# Glenn McMorris

Glenn McMorris is a 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.

## 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. 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).

## 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.
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.
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.

## Kickboxing record

| Result | Record | Opponent | Weight | Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes |
| Win | 7-6-0 | Coleman Johnson | 168 lbs. | KO | 1979 | 1 | 0:14 | | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | 8-6-0 | Emile "Big Macon" Taylor | 168 lbs. | KO | 1979 | 1 | 0:17 | | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | 9-6-0 | Bice Milford | 168 lbs. | TKO | 1980 Jan. | 1 | 1:03 | | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | 10-6-0 | Don Wilson | 168 lbs. | TKO | 1980 Mar 5 | 1 | | P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title | West Palm Beach, Florida | Won P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title |
| Loss | 10-7-0 | Ray McCallum | 168 lbs. | KO | 1980 Jul | 2 | | P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title | | Lost P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title |
| Loss | 10-8-0 | Wade Woodbury | 168 lbs. | KO | 1980 Nov | 2 | 1:36 | Non-Match | Clearwater, Florida, United States | |
| Loss | 10-9-0 | Jean-Yves Theriault | 178 lbs. | KO | 1981 Feb 24 | 6 | | Non-Title Match | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |

## Karate Point Fighting record

| Result | Opponent | Method | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
| Draw | John Keating | 188 lbs. | Draw | 1970 | 3 | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Win | Jimmy Tabares | | PTS | 1975 Jul | 1 | Houston, Texas | Source:Black Belt Magazine July 1975. |
| Unavailable | Louis Arnold | | | 1975 | | | Source:Black Belt Magazine July 1975. |
| Loss | Harold "Nature Boy" Roth | 168 lbs. | PTS | 1975 | 3 | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| Unavailable | Ernest Smith | | | 1976 | | Galveston, Texas | Source: Black Belt Magazine July 1976. |

## Full-Contact Karate Record

| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes |
| Unavailable | | Burnis White | 160 lbs. | | 1976 Oct 1 | | Tommy Lee promoter | Aloha, Hawaii,Braisdell Memorial Arena | Source: |

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Don Wilson". Starsystemkickboxing.net. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
* ↑ "Living Legends of Sport Karate". Sportkaratemuseum.org. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
* ↑ "Magazines". MA-Mags. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
* ↑ "Cover of Karate Illustrated July 1979 (Vol.10, Number 7)". Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
* ↑ "The Palm Beach Post – Google News Archive Search". google.com.
* ↑ Martial Arts: Traditions, History, People by John Corcoran and Emil Frarkas 1988, page 353.
* ↑ "Jean-Yves Theriault". Starsystemkickboxing.net. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
* ↑ 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.
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