The unlikely rise and sudden fall of boxer Tommy Morrison.The unlikely rise and sudden fall of boxer Tommy Morrison.The unlikely rise and sudden fall of boxer Tommy Morrison.
Michael Bentt
- Self - Boxer
- (archive footage)
George Foreman
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
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It's a bit too dark for a sport documentary, but still good
It was an interesting watch as there is a lot happening. Yet it's way too macabra for a simple sports show episode.
Tommy played a magnificent bad guy in Rocky 5. I still think it's a bit underrated. Not a good movie, but quite watchable with a lot of great scenes too. Not the worst Rocky movie at least.
This episode is about Tommy as a supertalent, but he's also a Great White Hope meaning a dud. Tommy is from a poor White American family so basically lots of drinking, sleeping around, hustling for money, no education. And then he's this super talent who can easily become a world champ. Yet he drinks like crazy and sleeps with a new girl each night. He also has 2 long-term girlfriends who don't know about each other. Even in training camps he gets so drunk that he falls asleep in bars. This also means that he is beat up by lesser boxers when he doesn't train hard. He's making millions one fight beating George Foreman then loses to an amateur next time because he didn't train. He always drinks, always doesn't sleep well, but also does train hard in periods. And it continues until he signs a Mike Tyson fight deal. Before the fight can even happen he tests positive for HIV and can't fight anymore. He gets fake muscle implants, gets DUIs, starts doing drugs, often doesn't take his medicine, goes to prison, marries both his girlfriends who later divorce him, then finally he stops believing he has AIDS and dies from AIDS complications while being married to a woman who also doesn't believe he has it. Basically, he had periods where he didn't take his medicine and it killed him - I think. They are not exactly clear about what happened or when. We don't even know who gave him AIDS or who he might have given it to. But he slept with thousands of women in the 90's so he knew this would likely happen at some point.
I think it's a bit macabre and dark. It's not really about any success story. It's about wasting a talent by being stupid. And some of the scenes and stories are too dark for me.
Tommy played a magnificent bad guy in Rocky 5. I still think it's a bit underrated. Not a good movie, but quite watchable with a lot of great scenes too. Not the worst Rocky movie at least.
This episode is about Tommy as a supertalent, but he's also a Great White Hope meaning a dud. Tommy is from a poor White American family so basically lots of drinking, sleeping around, hustling for money, no education. And then he's this super talent who can easily become a world champ. Yet he drinks like crazy and sleeps with a new girl each night. He also has 2 long-term girlfriends who don't know about each other. Even in training camps he gets so drunk that he falls asleep in bars. This also means that he is beat up by lesser boxers when he doesn't train hard. He's making millions one fight beating George Foreman then loses to an amateur next time because he didn't train. He always drinks, always doesn't sleep well, but also does train hard in periods. And it continues until he signs a Mike Tyson fight deal. Before the fight can even happen he tests positive for HIV and can't fight anymore. He gets fake muscle implants, gets DUIs, starts doing drugs, often doesn't take his medicine, goes to prison, marries both his girlfriends who later divorce him, then finally he stops believing he has AIDS and dies from AIDS complications while being married to a woman who also doesn't believe he has it. Basically, he had periods where he didn't take his medicine and it killed him - I think. They are not exactly clear about what happened or when. We don't even know who gave him AIDS or who he might have given it to. But he slept with thousands of women in the 90's so he knew this would likely happen at some point.
I think it's a bit macabre and dark. It's not really about any success story. It's about wasting a talent by being stupid. And some of the scenes and stories are too dark for me.
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- JurijFedorov
- Jan 16, 2022
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
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