sutherland judged the fight to have been a 114-114 draw. I think hes one of the best trainers in the country. But they supported her. Holden cannot deal with losing another fighter. Lippe-Morrison was clearly unhappy with that fights outcome, as he was knocked down early in the bout and unable to deliver a knockout blow. Follow WBN: Facebook @officialworldboxingnews.Twitter @worldboxingnews. In a Top Rank-promoted boxing event at Tulsas Osage Casino on Saturday, Bergman caught Lippe Morrison with a short punch. We hung out, talked about sports. FULL FIGHT ! Wright falls to 18-4-1 with 15 KOs. How good will the promotion be? I think theres a lot of pressure on me to do well. Cristi couldn't stop staring at his tattoo, and finally, Morrison asked what she was looking at. The ten round co-feature has undefeated Jared The Real Big Baby Anderson (11-0, 11 KOs) returning against Miljan Rovcanin (24-2, 16 KOs). The two exchanged big shots in the final round before Lippe-Morrison was declared the victor. Tommy had two other sons, Kenzie Witt and Tristin Duke Morrison. He didn't want to be cashing in on his name, but then Holden said that Tommy would've loved it. We were really, really close but did not get to spend a lot of time together. A few hours before his debut fight, he walked through the lobby of the Buffalo Run Casino, and Morrison's old trainer, Doug Dragert, got goose bumps. Did he have HIV? Thirteen of which happened in the first two rounds. Mark was the authoritarian, the one who pushed him on the football field. In Miltons third professional contest, the 2012 graduate of Tulsas Nathan Hale High School was aggressive and sharp. He looked so much better tonight. He waited tables at a steakhouse before this, sold discount clothing and worked construction 10 hours a day, a job that made him good money, but then he was too tired to spend it. Markian Hawryluk and Kevin Van Valkenburg, Son of Tommy Morrison makes TV debut Sept. 23, Garcia, trainer Goossen part ways, sources say. In a bout streamed live on ESPN+, unbeaten Tulsa heavyweight Jeremiah Milton will fight on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Casino. Breaking through on a ShoBox broadcast, Morrison was on the verge of stepping up his opponents. Experienced sports journalists providing great local sports coverage in Southwest Missouri. Floyd Mayweather accused of clinging to Gervonta Davis after split, Chris Eubank Jr. accused of trying to avoid Liam Smith rematch, Prime Klitschko KOs Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury beats him now, Andy Ruiz Jr. restraining order sours slob ex-heavyweight champ, William Zepeda moves to 28-0, 24 KOs with early KO, The Business of Boxing: Exploring the Economics and Politics of the Sport, Step into the Ring: The Best Boxing Games of All Time, Antonio Napolitano vs Brandon Brewer II set for June 24. He was a good person. The login page will open in a new tab. Jason Bergman falls to the ground after injuring his ankle while boxing Trey Lippe Morrison during their boxing match at the Skyline Event Center at Osage Casino in Tulsa on Saturday, April 10, 2021. I think Ill get a lot more attention. After a 15-month layoff, Lippe-Morrison's comeback fight finally arrived last Friday in Deadwood. * Light heavyweights: Joe Smith Jr. (27-3, Long Island, New York) defeated Maxim Vlasov (45-4, Samara, Russia), majority decision, 12 rounds. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. Anderson said, I am 100 percent healthy and more than ready to get back in the ring. ESPN/ESPN+ presents a stacked card headlined by two former world champions as Jose Sniper Pedraza (29-4, 14 KOs) battles Richard RC Commey (30-4, 27 KOs) in a 10-round junior welterweight clash at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lippe, a football coach, provided stability for Trey. Connecting on a high percentage of set-up punches and power shots, he needed only 79 seconds to batter and finish Dafney, who hails from McComb, Mississippi. Holden even let him do odd jobs for him -- driving him around Oklahoma -- to supplement his income. I dont care if anyone wanted me to say that or not. Bob Arum is always full of praise for his future world heavyweight title hope. But Trey put it off because he was playing football. MIAMI, Okla. -- His daddy's life was violent, disturbing and R-rated, and that was on a normal day, but Trey Lippe's mom swore their son would live an average boy's life. When the undefeated heavyweight knockout