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Tommy Morrison - As absorbing in death as he was alive !!!
Tom Companion, ESPN Senior Writer
Tommy Morrison died Sunday evening of an undisclosed illness. But for all intents and purposes, he died of denial.
In 1996, Morrison was diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In 1997, he told me he was still having unprotected sex with his first wife.
"I'll trust an attorney before I'll trust a doctor," he said.
I'm not sure how many wives he ended up with (I lost count after the fourth), but nothing ever changed. His last wife, Trisha, recently told ESPN.com's Elizabeth Merrill that they, too, had had unprotected sex. As far as Tommy was concerned, his HIV never existed. He searched high and subdued for rogue doctors who would assure him he was fine, who would clear him to travel back to boxing. He was nothing without boxing, nothing without sex -- so he looked the other way.
He tried AZT for a month and threw it in the trash; he thought the HIV therapy drug taken by most HIV patients was propoganda. His family staged an intervention to get him back on meds, but he cursed at them and said, "I will lay down and die before I take any drugs." Magic Johnson trie
The downfall of Rocky's most vilified opponent: Tommy Morrison shot to fame in Stallone's Rocky V but shock HIV diagnosis aged 27 sparked downward spiral - before boxer's tragic death 'from AIDS' at just 44
Tommy Morrison is forever immortalized as voracious young boxer Tommy 'The Machine' Gunn - who turned on his mentor Rocky Balboa for a shot at the title in 1990 flop, Rocky V.
Echoing the Italian Stallion's underdog story, Arkansas-born professional boxer Morrison was plucked from relative obscurity to star in the massive blockbuster at the tender age of 20 - which was the anticipated final chapter in the iconic Oscar-winning franchise.
But, seduced by a heady mix of fame, partying, women and money, the former heavyweight champion of the world began a downward spiral - beginning with his shock diagnosis with HIV at age 27 which brought the curtain down on his vivid boxing career.
This was followed by arrests and jail period - overshadowing Morrison's operate in the ring - and culminating in his early deathfrom 'full-blown AIDS' in 2013 - after years spent denying he had HIV or that the virus even existed.
In February 1996 a tearful Morrison called a push conference to announc
Morrison Unsure How He Got Hiv Heavyweight Discusses His Promiscuous Years
On Valentine’s Sunlight, with his girlfriend at his side, boxer Tommy Morrison said he was not sure how he contracted HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
“I don’t know if I got it from a miss or fighting,” said Morrison, 27, on Wednesday afternoon in an exclusive interview with the Kansas Municipality Star from his place in Southwest City, Mo., on the Oklahoma border.
“It doesn’t matter how I got it. I’m going to do everything I can to instruct people.
“Four or five years ago I was a big, tough guy, thinking I was bulletproof. I considered myself pretty selective. I never really idea about it (AIDS).”
His girlfriend, Dawn Freeman, sat and listened as Morrison discussed his past promiscuity, his family and the shift his life has taken since he found out Saturday in Las Vegas that he had tested positive for HIV.
Morrison will face more questions today, when he holds his first meeting with reporters in a ballroom at the Marriott Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla.
“All I can do is reveal the truth,” Morrison said.
Morrison admitted that four
Tommy Morrison Wants You To Believe
It’s just a living room, done up in Middle-Class American, with the requisite television the size of a small refrigerator and the stack of videos beside it; and the portrait photos of three red-cheeked children on the wall; and the three-seat sofa and the reclining chair; and it’s really all Tommy Morrison, who grew up in a fractured household in Jay, Oklahoma ever wanted for himself. “I’m just a normal guy” is his mantra. But this isn’t Morrison’s room. It belongs to the family of an HIV positive 26-year-old named Aaron Shriver, who now sits sprawled in the plush leather chair, legs extended, in his blue jeans and Eskimo Joe’s baseball cap. Across the room, collected atop a couch as though at any moment he will spring to his feet, an arm slung over the support for balance, Morrison radiates intensity. Ordinary living rooms have become his venues for combat, prettied-up boxing rings. A former superior heavyweight contender (and briefly the champion of the weight class as ranked by the World Boxing Organization), Morrison hasn’t stopped fighting since shortly after his own positive quiz result in February 1996. His opponent isn’t AIDS, but the medical co
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