George Foreman remembered his legendary stay in the ring with Muhammad Ali in one of the last posts on social media before his death.
A double boxing champion in a heavyweight category and a well-known Pitchman, who died at the age of 76, on March 21, celebrated several of his boxing anniversaries in the months who led to his death-uttered 50th anniversary of his 1974 historic match with the late Ali in October 2024.
At that time, Foreman shared a celebratory shot on Instagram with a plate of cakes because he was reflected in the post of fasting about the fight called “The Rumble in the Jungle”.
“Can you believe 50 years ago,” Rumble in the Jungle, “fighting Muhammad Ali,” wrote a gold Olympic medal. “Looking at the best time of my life, she splashing with me with a slice of cake, as I experience a” rope-a-dip “.”
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The struggle, which was believed at one point that the most watched live television show was necessary and that Foreman would like back in 1974.
But, who was 32 at the time, faced the younger presenter, then 25, because of his heavy title in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), in the end of the knockout against the then repeated manager in the eighth round.
During the fight, but he used his “rope-a-nepeer” strategy to lean against the rope and the basis tired his opponent before he gloriously knocked him down.
Foreman has recounted different versions of the match over the years, noting in the past that he wanted the couple to have a rematch.
“For years after that, I would agonize myself,” how could that happen? “” He said Fashion Arabia man in 2019. “That night I lost everything I’ve ever been. It was the most devastating event in my life as an athlete. I was no longer even human.”
In a separate conversation with CBS News, Foreman revealed that “he thought I would knock him out in one or two rounds.”
“But in the third round I would hit him and he fell on me and I thought, ‘That’s it. “And he started screaming,” That’s all you have George, show me something, “Ali recalled.” And I knew I was in the wrong place at the time. ”
Muhammad Ali also George Foreman fights on October 30, 1974.
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In the years that follow, Foreman and but they became friends. Foreman eventually retired from boxing in 1977, but returned to Sport a decade later, returning his 1994 championship. He then retired to good in 1999 (and in the middle of all, the famous George Foreman Grill in 1994) was famously launched)
On March 21, the Foreman family shared a message on their official Instagram account, announcing his death.
“Our hearts are broken. With a deep sadness, we announce that the passage of our beloved George Edward Foreman, who was calm on March 21, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. A pious preacher, a dedicated husband, a love father and a proud great and great grandfather, lived a life marked by unauthorized faiths, and read.”
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Muhammad Ali also George Foreman’s World Heavyweight Title 1974.
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Among those who paid tribute to late boxing, they include a colleague of fighter Mike Tyson, who shared a message on his X account.
“The condolence of the George Foreman family. His contribution to boxing and beyond will never be forgotten,” Tyson, 58, wrote, sharing two pictures of money over the years.
Scottie Pippen, Robert Griffin III, Loni Love, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and others also shared messages and memories of social networks in his honor.
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