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In 1996, Morrison made headlines around the world as the first boxer with HIV and was banned from the sport. Before his death in 2013, Morrison and his wife Trisha vehemently denied he ever had HIV. Since that time, she has fought to clear his name.
Shortly after he was diagnosed, Morrison took Retrovir (zidovudine, AZT) to treat his HIV. After about a month, he cast it aside, decrying it as little more than medical propaganda, and...
In February 1996, in the hours before a scheduled bout against Arthur Weathers, the Nevada Athletic Commission discovered Morrison had tested positive for HIV, suspending Morrison from boxing...
Former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison died Sunday in Omaha. He was 44. Morrison had tested positive for HIV when he was 27, but he later claimed he never carried the virus, and the...
1996 Larry King interview with boxer Tommy Morrison the night he announced that he tested positive for HIV. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/
Tommy Morrison, once the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, died of AIDS last month. His case, however, was not typical for someone with HIV: He and his wife, Trisha, denied he had the...
Morrison was allowed to fight as anyone who was HIV positive was not prohibited from fighting in the boxing sport within Japan. However the bout was agreed to be stopped if Morrison received a cut. Morrison won against Marcus Rhode by TKO, at less than two minutes of the first round.
