Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. American boxer (born 1949) For the electric grill, see George Foreman Grill. For other people named George Foreman, see George Foreman (disambiguation). George Foreman Foreman in 2016 Born George Edward Foreman (1949-01-10) January 10, 1949 (age 76) Marshall, Texas, U.S. Other names Big ...
After his victory, Foreman hoped for a potential superfight with Mike Tyson once Tyson was released from prison. However, the WBA demanded that he face mandatory challenger and former world champion Tony Tucker. [7] Tucker, at the time, was promoted by Don King, and Foreman was unwilling to get himself involved with King or his fighters. Thus ...
Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman, billed as The Sunshine Showdown, was a professional boxing match in Kingston, Jamaica contested on January 22, 1973, for the WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight championships.
The IBF ordered that Foreman once again face Schulz in a rematch, but Foreman refused and instead vacated the title in order to pursue a rematch with Michael Moorer, whom he had defeated in 1994 to win the IBF and WBA heavyweight titles, with Foreman claiming that the fight would be his last.
After capturing the WBA and IBF titles from Michael Moorer late in 1994, George Foreman would forfeit his WBA title and make only one defense of his IBF portion, narrowly and controversially defeating little-known German fighter Axel Schulz on April 22, 1995. Though the IBF mandated a rematch between the two, Foreman decided against it and ...
On March 18, 1976, former undisputed heavyweight champions George Foreman and Joe Frazier agreed to face one another in a rematch of their 1973 heavyweight title bout. [2] In their previous encounter, Foreman had brutalized the then-champion Frazier, scoring six knockdowns in less than two rounds to capture the WBA and WBC heavyweight championships.
Boxing legend. Grill guru. Ordained minister. George Foreman wears a lot of hats. But none fits better than Dad. A heavyweight boxer, Foreman won the world heavyweight championship title twice in ...
Foreman started the fight as the aggressor and opened up a four-inch gash above Savarese's left eyelid that hindered Savarese the rest of the fight. Savarese, forced to fight Foreman on the inside due to his eye injury, gave an impressive performance, throwing and landing many punches throughout the fight, though Foreman was able to withstand them.