He was a great one. I still remember at my first job after graduation bringing my Foreman grill into the office with a salmon filet and having the grease run right into my trash can at my desk…
RIP George Foreman
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His fighting comeback... at like 50, really showed his talent.
He always seemed to rise above it all.
Legend.
LdN
He seemed invincible until Ali bamboozled him in Zaire. He also seemed like a genuinely likeable guy.
And a great business person after his sports career
'A true American legend' | Reaction pours in following death of boxing icon and Houstonian George Foreman
Foreman died Friday at the age of 76, his family announced on Instagram.
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RIP George. His 5 sons, all named George, will miss him. We have a George Foreman quesadila maker, never used, but got rid of the Foreman grill.
Class act. Good man. Sincere Christian. Great fighter. Not a bad epitaph.
My two most vivid memories of his ring career:
First, his Olympic gold medal win in 1968 over the Soviet fighter. Foreman totally dominated and afterward trotted around the ring holding an American flag, which was quite a statement in those days when patriotism was not fashionable at all and earlier in the games two Black athletes had made a show of dishonoring the National Anthem.
Second, his massacre of Joe Frazier in less than two rounds in 1972. My memory is that Joe was still undefeated at the time but I don't think he was ever quite the same fighter after the brutal 15 rounds with Ali in the Fight of the Century the year before.
My two most vivid memories of his ring career:
First, his Olympic gold medal win in 1968 over the Soviet fighter. Foreman totally dominated and afterward trotted around the ring holding an American flag, which was quite a statement in those days when patriotism was not fashionable at all and earlier in the games two Black athletes had made a show of dishonoring the National Anthem.
Second, his massacre of Joe Frazier in less than two rounds in 1972. My memory is that Joe was still undefeated at the time but I don't think he was ever quite the same fighter after the brutal 15 rounds with Ali in the Fight of the Century the year before.
That sounds like the kind of thing that I would do. Which is NOT a compliment! 😉
Okay. I'll say it. You're the guy cooking fish at the office? 😂
Truly the greatest and a real patriot and embodiment of the American dream!
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