George Morrison

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 8: Sweat flies from the head of boxer George Foreman of the U.S. (L) as Tommy Morrison of the U.S. lands a punch during their 12-round match 07 June 1993. ( JOHN GRUZINSKI/AFP/Getty Images). Please support our site by …

Tommy Morrison, who displayed his hard-hitting boxing style as a protege of Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa in the 1990 movie Rocky V and defeated George Foreman to capture a heavyweight boxing championship, but was banned from the ring in 1996 …

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. Morrison died Sunday night at a Nebraska hospital, said Tony Holden, his longtime …

Former world heavyweight champion boxer Tommy Morrison strikes a pose after defeating John Stover in Morrison's mixed martial arts fighting debut in Camp Verde, Ariz., Saturday, June 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Tom Hood). In 1993, Morrison beat George …