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George Foreman RIP

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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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  • Valley11Valley11
    RIP 
  • CarterCarter
    Rest in peace big George 


  • AFKABartramAFKABartram
    proper legend 
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    RIP 
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    RIP proper 70's.
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    76 wins
    68 by knock out.

    Rip big fella. 
  • cafc_se7cafc_se7
    RIP Big Man! 
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    RIP
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  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    A legend from the (i m o) Golden Age of heavweight boxing .. R I P George
  • hoof_it_up_to_bentyhoof_it_up_to_benty
    Very sad news. Had huge admiration for him.
  • seth plumseth plum
    RIP to a great boxer.
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    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 
  • cfgscfgs
    A huge man that will always cast a huge shadow across boxing, known to millions more for the Lean Mean Grilling Machine. RIP
  • Addick AddictAddick Addict
    RIP
  • Covered EndCovered End
    RIP George.
  • AndyGAndyG
    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£
    Appeared to be a nice guy…..particularly once he was out of the dodgy world of boxing.
  • GribboGribbo
    RIP - Always get the feeling his comeback age 45 was a bit of an underrated achievement.
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  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    A heavyweight in more ways than one, absolute legend.

    RIP George.
  • AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    RIP - certainly one of the greats from a golden era of boxing, when being a champion meant something. 
  • McBobbinMcBobbin
    RIP his destruction of Frazier was unbelievable. 
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    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 wingAmos on the wing
    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.
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  • se9addickse9addick
    RIP
  • Ian NightingaleIan Nightingale
    Legend of the ring RIP big fella
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