Boxing: They ducked the testing issue’
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we ivhtMd to accept U." nalM Man Ketner dim
lor of the Nevada Athletic. (iimimumi) ' ll* pullw)
out of the fight knowing we «m« going to test him
if he came hern **
Parin' former fianc * died a few month* later of
AIDS nUird ompHaliuni. hut nod before telling
• newspaper that Patkt had given her the virus
Samantha Clark Mid Park* told bar he had tented
positive for the AIDS vim* while in Florida train
ing for the McClellan fight
I fad the fight been scheduled almost anywhere ale*
In the i ountrv Parks could have Mill (might Nevada
la one of only a few stales that require bman ha teat
ed for the AIDS vim*, daanite the violent nature of
a sport in which blood t* almost always spilled
Rainer aaid Arinina, Washington and Oregon also
teat fighter*
**»'• a very worry situation." promoter Hob Arum
Mid Monday "It's preposterous that in a sport like
boxing that testing t«n t mandatory You should
think of the other fighter first ”
Although Tommy Morrison became only the mm.
ond laixer to lest positive for the AIIIS vim* since
Nevada first began testing fighters in ISM. box
ing official* believe other fighters who are HtV pc*
Hive may simply < hoc mo to fight in states that don't
require testing
That include* must of the state* duct actively hold
magic fights, including New Jersey, New Yiak, Finn
da, Texas and California,
Tlic first bo*** to test positive far HIV under Neva
da's regulations went to California after his 1991
lest The boxer, a preliminary fighter with an 0-7
record, fought twice in (all forma under an atvumed
name after failing the Nevada test
"They’ve ducked the issue even when It ha*
spec ifkally lawn raised," Arum Mid These stale*
have politkjd problem* mostly bom those so-called
AIDS ac tivist groups that lobby anyone in their
belief that no one should ever be faired to taka an
AIDS teal.."
More than 2,100 boxart haw baan t«i«l ta Neve
da *inra tha Mata fint ImUIuIm) It* pohc y in 19M.
All fighter*. from hair round undented boxer* to
t hampiom Ilka Mika Tytun. tnuii vubmit to annu
al ta«U
In Morrlfon't rata, ha hadn’t harm tatted tint#
1903 in Nevada. tha l*«t Una ha hifht in tha Mata
Ha had been m; bed tiled to fight in Phoenix a few
week* earlier. where tatting it requited, but pulled
out of tha bout
Tha fighlert have a batter frame of mind going
in there knowing their opponent n din," taid John
Montano, executive dirartor of tha Aitaona Boxing
CnmtnlMtan
In New fortey. tha referee and cornermen arm
required to wear plaatk glnvet but tmi«n ara not
letted fur tha AIDS virut Sat nda official* uy pri
vately that tha glove* are mainly fur show ami art
of linla benefit
They now any iba glov m have nothing to do with
AU1S prevention, mid Or flip tlonunaky. the chief
medical officer for tha Nevada Athletic Commit
• ion "Some guy* ute them ovar and over again
which it won* for trammitalon rhanre* ”
It waa in New fortary where Mum ton iatl fought,
taking on former WBC champion Lennox la-wit
in an Ot.1 7 fight that antfod with a bloodied Mar
riton being Mopped in tha teventh round
Medical ex pern My the HIV virut U aaaily tram
muted thntogh blood. though tt it not known if Mia
riton wm HfV poaitiva at the lima
"Tha guy |*m really worried airout now t* Lennox
Lewia," Arum taid ’That wm a bloody fight "
Homantky taid Nevada hat taken the lead in teat
ing for HIV in boxing and nugget ted other tportt
thou Id alto police their athlete*
" I think the political ranofk aiam* of tntilng have
at time* outweighed the medical ramificationt in
other tportt." he taid "Thare’t blood involved in
a lot ol tportt. but the vitual atpect of boxing it
what people notice "
Fighter Morrison also has
acted in film and television
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a 12 round unantmou* d« i
line f>v®f t *4K>tyf* Foreman
But that victory (•Mmtion
wu short lived
Four month* after the For*
man fight. with an J* mtllton
payday again*! Leonas Lanai*
•waiting him. M. trmon opted
(or a tun* up again*! relative
unknown Mu fwl Bents Beott
knocked him out in the Brut
round
In an tnftuview before a fun*
19US bout again*! Harm Rud
cfcai. Murnurn unufaei hi* day*
oI woman < ha*mg and finding
trouble wor* behind him
"That* we* a time where I
went through a little bit of a
metamorphosis, where I
wasn't the moat dedicated atb
late in the world.” he Mid
'Tee had my up* and
down*, and I certainly like it
better at the lop But I don't
feel like I’ve ac.compiifthed
what I've net out to do."
Mariiiun flattened Ruddock
with a perfect left hook in the
dath round of their fight
Despite a bloody km to for
mer WBC champion Lewi* in
October. Mormon appeared to
be making another comeback,
recently signing with king for
a package of fight* that was to
have led to the poasihle shot
*< Tyson
The blond hater's occa
sional acting career also had
m*ivml a recent booti Mot
rison, who played a leading
role a* i h«» character Tommy
(>unn in lha mo via Rocky V.
appeared aa 1*0. the boset, in
January on the lolmiiion com
edy CybUI
This truly tragic situation
brings to light that no on#,
including torn* of the
strongest men in the world, are
immune from this inaidiou*
disease. ' Sylvester Stallone,
who portrayed "Rocky,” aaid
in a statement Monday "Meet
mg and working with Tommy
Morrison was one of my fond
mi memories and nothing will
ever change that
Morrison learned to punch
by beating the aawdual and
stuffing out of a duffel bag on
the front porch of his home in
Jay He used altered birth cer
tificates to fight in Toughman
contests at age 13. flattening
men twice hh age He had a
reputation for barroom brawls
He faces misdemeanor
assault charges in Oklahoma
for allegedly hitting the moth
er of his S-year-old son and bit
ing the finger of another
woman Morrison has denied
the allegations and requested
a |urv trial to settle the matter
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