Morrison Gets His Fight

A bloody gash could stop Tommy Morrison’s comeback fight, but the HIV-infected heavyweight appeared confident as he announced his return to the ring for a bout in Japan. Morrison will test his powerful left hook on the undercard of the George Foreman-Crawford Grimsley bout Nov. 3. His opponent is expected to be Anthony Cooks, a little-known boxer from Oklahoma.

Certain he can return to championship form, Sugar Ray Leonard, 40, is making another comeback. And this time, as an inspiration to youngsters, he says he’ll be “fighting for the kids.”

Leonard, more than five years removed from his last bout, said he will fight Hector Camacho in February, the site and exact date still to be decided.

The WBC decided to extend until Jan. 26 a deadline to set a date and venue for a heavyweight title bout between Britain’s Lennox Lewis and Oliver McCall of the United States.