Oct 30, 2024 · “I had never lost before,” Foreman recalls when asked about his head 50 years ago in Zaire, in the “loser” dressing room. He summoned explanations and potential excuses.

Foreman is the oldest to ever win the world heavyweight boxing championship of major honors and the second-oldest in any weight class after Bernard Hopkins (at light heavyweight). He retired in 1997 at the age of 48, with a final record of 76 wins (68 knockouts) and 5 losses.

4 days ago · Foreman became champion 20 years after his last conquest in 1974, but in the newspaper The Sun, they remembered that after beating Moorer, and after he had never been afraid of anyone, for the ...

George Foreman was now the oldest man to win a heavyweight championship and he would defend it three more times with wins over Axel Schulz, Crawford Grimsley, and Lou Savarese only to lose the title in his final bout against Shannon Briggs but only by a majority decision.

Jun 20, 2022 · Foreman heaved a giant sigh of relief, knowing he wouldn’t be tarred and feathered after all. Ross then shopped McAdoo to the Trail Blazers, knowing Foreman wouldn’t put up a fight. “We planned to select McAdoo,” Portland GM Harry Glickman wrote in his 1978 book Promoter Ain’t a Dirty Word.

On Saturday, April 11, 1992, 43-year-old George Foreman, who was involved in many memorable fights, continued his quest towards another world title, which he ultimately won against Michael...

Apr 20, 2024 · On June 15, 1976, at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, George Foreman retained the NABF heavyweight title. Foreman made the power boxing style famous, with 68 knockouts during his...

Apr 19, 2020 · That’s what happened to two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman, who said having 12 children, five sons and seven daughters, is what helped transform what first appeared to be the most...

Oct 29, 2024 · Invented by Muhammad Ali, the “rope-a-dope” is a defensive shell used to tire an opponent out. With gloves high and appearing to be languishing against the ropes or in a corner, Ali would catch the...

Mar 26, 2024 · In just five minutes of action, the Adonis-like fighter from Jacksonville was blasted to the canvas three times by the hammering blows of Foreman, who improved his record to 40-0 (37 KOs) via...