Morrison Tests Negative For HIV, Fight Delayed

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The return of former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison has postponed, but not because of his recent blood test. It was reported in The Arizona Republic, that Morrison has suffered a hand injury that will prevent him from fighting on January 19 in a four-round bout on the undercard of a Showtime televised card from Phoenix, Arizona. [details]

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The return of former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison has postponed, but not because of his recent blood test. It was reported in The Arizona Republic, that Morrison has suffered a hand injury that will prevent him from fighting on January 19 in a four-round bout on the undercard of a Showtime televised card from Phoenix, Arizona. [details]

wow,,,,poor morrison if this is true. all those watsed years where he could have been making some serious $$

[Mistadobalina]

dayum, that must suck.


was someone playing some sort of sick joke on him ala that movie Oldboy? (only a few of you will get that)

[The Wire]

dayum, that must suck.


was someone playing some sort of sick joke on him ala that movie Oldboy? (only a few of you will get that)

Look on the bright side - he's not got AIDS! Surely that is good news for him, not bad!?!

And Oldboy - good film. But I'm sure Morrison's not sleeping with his daugther...

[Mistadobalina]

Look on the bright side - he's not got AIDS! Surely that is good news for him, not bad!?!

And Oldboy - good film. But I'm sure Morrison's not sleeping with his daugther...

haha, yea, but he was only 5 years off from a solid 15 years of one sick prank

[THE REAL NINJA]

HIV does not always show up in every test . I hate to be a downer but he really shouldn't be fighting or getting hopes up untill they re test and re, re, test him . But I hope that this becomes true in the end and he makes the most out of this 2nd chance .

[Castillofan]

HIV does not always show up in every test . I hate to be a downer but he really shouldn't be fighting or getting hopes up untill they re test and re, re, test him . But I hope that this becomes true in the end and he makes the most out of this 2nd chance .

I don't like Morrison because of the steroid ****, but they re-tested him four times since he's been making serious noise about coming back in December, and he's been negative every time. You have to wonder though, why he didn't do this a long time ago and come back before now if it was possible.

[THE REAL NINJA]

I don't like Morrison because of the steroid ****, but they re-tested him four times since he's been making serious noise about coming back in December, and he's been negative every time. You have to wonder though, why he didn't do this a long time ago and come back before now if it was possible.

It's a sad story either way. Magic Johnson should be retested also then .

[Castillofan]

It's a sad story either way. Magic Johnson should be retested also then .

It's an unusual story, but I wouldn't go out of my way to feel sorry for a guy that was not able to make money from an industry in which he openly admits he was a star because he saturated himself with steroids.

I would feel sorry for him because what a terrible thing it must be to live all those years in fear that you could die before your time and have to pay for all of the expensive treatments to keep the disease from progressing.

If I was Morrison, I would sue the **** out of whichever lab provided him with that first test because it stopped him from being involved with his profession. Aside from that, at 38, what is he going to do in boxing now?

He got hit too much when he was in his prime.

[plhare]

The one thing they did not say was whether or not Morrison is still on his HIV meds. It is a well-known fact that if one is on the meds that HIV cannot be detected. The only way to REALLY know is for MOrrison to get off the meds for a few months and see if the virus returns. If he is still on the meds then no one should be in the ring with him. As far as ring age: well his body is not all ****** up after 10 plus years at the top. Look at Holyfield, Toney, Ruiz, Rahman: those guys are the downward slide and ****** up as hell. Morrison might just need to get in shape to beat some of these bums like Ray Austin, Igbramivov, Larry Donald, etc etc.