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Report: Morrison Tested Positive for HIV
By Associated Press
Fri Jun 8, 10:29 PM

PHOENIX - Tommy Morrison's former agent said the fighter tested positive for the HIV virus in mandatory blood tests for a boxing license, The Arizona Republic reported Friday on its Web site.

"Tommy has tested positive for the HIV antibodies and he always has," Randy Lang told the newspaper on Friday.

Lang said he stopped working for Morrison, the former heavyweight champion set to make his mixed martial arts debut Saturday night at Cliff Castle Casino, on Feb. 25 because the tests had been misrepresented by the boxer and promoter Peter McKinn.

A message left on McKinn's cell phone wasn't immediately returned.

The 38-year-old Morrison has been attempting a comeback after an 11-year retirement following the discovery that he was HIV positive. Morrison says he has taken several HIV tests during his comeback bid and all have been negative.

"They've been telling me I've been dying for 11 years," Morrison said Thursday.

Lang told the Republic that he witnessed tests in Phoenix in January that were reported to be negative. The tests, also witnessed by McKinn and John Montano of the Arizona State Boxing Commission, were supposed to have been the basis for a West Virginia license that allowed Morrison to fight John Castle. Morrison knocking out John Castle in the second round.

Lang told the newspaper Friday that either the documentation was fraudulent or that the blood samples were switched.

Morrison was scheduled to fight in Houston in late April, but was pulled from the bout because state boxing officials didn't get the results of lab tests in time.

Morrison won the WBO heavyweight belt in 1993 by outpointing George Foreman, but lost the title later that year. Morrison was scheduled to fight Stormy Weathers when he tested HIV positive in February 1996.

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no money in the world...

stephen

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i'm sure everyone is shocked to hear it

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ttt

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damn

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Good thing athetes are tested.

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"Tommy has tested positive for the HIV antibodies and he always has," Randy Lang told the newspaper on Friday.

Oh ok, we'll just take your word that he's fine then.

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hiv != aids

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Guess that means the Liddell fight is off.

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Who is the promoter of this fine event?

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So it's only this ex-manager guy who's making the claim?

"Morrison says he has taken several HIV tests during his comeback bid and all have been negative."

Sound's like it's Lang's word against the findings of several experts.

Gee who should we believe, a disgruntled ex-manager or trained experts in their field?

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the test results is who we believe.

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"the test results is who we believe. "

In that case Morrison is HIV negative.

"Lang told the Republic that he witnessed tests in Phoenix in January that were reported to be negative. The tests, also witnessed by McKinn and John Montano of the Arizona State Boxing Commission,"

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Who would sign to fight this guy????

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I sure wouldn't risk my life on it!

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"In that case Morrison is HIV negative."

"Lang told the Republic that he witnessed tests in Phoenix in January that were reported to be negative. The tests, also witnessed by McKinn and John Montano of the Arizona State Boxing Commission,"

Indeed, however, if that were true, then what is the problem? Are they now waiting for re-test results?

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"Sound's like it's Lang's word against the findings of several experts."

would you happen to know the names of these "experts"?

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"Indeed, however, if that were true, then what is the problem? Are they now waiting for re-test results?"

It doesnt say that they are, the story is purely based on the word of his former agent.

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Guys like Morrision or Magic Johnson don?t have any problems with HIV at all. They are healthy and even are able to compete in high level sports.

In Africa people die from HIV in high numbers.

I doubt HIV is what media tells us. There is more to it than we know.

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when tommy boxed in Virgina a few months ago, the big thing was that when he was tested his blood was taken at a medical clinic and then shipped somewhere else to be tested and the big question was if it was indeed tommy blood or somebody else donated it.

Dr. Margret Goodman, NSAC physician and a complete bitch imo, did a good article in last months ring magazine that went into depth about HIV testing and all the different tests. I have the mag at work so I cant quote anything really off the top of my head.