Tommy Morrison KOAM-TV/KFJX-TV Interview - Summer 2008
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- Former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison sat down with former KOAM-TV/KFJX-TV Sports Director Cody Coil in the Summer of 2008 to talk about Morrison's boxing success and his efforts to make a comeback in the ring.
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Loved him. He was a beast in the ring.. legend. Rip tommy morrison ❤️🙏
Never cared about his color ....... the dude could fight and that's
what counts RIP TM 👊
Facts bro! My cousin's would give me shit. But the Duke was the man! I still believe it was that Mercer fight that ruined him and sent bro on that downward spiral.
He did not like that they called him the white hope.
@@wakeup3987 calling someone “white hope” is pure racism
Sport don't care about color. Only talent.
There is no question that the powers that be would not allow a white heavyweight champion. They are trying to destroy Tyson Fury as well.
Very underrated boxer, R.I.P Tommy one of my favourites.
Man he was so good and a great guy too he was stitched up by the media and boxing association
He was always well spoken, polite. Dude was intelligent no doubt. Really unfortunate what life throws at you sometimes. He definitely was an incredible boxer with one of the meanest left hooks I've ever seen. That's so heartbreaking being outcast not only in his career but in his public life as well & for something that was so misunderstood at the time. What a sad story for such a likable good hearted down to earth person. Really is sad. RIP brother , you were loved by many
Your correct he was a limabke and well mannered person
@@jerk5828 Yes he was. Never lashed out and talked trash, or acted insane, towards his oppenents, in prefight press conferences. He was very respectful.
🙏
He seemed like such a kind soul..gentle..never once heard him speak I'll of anyone
He was a breath of fresh air for as long as it lasted .god bless your soul tommy.
🤣🤣🤣
And why was that?! Just say it! Don't be a coward! We all know what you're thinking!!! Lol 😆
@@TheSereneWanderer87 su nigga
RIP The Duke..... I would've loved to meet him in person. Rest up big guy🤲🛐❤️💯
Been a boxing fan all of my life and always really like Tommy and one of the best left hooks in the business and had a passion for boxing like no other got to meet Tommy when he was living in Wichita Kansas I do heating and air work it had a service call that happened to be at his house was able to spend about 20 minutes just talkin boxing seems like a really nice guy you could see the pain in his eyes but yet you can tell he still had the passion for the sport thank you so much Tommy God bless you. Rest in peace
tommy rip. you are the best.
god bless you family.
I miss ya brother. R.I.P Tommy Morrison. I remember the night my cousin and I went to a family pizzaria and sat in the back to watch Saturday night boxing. As we were sitting there waiting for it to start, they had just made an announcement that there was something that showed up in Tommy’s blood test. As a result, the fights were canceled. That was the night that one of my heroes asa teenager had been diagnosed with HIV. That was the first time in my life, I’d been devastated by bad news. I loved watching him fight. He had the best left hook on the planet. Tyson as well. Foreman and Razor Ruddock fights were his best wins. Thanks for the memories. I’ll never forget ya. Tommy “ the Duke” Morrison....... 👊
I watched a interview from 2011 and he looks 20 years older than he did here in 2008
Yeah, he even had a surgery on his nose, I mean, it looked different every time, and in 2008 it was so flattened, lol.
Well aids effect alot of body parts...and yes he knew that he had the disease but wasn't ready to stop....that's why he fought in Mexico
Great personality great boxer it's a damn shame .. RIP Tommy
Kris Clark apparently he didn't protect himself at all times
Tommy is and will always b my hero and favorite boxer from the 90s
+Ed Begley Me too. Hope to see a movie come out about his life one day.
Right and maybe the best to all Times,,,, Tommy was the best of the best
tattoo billy tommy & tyson
your hero is a fucking shit u dump bitch
@@pipi7607 and you're a virgin who can't even spell dumb*. Holy shit you fail at life.
He def. had both the charisma & look to back up his acting career. Transcending that, the man could box to win at the highest level of the HW division. No one in any rank in recent memory can match those achievements. Man, it's been over six years since his passing. Will always miss Tommy...
No matter what he did or didn't do, you have to admit his talent just can't be denied. It's not our place to judge.
if its the truth its not judging
R.I.P. Tommy, an ace amongst kings.......
Badass fighter !!! RIP Tommy !!!
Thank God he took that movie role now he's Immortalized with Rocky. R.I.P Duke
God bless you tommy! Ur in a better place mate❤️
he was intelligent , well spoken for sure.
