PRO BOXING: Local fan favorite Lippe-Morrison to fight in Tulsa on April 10

Trey Lippe-Morrison will make his long awaited return to the squared circle on April 10 when Top Rank Boxing holds a professional boxing event at Osage Casino in Tulsa.

An undefeated heavyweight knockout artist from Vinita, Oklahoma, Lippe-Morrison (16-0, 16 KOs) became a fan favorite in the Joplin area with the Four State Franchise.

Lippe-Morrison’s opponent for the event has not yet been announced.

On April 10, Top Rank’s main event of the evening will be a WBO light heavyweight world title bout between Joe Smith Jr. (26-3) and Maxim Vlasov (45-3). 

In the co-feature, unbeaten heavyweight Efe Ajagba (14-0) will take on Brian Howard (15-4). Both of those fights will be broadcast live on ESPN.

Other fighters slated to compete on the undercard are heavyweights Jared Anderson (8-0) and Jeremiah Milton (2-0).

The undercard, including Lippe-Morrison’s fight, will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The event is promoted by Top Rank, in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Tony Holden Productions.

The son of the late Tommy Morrison, Trey hasn’t fought since July 17 of 2019, when he earned a technical knockout over Pedro Martinez in Costa Rica. 

Lippe-Morrison was scheduled to compete at the August 2019 “Rumble in the Rose District” in Broken Arrow, but his opponent backed out days before the bout and a replacement could not be found in time. 

The 6-foot-3 Lippe-Morrison, who spent time training in Houston and is now training in Tulsa, did not fight in 2020. 

The 31-year-old Lippe-Morrison, who weighed 237 pounds at the time of his last scheduled fight, appeared on the undercard of a Top Rank Boxing event in June of 2018 in Oklahoma City, where he knocked out Byron Polley. 

Lippe-Morrison fought 11 times at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami from 2014-16. He also fought at Memorial Hall in Joplin in August of 2015. 

According to a Top Rank press release, ticket information for fans will be announced soon.