Glenn McMorris

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Glenn McMorris
BornGlenn McMorris
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nationality American
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Division Middleweight, Lightheavyweight
Style Kickboxing, Karate
Fighting out of New Orleans, Louisiana
RankBlack Belt
Kickboxing record
Total19
Wins10
By knockout9
Losses9
By knockout7
Other information
OccupationKickboxer, Karate Point-Fighter

Glenn McMorris is an American retired kickboxer, a former Professional Karate Association Full-Contact Middleweight United States Champion, a sport karate Hall of Famer, and the only fighter to have knocked out Martial Arts Hall of Famer Don "The Dragon" Wilson. [1]

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Sport Karate

Glenn McMorris started in martial arts competition in sport karate. He fought in numerous point-fighting matches which earned him a place in the Sport Karate Hall of Fame. [2] One of McMorris's rare defeats in point-fighting was to Harold "Nature Boy" Roth in New Orleans in 1975.

McMorris appeared on the cover of the magazine Karate Illustrated in July 1979 (Vol.10, Number 7). [3] [4]

Kickboxing

McMorris branched off into kickboxing. He had an early reputation in the WSMAC (World Series of the Martial Arts Championships) as a knockout artist; knocking out "Big" Macon Taylor in 15 seconds. McMorris possessed a great right hand, but he didn't have much of a defense.

McMorris was billed as the number 1 contender for the Professional Karate Association (PKA) Middleweight U.S. Title in March 1980. [5]

McMorris challenged Don "The Dragon" Wilson for the PKA Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title on 5 March 1980. McMorris had a record of 9–6 (8 knockouts) going into the title fight, while Wilson was 25-3-1 and was riding a 2-year, 17 bout winning streak. McMorris scored a stunning upset by knocking out Wilson in the first round to capture the title. This would be the only knockout defeat suffered by Wilson in his 6-decade career.

Four months later, McMorris lost the PKA Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title to Ray McCallum by 2nd-round knockout. [6]

Next, McMorris attempted a comeback and was knocked out by Robert Biggs.

On 24 February 1981, McMorris met PKA World Lightheavyweight Champion Jean-Yves Theriault in a non-title match. In a brutal slugfest, McMorris lost by knockout in the 6th round. McMorris retired after this bout. [7]

Kickboxing record

ResultRecordOpponentWeightMethodDateRoundTimeEventLocationNotes
Win7-6-0 Flag of the United States.svg Coleman Johnson168 lbs.KO197910:14 New Orleans, Louisiana
Win8-6-0 Flag of the United States.svg Emile "Big Macon" Taylor168 lbs.KO197910:17 New Orleans, Louisiana
Win9-6-0 Flag of the United States.svg Bice Milford168 lbs.TKO1980 Jan.11:03 New Orleans, Louisiana
Win10-6-0 Flag of the United States.svg Don Wilson 168 lbs.TKO1980 Mar 51P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title West Palm Beach, Florida Won P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title
Loss10-7-0 Flag of the United States.svg Ray McCallum 168 lbs.KO1980 Jul2P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. TitleLost P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title
Loss10-8-0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Wade Woodbury168 lbs.KO1980 Nov21:36Non-Match Clearwater, Florida, United States
Loss10-9-0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jean-Yves Theriault 178 lbs.KO1981 Feb 246Non-Title Match Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Karate Point Fighting record

ResultRecordOpponentMethodDateRoundTimeEventLocationNotes
Draw Flag of the United States.svg John Keating188 lbs.Draw19703 New Orleans, Louisiana
Win Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy TabaresPTS1975 Jul1 Houston, TexasSource:Black Belt Magazine July 1975.
Unavailable Flag of the United States.svg Louis Arnold1975Source:Black Belt Magazine July 1975.
Loss Flag of the United States.svg Harold "Nature Boy" Roth168 lbs.PTS19753 New Orleans, Louisiana
Unavailable Flag of the United States.svg Ernest Smith1976 Galveston, Texas Source: Black Belt Magazine July 1976.

Full-Contact Karate Record

ResultRecordOpponentMethodDateRoundTimeEventLocationNotes
Unavailable [8] Flag of the United States.svg Burnis White160 lbs.1976 Oct 1Tommy Lee promoter Aloha, Hawaii,Braisdell Memorial ArenaSource:

Footnotes

  1. "Don Wilson". Starsystemkickboxing.net. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. "Living Legends of Sport Karate". Sportkaratemuseum.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. "Magazines". MA-Mags. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  4. "Cover of Karate Illustrated July 1979 (Vol.10, Number 7)". Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. "The Palm Beach Post – Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  6. Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People by John Corcoran and Emil Frarkas 1988, page 353.
  7. "Jean-Yves Theriault". Starsystemkickboxing.net. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  8. Michel Durand. "USA karate story : Chuck Norris – Joe Lewis – Bill Wallace: Tommy Lee's World Series of Martial Arts Championships". Karate-in-english-lewis-wallace.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.