Ahhh (The Duke )Tommy morrison...You made your mark on this world and will go down in history, that's more than the average person will ever do. Rest easy warrior..no more fighting,no more pain❤️
This guy was a badass. When he hits and stark making those badass noises is so badass too watch.
Pretty sad he died and stopped boxing so early cuz of his disseas
If Tommy knew back then that he was HIV positive, He should taking some meds so he can covered up his disease especially the test back in 1996.
Tommy was a great guy and he was from my hometown, Real standup dude and was a really talented boxer only 3 losses in a 52 fight career. When I heard he was making a comeback in 07 and that his health was improving greatly I thought he cheated death and finally overcame his demons and was happy to hear that. Then I heard he passed 2013 and on my birthday of all days it really sucked to hear.
RIP Tommy The Duke Morrison
the come back was a joke he had no chance he health was shot
Anton, are you from Jay?
He did make a small comeback. It wasn't as grand as he tried to make it, but he got to fight again, after he was told he never could. He also won a state title in MMA, and that's not nothing. Tommy was a good guy.
Tommy was a legend the virus can happen to happen to anyone its either negligence or just sheer bad luck what a boxer the man was
Love you forever tommy💕
Best left hook ever sad to see him go much too early, you will always be remembered as Tommy the machine gunn and in your prime you will the only one that fought like iron Mike Tyson.
At 845 tommy starts talkin ab internet ppvs. He see the future
love this man always did a true legend rip tommy the duke morrison a man with an untouchable mistyke!
Think Tommy Morrison was one of the greatest fighters but whats up with the eye liner in this interview!
Play the video from 1:45 to 1:56 and you might get a clue on the eye liner and double earrings.
you idiot! he meant theres alot of demons inside of him that want to come out then went blaaahhh!!?!! but did it gentlemenly..you fool lol
hunter3333333 he seemed to take a lot of measures to cover up the physical symptoms of his disease, I imagine he will have been covering up something with the makeup.
I wasn't sure if it was or not, but I guess if you thought the same thing it probably is, as for why he's wearing it, god knows.
no he wasn't gay, but fagaloon is a great word. funny
In late 95 I was in Kuwait sitting in my light armored vehicle when I heard over the bbc radio that Tommy had hiv. Time goes by quickly
@karaburmasuburb Don't be so racist you vile racist pig. You think everyone in the middle East cuts people's heads off? Racist.
Tyson would have washed him up
Thats awesome! Thank you for your service 👍
Legend. Much respect.
This video was uploaded onto RUclips precisely 1 week before Tommy passed away.
It was uploaded on 25th August 2013
and he died on 1st September 2013.
R.I.P. Champ.
This was years be four he died
Amit M take a look at what he looked like b4 he died . It wasn’t like this . He’s 39 here
@John Dough thank you!!!!!!
Wow, the replies here made my iq drop lol
@@johndeannuntis9291 he died 4 years later
He is talking about being a white boxer and they edit the interview. Gimme a break. Case and point. Deck was stacked against Tommy. You can't talk about race unless you have a certain skin color. If you're white and talk about race youre considered a whiner. This interview didn't like where Tommy was going.
im pretty sure his mum wasnt white. looked indian to me
Bob Usualis, whatever. Tommy was just rambling nonstop. It’s probably wise they didn’t show him saying something stupid about race.
@@geoycs Something stupid? You don't know what he was gonna say so stfu!! People with coloured skin never fucking stop whining about how hard done to they are
@@Fuckyoutube99 Fuckin heard that loud and clear
It's a huge double standard.
morrison is the legend
@J. FILL jealousy fuels many fires doesn't it.... All I need to say. Period.
Eye liner, pec implants and complete denial about his HIV condition ! Apart from that exiting, engaging, talented and likable ! The HIV diagnosis sent him over the edge.
Seeing him in makeup, I am not so convinced he caught HIV off a woman.
Legendary left hook !! 🥊💪🏼
R.I.P TOMMY MORRISON. A UNDER RATED ACTOR ALSO THOUGHT HE DID GOOD IN THE ROCKY MOVIE
Fan for life I will have to see this man's resting place cuz he is a fighter I hope hese doing well
MORRISON IS A FINE MAN. POUND FOR POUND THE BEST
Ein voll Blut Boxer, Gott segne dich.
Du wirst uns fehlen, für immer, die Trauer ist sehr groß.!!
My 3rd or 4th interview of this guy. Seems like a well rounded individual. The drugs and messing around with women unprotected can happen to anyone. I think his legacy as an athlete and his sincerity in the interviews is more important. His talking about race or nationality wasn't offensive, either. The eyeliner? Only petty people think negatively about that it's perfectly fine that he wears it.
