| Foreman was young, lean and angry when he beat Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight boxing championship in 1973. The next year he lost the title to Muhammad Ali in the so-called "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire. In the 1990s he returned to the public eye as a rotund, jovial fighter who somehow beat Michael Moorer in 1994 to regain the heavyweight crown. His subsequent self-mocking commercials for hamburgers and mufflers made him even more famous.
Extra credit: Foreman was the Olympic heavyweight boxing champion in 1968... It's true: Foreman has five daughters and five sons and has named all of the sons George: George Jr., George III, George IV, George V, and George VI. |
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