artist of the Four State Franchise enters the squared circle, hell be accompanied by a new trainer. In a co-feature that opened the live ESPN telecast, undefeated WBO International junior welterweight champion Arnold Barboza Jr. (26-0) earned a unanimous decision over Antonio Moran (26-5-1) in an entertaining 10-round scrap. The fight wasn't publicized much outside the eastern part of the state because, if word spread that Tommy Morrison's son had taken up boxing, it would've drawn far too much hysteria for a young . No matter who I fight or how good I do. "But that guy was 10-1 and Trey got the knockout." A native of Vinita, Oklahoma, the 6-foot-3. When Morrison was diagnosed with HIV, a group of parents wanted to ban the little boy from kindergarten because they were convinced that he would infect them all. "The timing was -- perfect, you know?" He told him he needed to listen to something relaxing before his fight, something that wasn't rap, and Lippe just smiled. Im comfortable in there, and thats what I did. "That's a conversation I've had with him personally, and I definitely learned from us having a talk and going back and looking at him," he said. Gassiev has not been back to himself again after that loss, hope he gets it together again. Brian Howard and Efe Ajagba box during their boxing match at the Skyline Event Center at Osage Casino in Tulsa on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Trey Lippe-Morrison - Facebook The fight wasn't publicized much outside the eastern part of the state because, if word spread that Tommy Morrison's son had taken up boxing, it would've drawn far too much hysteria for a young man who didn't know how to jump rope six months earlier. It was almost like we were friends. There were stories about his stinky feet -- they were so rank that Dragert would tie his shoes together and hang them out the window -- and about how Tommy always wanted to be Elvis, so he could take care of his friends. Now, with a renewed vigor, Lippe-Morrison and younger brother Kenzie Morrison could once again be sharing a bill in 2021. He had a lot of soul mates. How good will the promotion be? He'd call up and say he was coming to his football games, and oftentimes, Cristi would intercept the call because she wanted to make sure he was actually coming. On Aug. 23, Lippe-Morrisons fight will part of the non-televised undercard, and an opponent has not yet been finalized for the son of the late Tommy Morrison. He sees someone who will listen. Once you have 16 wins, all KOs, and a name behind you, youre a target. Who has the edge? Tommy Morrison, who won 42 of his 48 victories by knockout and counted among his vanquished opponents George Foreman, had a vicious left hook that was probably his best punch. Being Tommy Morrison's son. On Monday, Bailey, NEOSHO, Mo. What happens when a boxer kills his opponent? Here are the best girls basketball players in the Tulsa area. Tommy was her soul mate, but Cristi was eventually able to let him go. He died two days later. Albert Bell boxes Manual Rey Rojas during their boxing match at the Skyline Event Center at Osage Casino in Tulsa on Saturday, April 10, 2021. They never asked what he was like, if he was a good person. Headlining Night of Heavyweights in a ten-round battle of undefeated, heralded contenders, Cassius C.O.G. Chaney, (21-0, 14 KOs), of New London, CT clashes with Bronx, NY native Gentleman George Arias, (16-0, 7 KOs). The card also features a ton of heavyweight action. She called her parents. Holden had to walk out of the room when he saw Lippe hitting the mitts, in the trunks, because he was starting to cry. He put on a pair of trunks, replicas from his dad's fighting days. Holden worried he was going to have a breakdown before the fight. The 38-year-old Balogun moves to 18-0 with 13 KOs. Trey saw his dad fight but was too young to process it. Heavyweight Trey Lippe Morrison (11-0, 11 KOs), of Grove, Okla., the son of the late former world heavyweight champion Tommy "The Duke" Morrison, will make his television debut against fellow. Sign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox. He'd play with Transformers, run through the aisles of Wal-Mart looking for Ninja Turtles and toss footballs in a fenced yard. Get in on the latest boxing conversations in our Forum and comment on articles. Its very exciting.. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. It was kind of like we were best friends.

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