Damien Holland. Finally. Your a man with some good sense my dude.
I also noticed how no one replied to this comment. Your humble intelligent, would blow away they're stupidity. Finally, your a man that makes some good sense.
Wish there was video of his MMA bout. I always liked Tommy. To bad he's gone now. Rest well Champ!
moodmusik there is a video of his mma bout. On you tube. 😎
He aged like 30 years in 5... RIP
Hard Street drugs yes.. But not Aids/HIV
@@Iconhulk Both!!!
RIP.TOMMY. ....miss your fights bro.....
One of my favourite fighters ever. A awesome force fighter. A beast in the ring. Great fighter. I just wish he had lived happily for the rest of his life after retirement. I do wish that had happened for him. 👍
A real awesome brawler. Huge puncher and extremely powerful. Awesome. 🥊
RIP champ. I do believe Tommy had a false positive. It’s just so strange to me how there is not one person he passed the virus onto.
The partying was an issue for a young kind person who did not have an easy time growing up. All of the sudden Tommy reaches the pinnacle of fame and where everyone wanted to be with him.
Then in one quick sweep it’s all taken away. I believe depression along with drug abuse killed Tommy. We’re all human and if I met him, I would have told him that he matters to all of his true fans.
No, he didn't. The reason his later tests were negative, is because the medication is good enough to keep your viral count so low, that you test negative. You're still highly contageous though.
And he probably did infect people, before testing positive (and maybe later on as well, when he started believing he wasn't positive)... It can take up to 6 months post infection to test positive.
It's well documented that he had a number of positive tests. He did however live in denial, even in this interview he is totally delusional. He always talked a good talk, but didn't have too much to back it up - apart from his amazing left hook! A tragic story
In 2006, a decade after his diagnosis, the Nevada Athletic Commission mysteriously lifted Morrison’s ban from boxing without any explanation.
In July 2007, the new york times reported that Tommy took two HIV tests in 2007 and a third specifically for the Times. HIV experts reviewed the three tests and concluded that the 1996 result had been a false positive.
“The mixed result in the Jan. 5 test makes it likely that the antibody result is a false positive,” according to Dr. Daniel R. Kuritzkes, a Harvard professor who directs AIDS research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and is chairman of the board of the H.I.V. Medicine Association. “It’s hard to know for sure what’s going on, but I suspect he was never H.I.V.-infected.”
Following the test results in 2007, Morrison fought two more times in West Virginia and Mexico. I believe he was a drug addict though as you can see his health decline at a certan point in his life, primarily on meth and heroin. You can see him tweaking in an interview when he was promoting fight night champion
Man, I miss tommy. I wanna say he was dealt a wrong hand, but that’s a bit hard to say when you consider the genetic lottery he hit with looks & boxing ability. I will say that drug addiction is the worst plague anyone can experience or at least it’s right up there with some of the very very worst things someone can go through. I wish his family the best. I think all we can do is remember him. He’s not gone so long as someone remembers him. “Tommy Gunn you got some guns”. I wanna see his sons make some waves and get some big fights.
This man was the reason I became a boxing fan. What a shame that he wouldn't accept his reality. He'd still be here if he's taken his meds and let go of this conspiracy theory nonsense.
He died of sepsis which is a type of blood posioning
I. Wynn Wynn stop the bullshit. He had aids. All you conspiracists are a fucking desease
@Daniel Ferrer Bro some people still don't know how AIDS and HIV are different. It's surprising.
@@Onlyrealmusic4life As a child growing up in the mid 80's we have come a long way in educating the public about AIDS and HIV but obviously there still needs to be more education. I remember when people were frightened to eat and drink from plates, glasses and silverware from restaurants. It was actually quite frightening for awhile there
@@bullock4211 HIV is a lie, it doesn't cause AIDS!
Rip,tommy!!!!
He trained in Kansas City and the city was in shock when it was learned he had hiv..
appreciate Tommy for giving me a white man took look up to growing up. he was an inspiration and my hero. he gave white men hope that we could be a champion, and a complete bad Ass.
joshua bapp u Americans are funny
King_Russian19 ok
most so called white men do not even know Morrison
joshua bapp sorry to hear that..rely on yourself
Nah man, mainstream athletes are not people you should be looking up to. I was a huge Tyson fan back when and looked up to him destroying these huge men but look what happened to him.
one of the best left hooks in the business
R.I.P.
