Ex-world champion
Boxing legend George Foreman died at the age of 76
George Foreman recognizes his family as “philanthropist, Olympic participant and two world champions”. The US heavyweight boxer was “a power of good”.
The former US heavyweight boxer George Foreman is dead. The Olympic champion and multiple professional world champion died peacefully on Friday (local time) in the district of his family, as his relatives announced on Instagram. He was 76 old. “Our hearts are broken,” it said in the message. “As a creditor preacher, devoted husband, loving father and proud grandfather and great-grandfather, his life was characterized by steadfast belief, humility and determination.”
Foreman was highly respected as a “philanthropist, Olympic participant and twice world champion in heavyweight”. His family described him as “a power of good” and “man with discipline and conviction”. The family thanked for sympathy and prayers and asked for peace, “while we appreciate the extraordinary life of a man that we were allowed to call our own.”
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Ex-world champion Mike Tyson complained on the X. “his contribution to boxing and beyond,” he wrote, “he wrote about his former colleague.
George Foreman became preacher and entrepreneur after the boxing career
Foreman had one of the longest careers in the history of boxing, which he only ended in 1997. Born in Texan, threatened to derive to bad circles at a young age when he discovered boxing. “From the racket to the boxer,” he himself described his change and his career.
After the gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he moved to the professional camp and wore the WBC and WBA world championship belts from 1973 to 1974. In 1973, he conquered the world championship title in heavyweight in 1973 with Joe Frazier. However, his most important fight ended in a co-defeat against Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974 in Kinshasa, a fight that went down in boxing history as “Rumble in the Jungle”.
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It is perhaps the biggest struggle in the history of boxing: on October 30, 1974 in Kinshasa in the then Zaire Muhammad Ali and George Foreman met. Under the term “Rumble in the Jungle”, the encounter is even a term that is not interested in boxing. Ali, who had already had his best years behind him, was determined to recapture the world championship title. The fight for September 25, 1974 was originally scheduled, but had to be postponed for several weeks due to an injury foreman. The fight started at four in the morning. The American television viewers were able to watch live at the best show time due to the time shift.
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After returning to the ring, he declared his career in 1977 at the age of 28 after a co-defeat against Jimmy Young. Ten years later, however, he started a surprising comeback and crowned himself the oldest heavyweight world champion in history in November 1994 with a KO win against Michael Moorer at the age of 45.
Foreman defended the belt in 1995 with a highly controversial victory against the German professional Axel Schulz. In 1997 he finally ended his career.
After his first resignation in 1977, Foreman devoted himself to the Christian faith and became a preacher. He later went out of the ring after his final farewell. He also worked as a sports commentator and was happy to see on talk shows worldwide. As an entrepreneur, he managed to place the George Foreman grill in US households.
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