‘Rocky’ V’ Boxer Tommy Morrison Dead at 44 Avildsen’s Rocky V, the 21-year-old Morrison played Tommy ‘Machine’ Gunn, an up-and-coming boxer Sylvester Stallone Besides Rocky V, he had an uncredited bit role as a resistance fighter in John Carpenter’s (sort of) satirical actioner / sci-fier They Live (1988), starring wrestler Roddy Piper. (Photo: Sylvester Stallone and Tommy Morrison in Rocky V.) According to the IMDb, Tommy Morrison could be seen in only two films. Morrison (born on January 2, 1969, in Jay, Oklahoma) was 44. The cause of death hasn’t been made public. Rocky V Boxer Dead at 44, Made Headlines Following HIV Diagnosisīoxer Tommy Morrison dead at 44: Was featured opposite Sylvester Stallone in ‘ Rocky V’ and had boxing career ruined by HIV-positive status Boxer Tommy Morrison, a former heavyweight champion who was featured opposite Sylvester Stallone in the 1990 sequel Rocky V, and who made headlines after it was revealed that he was HIV-positive, died Sunday night, September 1, 2013, at a Nebraska hospital, according to various online reports. It was reported August 23 that he had been bedridden and critically ill for a year. He claimed his HIV tests were actually false positives and was able to get licensed to fight in Arizona in 2007. Years later, Morrison had two more matches, both of which he won by Tko.
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Morrison then tested positive for HIV shortly before a bout in 1996, which essentially ended his professional fighting career. He lost it three months later to Michael Bentt.
Morrison won his one and only Wbo heavyweight title in 1993, when he beat George Foreman. Morrison tested positive for HIV in 1996, the Associated Press reports. His family is not disclosing the cause of death, but promoter and friend Tony Holden say he was a patient in a Nebraska hospital at the time.
at 11:50 Pm with his wife Trisha Morrison by his side. Tommy Morrison Dies At 44 Tony Holden, close friend and promoter of Tommy confirmed that the boxing champion had passed away at an hospital in Omaha, Neb.
Going head-to-head against icons like Lennox Lewis and George Foreman, and starring in Rocky V alongside Sylvester Stallone, Tommy had a successful career, despite testing positive for HIV. Out of 52 professional fights, Tommy Morrison only lost three. 1, the world lost a champion when world-renowned boxer Tommy Morrison, also known as “The Duke,” died of unknown causes at the young age of 44.
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