RIP Tommy
I have a lot more respect for Morrison. I think he definitely had some fantastic ideas on where boxing was heading from a business standpoint, along with UFC, MMA. He would have made a great manager, coach, friend to younger boxers trying to make it. He would have been a great face to professional boxing as a commentator, analyst, etc. It's a shame what happened to him. I think his reputation was tarnished by the media and others in boxing.
Without a doubt he had all the weapons in his artillery but distractions along the way stopped him from fully becoming what I believe would be a top 5 fighter in the heavyweight division would have given the very best a tough fight if he was on point
This guy was talking sense well ahead of his time. Internet PPV, talked sense on MMA.
Elliot Prentice ya James Tony did extremely well in the ufc didn’t he
Jf77 he koed randy couture
Rip from Canada.
Thank you.
Sad he was trying to convince himself he was going to fight again yet he was sick. Notice he said he would go to Vegas the beginning of the year to straighten everything out, he never followed up on his statement. Hope he now is truly at peace.
tommy morrison is the best boxing champion of all ages
Mercer tyson Lewis holyfield Bowe were all champs during his time and they were much better than him. I'm pretty sure even Roy jones could have beat him too at the time lol
The Duke sure had a killer left hook, could bang and box on his toes awesome fighter.
Ring Magazine ranks his left hook the third best in history of boxing. And I have to agree.
Fun Fact: The guy playing Union Kane (his nemesis in Rocky V) was ALSO an undefeated prospect, and they were supposed to fight each irl other to promote the movie... but the guy playing Union Kane (femaledogged) out.
Damn shame he let one of those stupid Aids denlialist get into his ear and tell him not to take meds. It no reason he should be dead now. Dame shame.
+THOMAS SODOMIZER yes with the Medications today he would be still alive.. with very low Viral load
Ironically it was drugs that did kill him.
No one on the planet that has AIDS continues to hold 230 lb in weight, 15 years after he's diagnosed, I've been around people with AIDS and they work out like crazy and cannot gain a pound and are skinny as a rail within two to three years after diagnosis. There's no way he had it and looked at good 12 years later. I call bullshit, but then again you probably believe in global warming as well, as if global warming hasn't been happening for millions of years, do the research, it rises and falls, it's never "the end world"
@@redcabbageVic Tommy had HIV, not AIDS. Also Tommy had HIV for years before being diagnosed. Meaning he had it when he was still one of the most dangerous fighters on the planet. I doubt Tommy ever got AIDS, he simply died due to drug abuse.
@@sammylong3704 If you have HIV and don´t get you medicine you WILL DIE OF A AIDS related disease eventually. Moron!
great boxer, looked the part too.
Best white boxer I EVER seen with helluva power and I'm black guy Tommy hands down one of the best 💯
He was a great heavyweight period. White or black don't need to be added
I add wat I want to add long as I'm not a RACIST and l give the man a compliment I made dis comment a year ago buddy have a great LIFE
R.I.P champ your sadly missed definatley a hero of mine ,best left hook ever 👊
Tommy morrison to był pierwszy boxer biały ktury walił czarnych ostro RiP TOMMY MORRISON
RIP, Tommy
Why they cut him off as soon as he'd said something about the lies media creat?
Amazing how drugs and alcohol change people sad RIP Tommy
He had hepatitis and HIV he wasn't taking his medicine and he was boxing in competition. How was this a hero..
I really think Tommy morrison was and is the best heavy weight boxer ever alongside Ali and tyson, Tommy had the raw power, skill and the right attitude to be the most popular boxing fighter of all time, well at least today his fanbase is bigger than any fighter in history, I know a few weasels will argue otherwise but in all serious Ness he has proved himself and he's proved to be a better person in value, skill and the fact that he has been a top record of being on the top level of one of the most visios fighters and highest ko percent of all time for a heavy weight boxer and above all he is one of the most exciting and most popular and powerful fighters ever, I even think that he is slightly above iron Mike tyson which is a feet in itself as iron Mike tyson is a close counterpart to Tommy and I would love to challenge anyone to comment on this subject as it is a close and very very close all time position for anyone out there to talk about with this subject so what do you boxing annylists think about that!??!
One of the toughest guys of all time... & He decides to put a pair of pants on his head... Were all human
He was a good fighter ..... Just sad he was in such denial about HIV... You could tell it started eating away at him physically..... He could have avoided that if he just took his meds...
E triste talentoso ator e campeão de boxe mundial e jovem partir tão cedo
🥲🥲🙏🙏🙏🙏
R.I.P
Legend
Morrison admitted himself , after he left Vegas he got retested and it it proved he really was positive
You got a source for that?
