There have been many extraordinary slugfests in the long rich history of professional boxing, but few of the magnificent wars that have taken place over the years can match up to the epic clash that took place on January 24, 1976 between former heavyweight champion George Foreman and former title challenger Ron Lyle. » Read Full Article
40 years ago today: Jimmy Young-George Foreman – “He beat the devil out of me!”
- Leave a CommentUpon entering the ring in the Coliseo Roberto Clemente stadium in Puerto Rico 40 years ago today, former heavyweight king George Foreman had Muhammad Ali on his mind; in particular a rematch with the man who had shocked, stunned and beaten him three years earlier. » Read Full Article
What If: George Foreman never made his “impossible” comeback
-Thirty years ago, to the attention of practically no-one, former heavyweight king George Foreman began training for a comeback that was mostly, if not exclusively inspired by a need for money. » Read Full Article
“Big” George Foreman rates the greatest heavyweights; doesn’t place himself very high!
-There is no doubt two-time heavyweight king George Foreman has a lofty place amongst the greatest heavyweights, indeed all fighters, regardless of weight class, in boxing history. » Read Full Article
George Foreman Youth and Community Center to Host 2016 Gulf Boxing Association Regional Championships
-Starting with the ring of the bell on October 22nd, local area boxers will be fighting for a spot to represent the Gulf Coast Region at the USA Boxing National Championships & in International Travel. » Read Full Article
Don King has great plans: to bring us “Rumble in The Jungle II” in honour of Muhammad Ali
-It was a truly landmark event not only in boxing, but in the careers of Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, in black music and in the career of the man behind it all, Don King. » Read Full Article
George Foreman on what would have happened had he fought Mike Tyson
-“What f*****g excitement!” a well known boxing promoter speaking in 1990 on the possibility of a Mike Tyson-George Foreman super-fight
It remains one of the most talked about “dream fights,” or super-fights that never took place. » Read Full Article
Antonio Tarver: “I get up in the morning wanting to surpass the great George Foreman”
-Antonio Tarver, who recently called out British heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte, wants a lot of things: a fight with Whyte, which he feels will lead to a shot at IBF heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua, which he feels would lead to a win that would see him surpass the legendary George Foreman as the oldest-ever heavyweight champ. » Read Full Article
The greatest living former heavyweight kings
-With the recent sad passing of the great Joe Frazier, and the even more recent – in fact still numbing – passing of The Greatest, Muhammad Ali, the world was robbed of two of the finest heavyweight world champions in history. » Read Full Article
Ali to Foreman: Please come back and beat Ken Norton for me
-Big George Foreman, with the passing of the great (or greatest) Muhammad Ali, has become the oldest living former world heavyweight champion, and the 67-year-old legend sure has a number of tales to tell. » Read Full Article