| Glenn McMorris | |
| Birth Name: | Glenn McMorris |
| Birth Place: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Nationality: | American |
| Weight: | 75kg (165lb) |
| Weight Class: | Middleweight, Lightheavyweight |
| Style: | Kickboxing, Karate |
| Fighting Out Of: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Rank: | Black Belt |
| Kickbox Win: | 10 |
| Kickbox Kowin: | 9 |
| Kickbox Loss: | 9 |
| Kickbox Koloss: | 7 |
| Occupation: | Kickboxer, Karate Point-Fighter |
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.[1]
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]
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]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Weight | Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align='left' | 7-6-0 | align='left' |  Coleman Johnson | align='left' | 168 lbs. | align='left' | KO | align='left' | 1979 | 1 | 0:14 | align='left' | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
| align='left' | 8-6-0 | align='left' | Emile "Big Macon" Taylor | align='left' | 168 lbs. | align='left' | KO | align='left' | 1979 | 1 | 0:17 | align='left' | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
| align='left' | 9-6-0 | align='left' | Bice Milford | align='left' | 168 lbs. | align='left' | TKO | align='left' | 1980 Jan. | 1 | 1:03 | align='left' | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
| align='left' | 10-6-0 | align='left' | Don Wilson | align='left' | 168 lbs. | align='left' | TKO | align='left' | 1980 Mar 5 | 1 | align='left' | P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title | West Palm Beach, Florida | Won P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title | |
| align='left' | 10-7-0 | align='left' | Ray McCallum | align='left' | 168 lbs. | align='left' | KO | align='left' | 1980 Jul | 2 | align='left' | P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title | Lost P.K.A. Full-Contact Middleweight U.S. Title | ||
| align='left' | 10-8-0 | align='left' |  Wade Woodbury | align='left' | 168 lbs. | align='left' | KO | align='left' | 1980 Nov | 2 | 1:36 | align='left' | Non-Match | Clearwater, Florida, United States | |
| align='left' | 10-9-0 | align='left' | Jean-Yves Theriault | align='left' | 178 lbs. | align='left' | KO | align='left' | 1981 Feb 24 | 6 | align='left' | Non-Title Match | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align='left' | align='left' | John Keating | align='left' | 188 lbs. | align='left' | Draw | align='left' | 1970 | 3 | align='left' | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||
| align='left' | align='left' | Jimmy Tabares | align='left' | align='left' | PTS | align='left' | 1975 Jul | 1 | align='left' | Houston, Texas | Source:Black Belt Magazine July 1975. | ||||
| align='left' | align='left' | Louis Arnold | align='left' | align='left' | align='left' | 1975 | align='left' | Source:Black Belt Magazine July 1975. | |||||||
| align='left' | align='left' | Harold "Nature Boy" Roth | align='left' | 168 lbs. | align='left' | PTS | align='left' | 1975 | 3 | align='left' | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||
| align='left' | align='left' | Ernest Smith | align='left' | align='left' | align='left' | 1976 | align='left' | Galveston, Texas | Source: Black Belt Magazine July 1976. |
