RIP Big George

[forcefraser]

Just read that Big George Foreman has passed away. Sad news

RIP Champ

[handsofstone]

RIP Big George Foreman a bona fide boxing legend

[Ricky]

BIG GEORGE FOREMAN

[Jimmy2025]

His knockout of Cooney (who was a fighter I liked too) is my favourite shot in boxing history. Brutal, brutal shot. RIP.

[Flump]

Shocked to wake up to this, he always seemed in such good nick. An absolute icon of boxing, thank you Big George. RIP

[stujones]

Shocked at ttis news, seemed so well.

RIP Big George, Champion Forever.

[MightyWarrior]

I think my earliest boxing memory was going over my grandads big book of boxing and looking in awe at the photos of George, wrecking the seemingly unbeatable Joe Frazier. Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!!

Two of the best boxing documents for me are when we were Kings, and Mailer’s The Fight - all about the awesome rumble in the jungle

what an icon, what a legend, Big George Foreman

[Jimmy2025]

Shocked at ttis news, seemed so well.

I keep hearing that but the ongoing legal issues cannot have been easy for an elderly man to cope with. His family allude to that in their statement:-

"A humanitarian, an Olympian, and two time heavyweight champion of the world, He was deeply respected - a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name - for his family."

[paultom]

RIP Big George

When he knocked out Moorer and turned to his corner kneeled down and prayed it made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.

[Jimmy2025]

RIP Big George

When he knocked out Moorer and turned to his corner kneeled down and prayed it made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.

Yep that was a very special moment. He had so many standout performances. For me, personally, he has best knockout (Cooney), best FIGHT (Lyle), best event (RITJ), and favourite win, excluding training partners and friends, (Moorer).

[The Docker]

If we ever had a pantheon of boxing gods, George would rightly be a founder member. Boxed during a period of unparalleled talent and standout performer. To this day, truly believe he the most powerful puncher.... ever. Sure we've had the odd harder puncher, but that is due to punching velocity and a topic for another day.

Always loved his pundit commentary of fights, up there with the very worst. Terrible reader of fights and horrible orator, made him even more likeable.

He would devour the HW's of today, just walk through them. It's always very debatable but the 70s crop of fighters just simply came to fight. No ambiguity, glove up and throw like fuvk.

RIP George.

[funso banjo baby]

A true giant.

[foggyneedham]

Big George was my favourite boxer of all time, gutted to hear the news this morning, fly high champ

[skanksta]

Proper legend and very successful out of the ring too.

[Old bones Ian]

R.I.P Champ

[orbtastic]

“Don’t do it son”

I actually met him and James Toney on the same night. Hamed McCullough. My mate went ringside after the fight to ask him how he scored it. He was super polite and genial. We saw Buffer that night too in the nightclub. He was affable but far more bombastic. His gf was hot too.

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RIP Big George Foreman.

Really sad news.

I always had this fanciful notion about George that he might be indestructible and live forever because he was so strong and mighty in the ring.

Saying that, his achievements may never be equalled, being champion 20 years apart in two great eras of the heavyweight division.

[DrDuke]

He looked so good for his age.

RIP, Big George.

[THEBUTCH]

Heavyweight legend, boxing legend...legend !

RIP BIg George

[NazNaci1]

RIP Champ.

Sad news but what can we do. They all leave us but at least we have the memories.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman dies at age 76

"Big" George Foreman, one of the most influential and recognizable boxers of all time, died Friday, his family announced on his social media account.

He was 76.

Foreman, who captured an Olympic gold medal in 1968, was a two-time heavyweight champion and Hall of Fame boxer.

He's perhaps best known for the historic Rumble in the Jungle bout with Muhammad Ali in 1974 in Zaire, a fight Foreman lost in an upset via eighth-round KO. It's arguably the most famous fight of all time, and the "When We Were Kings" film that chronicled the fight won an Oscar for best documentary feature.

Foreman, of course, made history yet again later in his career. He fought five more times after he lost the heavyweight championship to Ali at age 25, including a fifth-round TKO victory over Joe Frazier (whom he stopped in two rounds to first win the title) and a fifth-round KO of Ron Lyle in a classic slugfest.

After that fifth fight at 28, Foreman shockingly announced his retirement and began a career as an ordained minister in his native Texas.

Foreman was retired for 10 years. He returned to boxing in 1987 at age 38. And he went on to mount arguably the most impressive sports comeback ever.

At first, Foreman padded his record with easy wins. One of them was a second-round knockout of Gerry Cooney. But then, in 1991, Foreman proved this comeback was for real when he pushed the great Evander Holyfield to the brink in a classic heavyweight title fight at age 42. Though he was unsuccessful in his bid to become a two-time heavyweight champion, Foreman was undeterred.

Five fights later, following a loss to Tommy Morrison, Foreman accomplished the unthinkable.

Down on the scorecards in another title fight, Foreman landed a two-punch combination that laid Michael Moorer down for the count of 10 in 1994. At 45 years and 299 days old, Foreman was once again the heavyweight champion of the world, the oldest man in history to hold boxing's greatest prize (and also the oldest champion ever, a record that stood for 20 years).

"It happened," Jim Lampley called on the HBO broadcast. "It happened!"

Foreman went on to have a successful career alongside Lampley as an HBO boxing analyst. But his greatest success outside the ring was yet to come.

The same year Foreman defeated Moorer, he launched his eponymous grill. He went on to sell more than 100 million grills worldwide.

In 1999, he sold the commercial rights to the George Foreman grill for $138 million.

Foreman's final fight came in November 1997, a majority decision loss to Shannon Briggs.

He held his role with HBO as a ringside analyst for 12 years, ending in 2004.

The Ring named Foreman the ninth-greatest puncher of all time and, in 2002, one of the 25 best boxers of the past 80 years.

In a statement, Top Rank called Foreman "one of the biggest punchers and personalities the sport has ever seen."

"George was a great friend to not only myself but to my entire family," Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said. "We've lost a family member and are absolutely devastated."

[Ruthless-RKO]

His family posted:

"Our hearts are broken. With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose.

"A humanitarian, an Olympian, and two time heavyweight champion of the world, He was deeply respected — a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name— for his family.

"We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers, and kindly ask for privacy as we honor the extraordinary life of a man we were blessed to call our own."

[Boxerbeetle]

RIP to a genuine boxing great.

[big lennox]

Awesome fighter. One of the very best to ever do it. Tremendous boxing and business legacy. Very likeable guy as well.

[MasterG]

Had the privilege to see Big George fight. Back then with his brother Roy and The Mongoose he brought an aura.

RIP champ