Tony Morrison

Morrion's longtime boxing promoter, Tony Holden, confirmed the death, adding that he had been in and out of the hospital for months battling an illness. Holden and his family wouldn't specify what ailment. In 1996, Morrison famously tested positive for…

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 …

Morrison was diagnosed in 1996 with the HIV virus that causes Aids. The Tulsa World reported his death on Monday. Tony Holden, Morrison's former promoter, told the newspaper that the fighter, who appeared in the fifth Rocky film as the main rival for …

(CNN) -- Tommy Morrison, a former heavyweight boxing champion who starred in the "Rocky V" film, died, his former promoter told CNN. He was 44. Morrison died at an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital Sunday night with his wife at his side, Tony Holden said…