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Tommy Morrison aka Tommy Gunn from Rocky V has passed away
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Miles Quaritch
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He's stealing rooms in heaven now.
RIP.
RIP.
The Bookerman
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RIP,
Was he 100% sure he didn't have aids ? BTW.
Was he 100% sure he didn't have aids ? BTW.
KefkaPalazzo
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I just looked him up a couple days ago.
A great boxer and former world champion who let his personal demons ruin his career. RIP.
A great boxer and former world champion who let his personal demons ruin his career. RIP.
KefkaPalazzo
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He had a truly great left-hook (regarded by many as one of the best of all time)
highrider
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He had power but no defense and minimal athleticism. He was pretty much obliterated in the ring by the top heavyweight fighters of his day. I've never heard him mentioned as a great at anything.
LiquidMetal14
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RIP
He was good in Rocky 5.
He was good in Rocky 5.
The man went 49-3, he was clearly great at some aspect of this. RIP.
soundscream
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Yes he did.
Randolph Freelander
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ESPN had just done a story on him a couple of weeks ago, he seemed to have been in the hospital for a while.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9588582/tommy-morrison-latest-big-fight
He's had problems. HIV, denials thereof, family squabbles. It's interesting and sad at the same time.
Rest in peace.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9588582/tommy-morrison-latest-big-fight
He's had problems. HIV, denials thereof, family squabbles. It's interesting and sad at the same time.
Rest in peace.
Ninja Scooter
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Touch me and I'll sue!
anyway RIP Tommy Gunn. He was one of the fighters I used to like watching when I was a kid. Had a very good career too.
WickedCobra03
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Rocky V doesn't exist, so I have no idea what anyone here is talking about?!
...On a serious note though, he was a pretty good actor in that movie as far as his role was concerned.
Seriously though, sucks that he was fairly young as well! So was there any clear answers on his health. All of it seems pretty waivering not concrete results or testimonies???
...On a serious note though, he was a pretty good actor in that movie as far as his role was concerned.
Seriously though, sucks that he was fairly young as well! So was there any clear answers on his health. All of it seems pretty waivering not concrete results or testimonies???
They should make a story about this guy's life. Such an interesting character. From having a decent boxing career, co-starring in a Rocky movie opposite Sly, getting HIV, denying it, getting peck implants, still having unsanctioned boxing bouts.. I remember reading an interview with him where it said he had sores all over his skin and he was still fervently denying he had anything and said there was a conspiracy against him.
Anticitizen One
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Rocky V had the best street fight in a movie ever
mechashiva
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RIP.
Seemed has had some rough health issues going on and I can't believe this is a picture of him.
Ugh, that's eerily familiar to that Kurt Angle mugshot.
We only compare them to Ali or Tyson. Anyone else is a sauce can.
See You Next Wednesday
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RIP.
Seemed has had some rough health issues going on and I can't believe this is a picture of him.
That's the same person?
highrider
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I didn't mean it that way, but I just don't see him as a great boxer. He was a marketable white heavyweight with good power.
dream
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That's the same person?
AIDS is a hell of a drug.
CartridgeBlower
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Everyone should read that article. Wow. Heartbreaking stuff, but it paints a more defined image of the man -- his early celebrity and skill, his fall from grace, and ultimately what the themes and takeaways from his life may be.
Still lots of unanswered questions, though, as I'm sure there probably always will be. What an enigma...
ConfusingJazz
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I was looking up Rocky V, and I just found out Sage Stallone died last year.
Carnby
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AIDS jokes? If anything should be off limits, it's AIDS jokes.
Well we, as a society, always speak as if we're fit to judge the masters. I do it too. Truth is, he probably was a great boxer. We're just too good at reductionist relativism.
x Power Pad Death Stomp x
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Sad to see him go so off the rails, I'll always root for the B and C grade fighters that fought frequently on free tv in my youth. Rip.
That said, he wasn't even close to a "great" fighter. C'mon now.
That said, he wasn't even close to a "great" fighter. C'mon now.
highrider
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I was more basing it on the beatings he took when he faced the top competition. Certainly great in the grand scheme of things though. He could definitely beat me up.
Oh wow.RIP.
Seemed has had some rough health issues going on and I can't believe this is a picture of him.
What about all the cancer jokes?
kunonabi
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Me too. I actually liked it a lot more than than I ever liked III
I didnt really see it as a joke tbh. Seemed like he was just saying AIDS sucks in a different way.
Carnby
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Yeah. You're probably right.
Liquidsnake
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I just wanted to say RIP.
Sucks man. He had a hard last 10 years.
Sucks man. He had a hard last 10 years.
I take it you're not a Team America fan.
This.
The street fight in Rocky V is one of the reasons most people didn't like the movie.
Delicious Waffles
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RIP.
Seemed has had some rough health issues going on and I can't believe this is a picture of him.
Wow, that's him? Damn.
May he rest in peace.
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