Rocky Vs "Tommy Gunn" to fight MMA!

Mark Hamill

I got this from another forum:

http://www.thewfc.com/press.php#p_id7

2007-05-10
Tommy accepts Chucks Challenge
Tommy Morrison Accepts Chuck Liddell’s Challenge and Will Make His MMA Debut!

May 10, 2007 - Tommy “The Duke” Morrison, one of the most intriguing boxers to even step into the squared circle, shocked the MMA world this week by announcing his intention to fight 340 lb. John Stover, an experienced cagefighter with 8 professional fights, on June 9, 2007 at the Cliff Castle Casino (www.cliffcastlecasino.net) in Arizona in Gino Carlucci’s World Fighting Championship (www.thewfc.com).

Morrison’s bombshell announcement comes over a decade after his previous bombshell announcement that rocked the boxing world that he had tested positive for AIDS. Morrison, however, has been symptom free for 10 years now and claims that he was the victim of a false positive test result. He recently started boxing again and was cleared to return to the ring by the West Virginia Athletic Commission after passing a battery of medical tests in Arizona, the results of which were forwarded to West Virginia.

Best known to the general public for his role as Tommy Gunn in Rocky V, Morrison was on top of the boxing world before a single test result in 1996 took it all away. But Morrison (46-3-1, 40 KOs) was no celluloid tiger and was a significant fighter and box office draw. George Foreman, for example, lost to only five fighters in his career and Morrison is one. Morrison also held a share of the heavyweight title on two occasions.

“I had just signed a three-fight deal with Don King,” Morrison recalls, “that was going to lead to showdown with Mike Tyson that was worth $38 million. My first fight was against Stormy Weathers in Las Vegas, but then came the test result and the fight was cancelled. I estimate that cost me around $100 million in fight purses over the past 10 years.”

Morrison was spurred to start cagefighting by an interview that Chuck Liddell gave on Good Morning Texas where Liddell called out Morrison and said he wanted to fight him. “I couldn’t believe that,” Morrison says. “It’s one thing to talk about fighting someone but another thing to actually do it. Let’s see if Chuck Liddell’s heart is as big as his mouth. He is crazy to want to get into the cage with me. I beat George Foreman. Nobody in the history of boxing hit harder than George Foreman. So why would I be afraid to get hit by Chuck Liddell? He should be the one to be afraid. Liddell has never been hit by anyone like me. Dana White always talks about how a top cagefighter like Liddell could beat a top boxer so here’s a chance to make it happen. I want to know if Liddell and Dana White really mean what they say or if they are just full of talk. I will take on Chuck Liddell anytime, anyplace, anywhere."

Morrison’s first step in his mixed martial arts career will be followed and reported on around the world and “The Duke” is dead serious about his upcoming fight. “I’m really excited to be fighting in the WFC and I feel like a whole new world has been opened up to me. If you want to see the future of mixed martial arts then come to the Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde Arizona on June 9, 2007…because that future is me.”

Nothingcompares

What? False positive for HIV? How long did it take for him to get retested? 10 years?

cowzerp

Tommy was an exciting fighter but has lots of mental issues, he has drink and drug problems and as far as i know is locked up at the moment. maybe he is out, anyway-he hits like a horse but cant take a good punch, foreman was old when he fought tommy-still could be interesting..

hardCopy

Nothingcompares wrote:

What? False positive for HIV? How long did it take for him to get retested? 10 years?

I think he had about 12 negative tests afterwards but it just took 10 years to find a boxing commission that would give him back his licence. An awful pity.

crazy monkey

Tommy morrisson...
Had great potential as a boxer and if he stands toe to toe with anyone whether it be a ''cage fighter'' or not he knock them out

RUMOUR i heard about him:

He ruined his own career with the drink and drugs thing but he also said once that he lied about the HIV test because he just didn't want to box.
Don King ''supposedly'' stopped him from getting a licence for years...

Now that just a rumour I read on the internet...I will have a look into it...but I wouldn't put it past Don King....

johnny_adidas

surely whoever performed the test cudve been sued for the earnings he lost?