Redemption was a long time coming for George Foreman and when it finally arrived he grabbed it with both fists.
Pat Murphy and I sat at his kitchen table one night in February. We talked a little about baseball and a lot about life, ...
In his classic work, Loser and Still Champion, Budd Schulberg opens the chapter concerning the first Ali–Frazier bout at ...
Richfield hosted one of the most entertaining 15-round boxing matches you'll ever see between the greatest of all-time ...
At 24-0, Joe Louis was seen as the next biggest star in heavyweight boxing. A powerful puncher who dispatched most of his ...
One of the most defining moments of Foreman’s career came in 1974 when he faced Muhammad Ali in the legendary Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). At the ...
This was very much a part of the narrative leading up to the “Rumble in the Jungle”, set to be hosted in Kinhasa, Zaire (now ...
That day, a man stood up and introduced himself, “I’m George Foreman, the Heavyweight Champion of the World.” There was a ...
The clandestine secrecy of the ghostly venue echoed King's concern that his 'stupendissimo' vision of matching Muhammad Ali ...
Ali fought once more before taking his first loss to Joe Frazier, who scared George Foreman, when he stopped 46-6-1 Oscar ...
George Foreman, the former world heavyweight champion who has died at the age of 76, looked destined for some 20 years to be ...