George Foreman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

George Foreman

American professional boxer, ordained Baptist minister, author and entrepreneur

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1949

Place of Birth: Marshall, Texas, United States

Profession: businessperson, boxer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About George Foreman

  • George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1997.
  • Nicknamed "Big George", he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist.
  • Outside of boxing, he is also an author and entrepreneur. After a troubled childhood Foreman took up amateur boxing and won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
  • Having turned professional the next year, he won the world heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of then-undefeated Joe Frazier in 1973.
  • Two successful title defenses were made before Foreman's first professional loss to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974.
  • Unable to secure another title opportunity, Foreman retired after a loss to Jimmy Young in 1977. Following what he referred to as a religious epiphany, Foreman became an ordained Christian minister.
  • Ten years later he announced a comeback and, in 1994 at age 45, he regained a portion of the heavyweight championship by knocking out 26-year-old Michael Moorer to win the unified WBA, IBF, and lineal titles.
  • Foreman remains the oldest world heavyweight champion in history, and the second oldest in any weight class after Bernard Hopkins (at light heavyweight).
  • He retired in 1997 at the age of 48, with a final record of 76 wins (68 knockouts) and 5 losses. Foreman has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and International Boxing Hall of Fame.
  • The International Boxing Research Organization rates Foreman as the eighth greatest heavyweight of all time.
  • In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine.
  • The Ring ranked him as the ninth greatest puncher of all time.
  • He was a ringside analyst for HBO's boxing coverage for twelve years until 2004.
  • Outside boxing, he is a successful entrepreneur and known for his promotion of the George Foreman Grill, which has sold more than 100 million units worldwide.
  • In 1999, he sold the naming rights to the grill for $138 million.

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