I saw him at a Houston City Council meeting in the late '70's. Between boxing careers, wearing bib overalls and seemingly very much at peace. RIP George Foreman.
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I will say until the end of time that the most perfect lab grown boxer is old George's head on Young Foreman's body. I'll always remember him for his commentary on HBO Boxing and becoming the oldest Heavyweight Champion in history.
Here's a video on his greatest achievement in the ring:
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"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
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Sad to hear this. The wife and I used his grill for years but it ended up down in our basement. My SIL saw it a while back and asked what the hell it was. It's now in use at his house.
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Look up the George Foreman fight with Ron Lyle (sorry, I can't paste a link using this tablet). Five rounds of pure brutality.
_____________________________ "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." George Washington.
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Originally posted by MRMATT: Look up the George Foreman fight with Ron Lyle (sorry, I can't paste a link using this tablet). Five rounds of pure brutality.
Not the whole fight but highlights from the rounds pure exhausting brutality.
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_____________________________ "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." George Washington.
Posts: 5348 | Location: Pottstown, PA | Registered: April 26, 2002
He shocked the boxing world in the first Frazier fight in '73. Joe was undefeated and seemed pretty much invincible. George brutalized him, knocking Joe down six times in less than two full rounds:
