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  2. Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Boxing on ABC - Wikipedia

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    Foreman beat Frazier by a TKO in the second round to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Cosell provided blow-by-blow commentary for ABC of some of boxing's biggest matches during the 1970s and the early 1980s, including Ken Norton 's upset win over Ali in 1973 and Ali's defeat of Leon Spinks in 1978 recapturing the Heavyweight title for ...

  4. George Foreman vs. Joe Frazier II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. George Foreman - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Why did George Foreman name his 5 sons George? He's ... - AOL

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    In January 2014, Monk co-founded the boxing gym EverybodyFights, offering classes, personal training and a fight school in several cities across the country. Freeda Foreman also strapped on the ...

  7. Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II - Wikipedia

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    During the ABC broadcast of the fight, broadcaster (and Ali confidant and friend) Howard Cosell repeatedly told viewers a dancing and jabbing Ali was dominating the action despite Norton's constant offense and Ali's inability to penetrate Norton's awkward crab-like cross-armed defensive style. In the final round, Ali dominated with a series of ...

  8. Howard Cosell - Wikipedia

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    To Pauley's surprise, Cosell came back with a relative's shirt company as a sponsor, and the show Speaking of Sports was born. [ 12 ] Cosell took his "tell it like it is" approach when he teamed with the ex– Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher "Big Numba Thirteen" Ralph Branca on WABC's pre- and post-game radio shows of the New York Mets in their ...

  9. George Foreman vs. Ken Norton - Wikipedia

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    First he captured the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles after dominating Joe Frazier, scoring six knockdowns in less than two rounds in an easy technical knockout victory in January 1973. Foreman would follow this by making his first defense against José Roman in Tokyo in September of that year, easily winning the bout by first-round knockout.