Tommy the duke morrison and Mike tyson are the Best boxing champions of all ages
Kralju kako ti ne dosadi
Emir Vražlić, Morrison isn’t in Tyson’s league. Morrison isn’t even as good as Lennox Lewis, Holyfield,etc.
@Omar Jad Al Farid both became undisciplined but tyson was more skilled had a longer career and was able to accomplish more despite his downfall... had they fought at anytime in their careers no doubt tyson would have washed him up lol
He's right about the Ufc
Izzy Segura ya James Tony did real well didn’t he
That comment didn't age well
Bruce Buffalo it wasnt well 5 years ago
I salute the Duke!!!
Was he taking ARV at the time he did the interview?
I think he looks healthy here to be honest
Mike Pinder he was wearing a lot of makeup and somehow his beard went a much darker colour as he got older, that being said he did look good considering.
Mike Pinder yeah, i was thinking the same thing. i mean, he is wearing a fair amount of make up to cover up his fading looks as the disease is eaying him up. it wasnt to long after this though thay he became unrecognisable.
The other day he was lean as a bean
@I believe In AfterLife hes 38/9 here
@@buckypreseau7349 What disease??! He DIDN'T HAVE HIV/AIDS! POST MORTEM TEST PROVES THIS...
Why does it look like he’s wearing makeup
Because he is
Cause he is. Sad that he was in such bad denial.
HIV meds, especially then, caused people to lose eye lashes and also gave them reddish dark circles along their eyelids. Plus, it kind of makes him look like Brett Michael, which isn't too bad.
Oh I see I see
Agghhr cause his a gay pirate aggghhhr like captain feather sword
God Bless Tommy. RIP
RIP TOMMY
r.i.p duke
he should have stayed away from hollyweird.
cary mccreight he should have stayed away from IV drugs... just snort or smoke the shit geez..
Yea he looked super healthy ....very sad story, boxers have a special place in my heart 🙂❤️
I recently read he secretly knew from 89 before he even shot Rocky, it wasn't until he refused a blood test around 95-96 until he came out with it.
@I. Wynn Wynn I don't think there is a definite answer as to how he contracted it.
Tommy was having unprotected sex with prostitutes in Philly during the filming of Rocky V. That’s how and when he likely contracted it.
was he wearing eye liner
I just cant handle reading all these comments about him being such an inspiration and a great person (i was one of em) he DID know at the start of his career, he DID know he'd put everyone at risk of a deadly disease and he still did it.
Im a boxing fan, always have been, i liked him like everyone sure, but i mean it when i say it- what tommy did was probably the worst, lowest act EVER in the sport of boxing.
It was the all time ultimate act of selfishness!
Thank fuck someone knows
He was the great white hope though so he gets a pass.
No one wonna go there .I like Tommy as a fighter can't say he was great but good.Whenever he fought great fighters he lost.Tommy probably could have been great had he had discipline and dedication to his craft.Tommy was selfish knowing he had HIV years before 1996 and consistently jeopardizing others.
And ppl have the never to say he was a good or great human being .
@@pause1644 Nah. He was voted 8th best HW of the 1990s. He Beat Foreman, he Beat Ruddock, he got caught off the ropes by Bennt and lost to arguably the best HW of the mid nineties to early 2000s Lennox Lewis. He fought 293 times lost 3 times and KOd only twice.
Pretty sure he never had HIV, he was hooked on all kind of drugs though meth and heroin primarily, he does another interview like this for fight night champion where he is in a pitiful state
Top 5 Boxer Ever!
He is what Jerry Quarry would have been with 6 more inches and health-until the mind goes. I see his explosive blows and Quarries as one.
Not many MMA fighters could stand with this Boxer ,they would wake up a week later asking what happened
Yeah but they never was a dull moment with mike Tyson boxing
legendary the duke
He's right, especially at that time, that MMA fighters don't know how to punch (they certainly didn't then) and need to relate the sport which they did
he looks like very lonely.thankls for great matches.
Not to be mean, but why is he wearing eye liner...
Have you never seen the movie Semi-Pro
@@wheelssnipecellye2115 it doesnt matter if ive seen the movie or not... I was just trying to figure out why hes wearing it... My question has nothing to do with a movie.
Have you seen 1984?
The eyeliner question had been asked on this comment thread countless times. It's been done to death.
such a tragic ending.
legendary champ
Such a shame he got sick, he was a freight train wrecking machine in his prime.
@@HolyRollerTV and meth and coke lol
@BAR475 and who are you