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Tuesday, February 13, 1996
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HIV-positive status bars Morrison
Test results learned one night before planned Vegas fight
Associated Press
HUDSA, Okla. — Heavyweight Tommy Morrison, who hoped to be fighting for a multimillion dollar purse against Mike Tyson by year's end, trusted positive for the virus that causes AIDS, his promoter confirmed yesterday.
Tony Holden said Morrison had learned of the positive test results Friday night, one night before his scheduled bout against Arthur Weatherbs in Las Vegas.
Nevada suspended Morrison hours before the fight, but boxing officials would not say why he had been suspended.
- Hidden said Morrison underwent further tests yesterday to confirm the results.
"I understand that there are several people concerned about me. I am fine," Morrison said in a statement read by Holden. "I feel it would be selfish to ask you to say a prayer for me."
Morrison had cited religious reasons when he initially refused to take a test for the virus in the days before his fight. He left a doctor's office but returned the next day to submit a blood sample.
Holden said the results of the latest tests were expected within 48 hours.
The promoter said that only one test was given in Las Vegas and that it showed Morrison was positive. The test was checked twice.
He said no previous signs had appeared to indicate that the 27-year-old boxer was ill.
Holden spoke at a news conference in a Tulsa hotel. Morrison was at his home in Jay, Okla., about 50 miles away.
Morrison's trainer, Tom Virgets, said he had told the fighter the news of his suspension about 4 p.m. Saturday in the crowded casino at the MGM Grand hotel.
Morrison was to have received $50,000 to fight Weathers, the first step in a package of fights promoted by Don King that was to have led to a possible $4 million payday against Tyson later this year.
Morrison, who beat George Foreman in 1993 in his last fight in Nevada, last fought Oct. 7 when he was bloodied and stopped in the seventh round by former WBC champion Lennox Lewis.
A British promoter for Lewis, Panos Ellades, said the former WBC heavyweight champion was in Jamaica and hadn't heard about Morrison's suspension.
"We'd better get our man in there (for testing)," Eliades said. "There was a lot of blood in that fight."
"We were well on our way up the ladder, looking to get where we wanted to be," Virgets said. "We were going to get either a Tyson fight or a fight for one of the titles."
Virgents said he had looked for Morrison on Saturday afternoon after the Nevada commission informed him of the medical suspension. He found the boxer in the casino of the MGM Grand and told him the news.
"It's a shocking thing to hear when you're told you've been medically
disqualified," Virgets said. "He wanted to know if there was anything we could do about it."
"So, in essence, we would check it three times," Homansky said.
Although state boxing officials declined to comment on Morrison's case, the commission's chief physician, Flip Homansky, said that if a boxer had tested positive for HIV, the test would be repeated. If it still comes up positive, a more sophisticated test is administered. That analysis takes 24 hours.
Morrison was paid $2.1 million for his seventh-round loss to Lewis, a fight that could have led to his first title shot since he lost the WBO heavyweight crown to Michael Bentt in October 1993. He is 45-3-1 in a seven-year career with 39 knockouts, including a 12-round decision against Foreman in 1993 for the WBO title.
In addition to his boxing career, Morrison was an actor who was featured as a boxer trained by Sylvester Stallone in *Rocky V*. He had a guest role last month on the *Cybill* show, in which he also played a boxer.
Horoscopes
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Today's Birthday (Feb. 13).
Hold action could be required in February. Try something really different. Pay debts in March, and play with your sweetheart in April.
May's a good time for a marriage.
and June's not bad, either. Work in July, form a partnership in August and invest your money in Septem-
and a family reunion would be great in November. Confidential " good news should come around January.
Aries (March 21-April 19).
This is a good day to hold meetings. People will be decisive and ready to take action. A foreigner
ready to take action. A foreigner could give you a valuable insight, from a slightly different perspective. Don't even try to get anything serious accomplished tonight.
let off. Help provide a safety valve by listening. Later, it'll be your turn:
Gemini (May 21-June 21).A
problem you've been trying to figure out may become obviously simple today—maybe even ludicrous. Romance will be good with a person who always pushes you to try something different. Since your curiosity knows no bounds, it's a good match.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). It might feel like the boss has it in for you. Just do your best, even if it means going over something you thought was finished. Somebody You know well has a little steam to
By Linda C. Black
Cancer (June 22-July 22).
This should be a busy day for you.
Finish up an assignment that's been hanging around for ages. You might look through financial papers this evening, but don't make any big decisions yet. If you need a loan, your best bet's Friday afternoon.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Your love life should be going very well right now. You may not want to do anything else. Maybe you can delegate some of your workload to a partner and get away early tonight. It's not a very good day for making serious decisions, anyway.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). This could be a rather annoying day for you. Somebody might want to disrupt your neat little routine. Cool down and maybe you'll find the new way has some advantages. By
sharing costs with a loved one, you may be able to get something you need tonight.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You're about to solve a major problem. Get together with a few good friends and decide what to do next. Athletics will be good for you. Your jump shot will go release, rotation, splash! And your putts will hit nothing but the bottom of the cup.
**Scorpio** (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Be alert to changes in the game board. The strategy you had figured out may need to be modified. Think of what's best for the group. Your weakness today is a tendency to gamble. Stick with a sure thing in love, too. Don't fall for a risky proposition.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
If you're looking for a better job, go back to school. If that's too much trouble, try reading tonight instead of watching TV. After the game, of course. If you've got a brother or sister, call that one and get some excellent advice.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
A new gadget or computer program could make your life a lot
easier. Check out your options.
Meanwhile, a domestic quarrel could be keeping you awake at nights. If so, give up. The other person won't see that you're right until you admit you're wrong!
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
This might turn out to be one of your finest hours. You'd better get busy, though, because your window of opportunity is going to slam shut pretty soon. Listen to your advisors, especially the ones who tell you not to take yourself so seriously.
Plaes (Feb. 19-March 20). If the boss insists on trying to teach you something, do your best to learn. It might be easier than you thought. If somebody tells you the complete truth, you have permission to do the same back. In romance, it's payback time. Do what you promised.
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be read for entertainment only.
BRIEF
The Associated Press
KSU Hatcher goes to hospital with chest pain
"Here going to get him a little more thoroughly evaluated this afternoon," Wildcats coach Tom Asbury said yesterday.
MANHATTAN — Further tests were scheduled yesterday for Kansas State point guard Elliot Hutchner, who was hospitalized briefly in Stillwater, Okla., Sunday after complaining of chest pains.
- Military, who used to coach at Pepperdine, was present when Loyola-Marymount player Hank Gathers died of a heart attack during the West Coast Conference tournament in 1990.
- Hunter had boarded the team plane to fly home
- after a game against Oklahoma State when he
- began complaining of chest pains. Asbury said.
- So when Hatcher began complaining of pain,
- Asbury immediately called paramedics.
- They determined that Hatcher should be taken to the hospital. Asbury stayed with Hatcher while the rest of the team returned to Manhattan.
- Hatcher was diagnosed as having an inflammation of the chest wall.
- Asbury said it could have been caused by the flu, a virus or maybe by a blow he suffered during the game*
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