Posted on 09/02/2013 10:33:49 AM PDT by EveningStar
Tommy Morrison, the former heavyweight champion who stood toe-to-toe with Lennox Lewis and George Foreman and later tested positive for HIV, died Monday. He was 44...
He was a prodigious puncher whose bid to fight in the 1988 Seoul Olympics ended at the hands of Ray Mercer, who later dealt Morrison his first professional loss. He had a starring role in "Rocky V" alongside Sylvester Stallone. And perhaps most memorably, Morrison tested positive for HIV when the virus still carried a significant stigma, only to declare later the test was false...
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To this day, I haven’t seen a single “Rocky” movie.
How the heck does anyone die of AIDS in this day and age? The guy must have stubbornly refused to take his medication.
So when was it a badge of honor to be diseased?
He could've been slacking off on his drugs. My wife tells me that those drugs also can cause heart problems.
I've heard it's a very good drama; I've just never enjoyed Stallone as an actor in what films I have seen him in, and I find the subject (boxing) extraordinarily boring. I tend to avoid sports films in general. Heck, I haven't even seen "Field of Dreams"!
To each their own.
Rocky V
You are correct. My cousin was raped by a pedophile when he was 16 and got HIV out of the deal. 25-30 years later, this past Spring, his wife took him to the doctor because he was withering away for no reason. Comes to find out some of the early anti-HIV drugs caused the sack around his heart to shrink and it compressed his heart to about 1/2 its normal size. While he was in surgery having the sack peeled away from his heart, the heart amazingly puffed back up to its normal size. After surgery, even though he was in massive pain, he said he felt better than he had for 10 years.
His prognoses is good. However, if he wasn’t a successful person, his medical bills the public would be on the hook for is astronomical annually. Something the queer lobby never mentions when they tell us how special their perfect lifestyle is...tell that to my cousin.
The cause of death was respiratory and metabolic acidosis and multiple organ failure. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.Source
He had started denying that he had AIDS and denying that HIV caused AIDS.
Sounds like he did stop taking the meds which were clearly working great for him since at one point his viral load was undetectable!
“It’s the medication that kills people. The side effects of the medication match identical to the symptoms of AIDS.”
“Q: Do you have H.I.V.?
Tommy: Firstly, HIV does not exist”
What a moron. He should have moved to South Africa and ran for President.
I also seem to recall, the reason Tommy Morrison was called the “Duke” is because he’s related to John Wayne, Marion Morrison.
Never heard of the demented ‘bug chasers’ I see ...
Not entirely surprising - folks born with boxer reflexes and strength don't necessarily have much between the ears, just as really smart guys tend to be less than fine physical specimens. What surprises me is that he was stubborn all the way to the end. He's like an atheist who stubbornly denies the existence of God because his ideal God would think and act just like he would.
I didn't see Rocky till about 3 or 4 years ago when it was shown on a 4th of July marathon. I'm glad I didn't pay to see it when it came out while I was in junior high school.
Hey, I liked them. What can I say?
Hmmm...
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