However, the Houston legend, who died Friday at 76 years old, is one of the 10 greatest heavyweights of all-time because of the fighters he obliterated. Joe Frazier felt the power of “Big George ...

Born in Marshall, Texas, Foreman was raised in Houston's Fifth Ward ... Foreman became the world's heavyweight champion when he beat Joe Frazier in 1973. But he lost the title the following ...

Houston Mayor John Whitmire ... Olympics in Mexico City and first won the heavyweight title in 1973 against Joe Frazier. He lost the crown against Muhammad Ali in the famous “Rumble in the ...

Raised in Houston's Fifth Ward, Foreman went on to become a world-renowned boxer. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics and his first heavyweight title in 1973 against Joe Frazier, before ...