George Foreman, a Heavyweight Boxing Legend, passed away Friday March 21, 2025 at the age of 76. The heavyweight multi-champion, known as Big George in the ring, George Foreman was a winner of gold at the Olympics and numerous titles, including the two-time world championship.
He was also know for his religious commitment and being a preacher and philanthropist, as an ordained minister since 1978 and later, the founder of the George Foreman Youth and Community Center and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
George Edward Foreman was born on January 10, 1949 in Marshall, Texas. Starting as amateur, he gained worldwide recognition in 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City, Mexico. During the Olympic Games, he won a gold medal.
Since then, he has competed in several boxing championships and won several title belts, including gold at the Olympics, two world heavyweight titles, and other numerous titles.
When he won the 1968, Gorge Foreman waved a US national flag. He said in his autobiography, that the gesture was "as much for myself as for the country" and that "I was letting everyone know who I was and at the same time saying that I was proud to be an American."
In 1973, only 24 years-old, he was selected to compete in the world heavyweight championship the first time. He was able to defeat John Frazier, then the reigning and undefeated world champion.
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The prodigal sons Muhammad Ali and George Foreman returning to Africa in the Rumble in the Jungle"
Like one of his role models Muhammad Ali, Gorge Foreman was also a cosmopolitan. In 1974, when Mohammed Ali was invited by the Zairian dictator Mobutu Sesse Seko, he was instrumental in helping to put Africa on the boxing map, with the "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974.
Don King, the promoter of the "Rumble in the Jungle" fight had made the event the most important on the planet at the time. Announcing the event, Don King had declared. “The prodigal sons will be returning to Africa ... This will be a spectacular such as has never been staged on Earth.”
To overcome George Foreman, then the highest favored winner before the match, Muhammad Ali, using his tactic he called "rope-a-dope", spent eight rounds leaning back on the ropes and letting George Foreman punch endlessly and getting exhausted.
Reflecting on his the defeat in "Rumble in Jungle" fight in Congo, George Foreman said that he then faced "the toughest human being I ever had an encounter with", whose victory led to the "most embarrassing moment" in his life, going "from from pride to pity. That's devastating." "I just couldn't believe I'd lost the world title," he said.
But he also told the media that the defeat taught him valuable lessons and changed his life for the better, leading him to "get message out" by preaching the world of God. He then took a pause from Boxing, focusing on preaching for close to ten years.
In 1987, George Foreman decided returned to boxing with the goal to raise funds to support his preaching and charity mission, including a youth centre. He was able to wing 24 matches. In 1991, he lost to before Evander Holyfield, in 12 rounds.
Three years later, in 1994, he decided to take a break, at 45 years old and to focus on other businesses, including his George Foreman Grill, the "Lean Mean Grilling Machine".
When he retired in 1997, at 48 years-old, he was the oldest heavyweight champion. His record was astounding with 76 wins and 5 losses.
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