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George Foreman RIP

shirty5
shirty5 Posts: 19,221
in Other Football and Sports

Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76, according to his family. 

Known as Big George in the ring, he competed for decades starting in the 1960s, winning gold at the Olympics and numerous title belts, including the world heavyweight title twice. 

He lost his first title to Muhammad Ali in their famous Rumble in the Jungle fight in 1974. But Foreman's professional boxing career boasted an astonishing 76 total wins and 68 knock outs, almost double that of Ali. Foreman lost five bouts over his career.

He won his first world heavyweight championship in 1973 then did it again in 1994 aged 45. He retired from the sport in 1997 before finding fame and fortune again as a pitchman for a best-selling grill named after him. 


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  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,983
    RIP 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,242
    Rest in peace big George 


  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    proper legend 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
    RIP 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    RIP proper 70's.
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,802
    edited March 22
    Up there with Ali as the greatest heavyweight ever.
    World champion 20 years apart as a heavyweight. Can’t see that achievement ever happening again.

    RIP Big George. A true boxing icon.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited March 22
    George Foreman was a boxing Legend but to non boxing fans he was just as famous when he fronted the George Foreman grill; which was one of his best ever pay days.
    George had five sons called George and was married 5 times ! Not so well known is he also had 7 daughters and only one was called Georgetta.

    The Ali, Frazier and Foreman fights were some of the most exciting, brutal and famous fights in the history of Boxing.
    The Preacher man had a rich tapestry of a life and has left his mark.

    RIP George Foreman
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,670
    76 wins
    68 by knock out.

    Rip big fella. 
  • cafc_se7
    cafc_se7 Posts: 2,274
    RIP Big Man! 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    RIP
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    A legend from the (i m o) Golden Age of heavweight boxing .. R I P George
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,443
    Very sad news. Had huge admiration for him.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    RIP to a great boxer.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,735
    Coincidentally i was just watching the brilliant David Frost interviews with Mohammad Ali on BBC iPlayer last night which featured George Foreman and The Rumble in The Jungle . 
    RIP big man 
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    A huge man that will always cast a huge shadow across boxing, known to millions more for the Lean Mean Grilling Machine. RIP
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    RIP
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,991
    RIP George.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,906
    A true legend of the sport of boxing from the time when boxing was at its height the Ali-Frazier-Foreman trilogy had the worlds interest RIP 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    Appeared to be a nice guy…..particularly once he was out of the dodgy world of boxing.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    RIP - Always get the feeling his comeback age 45 was a bit of an underrated achievement.
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  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,583
    RIP....Not to bothered about boxing these days though I was keen back in the 70's and 80's....Foreman, Ali and Frazier....and maybe add Ken Norton to those 3....were part of growing up in the 70's.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,950
    A heavyweight in more ways than one, absolute legend.

    RIP George.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    RIP - certainly one of the greats from a golden era of boxing, when being a champion meant something. 
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    RIP his destruction of Frazier was unbelievable. 
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,802
    edited March 22
    HastingsRed said:
    RIP....Not to bothered about boxing these days though I was keen back in the 70's and 80's....Foreman, Ali and Frazier....and maybe add Ken Norton to those 3....were part of growing up in the 70's.
    Norton,Foreman,Holmes,Frazier,Ali. The great 5. 


  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,670
    Amos on the wing said:
    HastingsRed said:
    RIP....Not to bothered about boxing these days though I was keen back in the 70's and 80's....Foreman, Ali and Frazier....and maybe add Ken Norton to those 3....were part of growing up in the 70's.
    Norton,Foreman,Holmes,Frazier,Ali. The great 5. 


    Plus Ernie Shavers from that era.
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,802
    blackpool72 said:
    Amos on the wing said:
    HastingsRed said:
    RIP....Not to bothered about boxing these days though I was keen back in the 70's and 80's....Foreman, Ali and Frazier....and maybe add Ken Norton to those 3....were part of growing up in the 70's.
    Norton,Foreman,Holmes,Frazier,Ali. The great 5. 


    Plus Ernie Shavers from that era.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoGTufCNN7o&pp=ygUcZXJuaWUgc2hhdmVyIHZzIGxhcnJ5IGhvbG1lcw%3D%3D

    Just incredible how Larry Holmes gets up from this sledgehammer from Ernie Shavers. Heavyweight boxers from that era were tough men on another level compared to today’s heavyweight scene.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617

  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    RIP
  • Ian Nightingale
    Ian Nightingale Posts: 392
    Legend of the ring RIP big fella

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