The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison

An American Gothic . . .



In the early 1990s, Tommy Morrison, a young roughneck from Jay, Oklahoma, burst onto the boxing scene to become one of the most controversial fighters of his era. Handsome, eloquent, and dynamic, Morrison parlayed destructive knockout power and a homespun personality into celebrity status throughout middle America, where boxing rarely prospered.



But it was his starring role in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone that propelled him to stardom-and ultimately led to hi...