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Former WBO heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison died in an Omaha, Neb., hospital late Sunday night. He was 44. Merill: Morrison’s biggest fight In August, ESPN.com’s Elizabeth Merrill took an in-depth look at Tommy Morrison’s battles...

Tommy Morrison died this weekend at the age of 44. Morrison, a heavy weight boxer who fought against icons like Lennox Lewis and George Foreman, is known by many as Tommy “Machine” Gunn from the movie Rocky V. Morrison’s family said...

Tommy "The Duke" Morrison, grand nephew of John Wayne, former WBO heavyweight champion, co-star of Rocky V, and, later, supporter of the HIV Denial movement, has passed away at 44. Morrison, who defeated George Foreman to win the vacant WBO heavyweight...

Cus D’Amato at his home in the Catskills of New York once told this writer back in 1982 that “if a new kid came into the gym and is a Capricorn (12/22-1/20) I will work with him”. Well, he trained and managed heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson who...

Tommy Morrison — a former heavyweight boxing champ and star of Rocky V — died in a Nebraska hospital Sunday night after a long battle with AIDS.   Morrison’s longtime boxing promoter, Tony Holden, confirmed the death. He said...