The living legend, former two-time heavyweight king George Foreman will finally see his incredible life story given the silver screen treatment it so richly deserves, as the as-yet untitled Foreman biopic will begin filming early next year.
One of the greatest, one of the most awe-inspiring moments in all of boxing took place in Las Vegas on this day back in 1994.
Today marks the 47th anniversary of one of the most amazing, one of the biggest, one of the most unforgettable world heavyweight title fights of all-time: Muhammad Ali Vs.
What could be in store for us, the fans, for them, the two fighters – for the history of the heavyweight division, when Bitter (write it with a capital “B”) rivals Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder collide in what we assume will be their third and final fight in October?
Living legend George Foreman will get the silver screen treatment later this year (it’s about time), as Sony Pictures’ AFFIRM will make the biopic, with shooting to begin in October, in New Orleans.
August 18, 1969 – Madison Square Garden, New York.
A young, raw and extremely powerful George Foreman met an already battle-hardened (and cut-prone) Chuck Wepner in a fight that saw the 1968 Olympic gold medal winner take his first serious test since going pro earlier that year.
Imagine prime George Foreman vs prime Larry Holmes?
This is the debut edition of the Dream Fight series, and a hypothetical fantasy match-up between Big George and The Easton Assassin is one that actually has an interesting backstory.
Former WBC light-heavyweight champion JB Williams, a man who says he was forced to move up to heavyweight so as to get fights, had an eventful career.
Bert Cooper was a fighter who was notorious for, as the saying goes, blowing hot and cold. When he was turned on, free of the demons that served to hold him back and see to it that he entered the prize ring in no real condition to fight, Cooper really did bring the smoke.
Muhammad Ali has had the movie treatment, as has Mike Tyson, and Joe Louis, and James J. Braddock, and even Chuck Wepner.