George Edward Foreman is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and author. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. As an entrepeneur, he is known for the George Foreman Grill. He has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and International BoxingHall of Fame.
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George Edward Foreman is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and author. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. As an entrepeneur, he is known for the George Foreman Grill. In 2002, he was named one of the 25 greatest fighters of the past 80 years by The Ring. The Ring ranked him as the ninth-greatest puncher of all time. Foreman has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and International BoxingHall of Fame. He retired in 1997 at the age of 48, with a final record of 76 wins and 5 losses. He was a ringside analyst for HBO’s boxing coverage for 12 years until 2004. He dropped out of school at age 15 and spent time as a mugger. At age 16, Foreman had a change of heart and convinced his mother to sign him up for the Job Corps after seeing an ad for the Corps on TV. He earned his GED and trained to become a carpenter and bricklayer. After moving to Pleasanton, California, with the help of a supervisor, he began to train. He turned professional in 1969 with a three-round knockout of Donald Walheim in New York City. In 1970, he continued his march toward the undisputed heavyweight title, winning all 12 of his bouts. In 1994 at age 45, he won the unified WBA, IBF lineal heavyweight championship titles by knocking out 26-year-old Michael Moorer.
He renounced his title on June 28, 1995, at 46 years and 169 days old. In 1999, he sold the commercial rights to the grill for USD 138 million. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Foreman as the eighth-greater heavyweight of alltime. He won a gold medal in the boxingheavyweight division at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games. In the finals, he defeated the Soviet Union’s Jonas Čepulis; the referee stopped the fight in the second round. After winning the gold-medal fight, he walked around the ring carrying a small U.S. flag and bowing to the crowd. He maintained that earning the Olympics gold medal was the achievement he was most proud of in his boxing career, more so than either of his world titles. In his autobiography, George was a troubled youth. He had a troubled childhood, and idolized Jim Brown, but gave it up for boxing. He gave up boxing and became a mover and shaker in his later years. He also became an ordained Christian minister. He has written several books, including “The Man Who Saved My Life” and “The Godfather of Boxing” He has also published two cookbooks and a cookbook, “Big George: The Life of a Boxer”, which has sold more than 100 million units worldwide. He currently lives in California with his wife and their three children, and has a daughter and two step-daughters.
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