How can Tommy Morrison fight for the Aus title?

Don't forget fat people. Remember when a seven year told him wanted grow up to be an astronaut and Philip said you'll have lose a lot of weight then.

 

There was a map of the world in a paper once with arrows pointing to so many countries linked to text of all Phillips insults. He offended pretty much everyone. Thank F**k he's not English. He is Royalties Homer Simpson, whatever he thinks he says

 

Good on the bloke..He bores it right up whoever he wants..

Eventhough he says some dumb **** atleast he says what he is really thinking...Instead of spinning bullocks.

 

from 15rounds.com:

Morrison goes down under ; Will an HIV-Test follow?

Tommy Morrison’s story has more sequels than Rocky, which included him in Sylvester Stallone’s fifth and most forgettable portrayal of Hollywood’s favorite fighter. The Rocky films are nostalgia, or at least a way for one of those classic channels to fill a day with a movie marathon.

It’s hard to put a number on how many times Morrison has been in the news with a variety of familiar explanations about how he is not HIV-positive, first diagnosed before a Las Vegas bout in 1996.

Whatever the number, he is back, back all over again, in headlines about a proposed fight in Australia. Nervous Aussie medical officials vow Morrison will only be allowed to fight in Melbourne if he undergoes a blood test that proves he is HIV-free. If that sounds familiar, it is and that’s the problem.

There have been tests and conflicting reports about whether they were positive, negative, false-positive, inconclusive or fraudulent since he underwent a battery of them at a lab in Phoenix before a comeback victory in February, 2007 over somebody named John Castle in West Virginia.

West Virginia did not require blood tests. Morrison was licensed based on the results of the Phoenix tests. But that’s where it gets confusing and thoroughly controversial. John Montano, longtime chief of the Arizona State Boxing Commission, witnessed the tests.

By law, however, the results were never disclosed, because they were supposed to be a step in Morrison’s application for an Arizona license. Morrison withdrew the application. He was supposed to fight in Phoenix at Dodge Theatre. He was even featured in ads put together by Phoenix promoter Peter McKinn.

But Morrison, who said he injured a hand, suddenly backed out of the fight and the application process. He headed to West Virginia, which reportedly reviewed the Phoenix tests and licensed him because apparently the documentation said he was HIV-free.

But Montano told me for a story published in The Arizona Republic in June, 2007 and again this week that his office has never forwarded the results of the blood work to West Virginia or any other state, including Texas, where Morrison was also supposed to fight on a card in Houston. He didn’t, suddenly withdrawing from an advertised bout amid hazy and unconfirmed reports that he was about to be granted a Texas license. He never was.

Then, Morrison’s former representative Randy Lang told me that the World Boxing Organization’s onetime heavyweight champ was still HIV-positive
“Tommy has tested positive for HIV antibodies, and he always has,” Lang told me for a newspaper story that ran in The Arizona Republic on June 9, 2007 before Morrison stepped into a mixed-martial arts cage for a bizarre victory on an Indian reservation north of Phoenix.

Lang also alleged fraud in either the documentation or the samples from tests that Morrison underwent before West Virginia granted him a license. Morrison angrily countered that Lang had misrepresented himself as an attorney when he moved to Phoenix in his attempt at a comeback.

Amid all the charges and counter-charges, there has been one consistent thread: Morrison did not fight in a place where blood work was mandatory. The mixed-martial-arts mess happened on an Arizona reservation, Yavapai-Apache, which at the time did not fall under the Arizona State Boxing Commission’s jurisdiction. That meant no blood test for a Cliff Castle Casino bout that included rules rewritten to accommodate Morrison. He was allowed to wear shoes; his opponent was not.
He later fought in Mexico, where again blood work was not necessary. The Association of Boxing Commissions sent a letter to Mexican authorities, urging that Morrison undergo a supervised blood test.

But there never was one and Morrison went on to win on the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.- Jose Celaya undercard in Leon last February.
That brings us to Down Under, where Morrison is scheduled to host a dinner in April in Melbourne for his foundation, KO AIDs. The fund-raiser has spawned speculation in Aussie newspapers that promoters have approached Morrison about a bout, possibly against John Hopoate, a former rugby star and the current Australian heavyweight champ.
But Dr. Lou Lewis, medical consultant for the New South Wales Boxing Authority, told the Sydney Morning Herald that he would demand that Morrison undergo an HIV test.

“He’d be tested for HIV one and two, hepatitis B and C,’’ Lewis told the newspaper. “If he has [HIV] you’d want to protect his opponent.
“Assuming he did have HIV, I would be concerned even sitting ringside. If he had HIV and was cut, you would be worried about his blood going into your eyes. A boxer’s artery can be severed during a fight and his blood spurts everywhere. If Morrison had HIV, it’s a serious concern because the nature of boxing —it is a blood sport—means it has the potential to be very risky.”

For the last few years, Morrison has argued that tests have evolved from an outdated method that produced a misdiagnosis about 12 years ago. I have no idea about the level of sophistication in the test he might undergo in Australia.

That said, he and McKinn repeatedly promised to undergo the most sophisticated version in Las Vegas for the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Once and for all, they said, they would eliminate all the doubts with the latest in medical technology. But those doubts persist, because that too has never happened.

Over the years, there has been a well-rehearsed litany of stories from Morrison. They sound like a multiple-choice mystery. There is everything from conspiracy theories – yeah, Morrison once said he might have been set up by Don King – to an idea that maybe steroids resulted in a positive test for the virus that can lead to AIDs. Take your pick.

I don’t know what to believe. But I don’t believe Morrison, even though I suspect he often believes what he says when he says it. The most convincing cons are pulled off by the people who, first and foremost, have conned themselves.

Montano has offered to provide an answer. In 2007, he said he would give me the results of the blood test for publication if Morrison waived his legal right to privacy. I wrote about Montano’s offer in a column that also served as a memo to Morrison. Morrison never responded.

Montano repeated that offer this week. He also said he would forward results of the blood work to Australia if he gets a notarized letter from Morrison granting him permission to do so. But I’m guessing that Montano won’t get that letter. I’m also guessing that Morrison won’t fight in Australia because of a promised test that would end the sequel.

 

Thank fark it's been put to bed. From another forum...

I am the person that put Peter Maniatis onto TOMMY MORRISON.Let's get things straight guys.Tommy is coming to Aus to be a special guest at Peter's fight card and Peter is holding a special meet and greet dinner for Tommy.THAT'S IT.All those DICKHEADS in the media need to get there facts right.This stuff about Tommy vs hoppa,mirovic,briggs etc is crap.Peter is getting dragged over the coals over false accusations.Tommy will not be fighting in Aus period.

 

Misread nevermind lol

 

First thing i have read on this that makes sense. :good