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Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by NotOfThisWorld(f): 11:12am On Mar 22, 2025
A legend. May his soul rest in peace.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by AgroBizSolution(f): 11:18am On Mar 22, 2025
whytediamond:
A legend goes to rest. One of the 3 greatest boxers of all time.

Big George RIP
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by MOBBDEEP: 11:31am On Mar 22, 2025
His chin was something else.
Was an all-rounder.....pace, hard punch, head movt, leg work, chin, reach-use
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Dougad: 11:35am On Mar 22, 2025
judewrites:
Though not very popular like ali, foreman would be long remembered for his fight in the "rumble in the jungle"

His era had many African Americans dominating the heavy weight boxing division....until the Brits and a certain gifted Ukrainian took over.

Life is indeed a boxing ring. You get knocked down severally, but you try to get up before counted out.
He became incredibly popular in the 90s and was able to accumulate a wealth of almost ~$300M in the process, almost 40 times more than his total earnings from boxing.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by femi4: 11:38am On Mar 22, 2025
meobizy:
Here I was thinking he was already dead.
Haaa...he had a quite retirement. Ali left before him though
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by dontbothermuch: 11:46am On Mar 22, 2025
Oh! Sad. He was the greatest.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Judolisco(m): 12:00pm On Mar 22, 2025
Wow... Man fought until he was old.... RIP man
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Starboytwo(m): 12:01pm On Mar 22, 2025
Big George Foreman.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Hausa(m): 12:02pm On Mar 22, 2025
femi4:
Haaa...he had a quite retirement. Ali left before him though
He retired first in 78 or 79, then came back in 1988 or so.
About 10 years apart. Still returned to win a World title.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Judolisco(m): 12:05pm On Mar 22, 2025
judewrites:
Though not very popular like ali, foreman would be long remembered for his fight in the "rumble in the jungle"

His era had many African Americans dominating the heavy weight boxing division....until the Brits and a certain gifted Ukrainian took over.

Life is indeed a boxing ring. You get knocked down severally, but you try to get up before counted out.
he was popular, go and watch his movie of how his manager squandered all his money and he had to go back to boxing at d age of 45 or so
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Reference(m): 12:10pm On Mar 22, 2025
My oh my. A legend is gone.
What a man, what a mountain, what a phenom.

These are the folks that made pro boxing the number one combat sports of the century. Before corruption and division in the ranks of the governing bodies ruined everything.

Today soft assed Brits are being knocked around by Eastern European paperweights calling themselves world champions.....sad.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Streetmovement(m): 12:12pm On Mar 22, 2025
Wotoporiously cool speaking

RIP to the legend himself cool
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by naptu2: 12:21pm On Mar 22, 2025
judewrites:
Though not very popular like ali, foreman would be long remembered for his fight in the "rumble in the jungle"

His era had many African Americans dominating the heavy weight boxing division....until the Brits and a certain gifted Ukrainian took over.

Life is indeed a boxing ring. You get knocked down severally, but you try to get up before counted out.
Judolisco:
he was popular, go and watch his movie of how his manager squandered all his money and he had to go back to boxing at d age of 45 or so
He was very very popular.

He was one of the greats that dominated the heavyweight division in the 1970s. I watched his fights on Big Fights Of The Decade with Chuka Momah on the NTA in the 1980s.

He retired and then came back and was even more popular. He became the oldest man to win a world heavyweight title. He became a popular pastor. He had his own situation comedy in the 1990s. And of course he gave his name to the George Foreman Grill.

I think he made even more money in the 1990s than he made in the 1970s.

He was everybody's favourite uncle in the '90s.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by GeneralOjukwu: 12:28pm On Mar 22, 2025
Had one of the heaviest punches, pound-for-pound in boxing history.

If he hit you just once, you will feel it.

RIP Big George Foreman
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by hush15: 12:43pm On Mar 22, 2025
meobizy:
Here I was thinking he was already dead.
Imagine, you don even kpai person before they kpai officially
smh
na wa for you o
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by owolabi5: 12:44pm On Mar 22, 2025
Legend! They never die.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Love800(m): 12:44pm On Mar 22, 2025
Mike tyson had the greatest punch!
mightyhaze:
Exactly!


No much skills no much legworks..no much combinations but once he brings down a right hook on you... It's sweet dreams grin
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by gracious181: 12:45pm On Mar 22, 2025
RIP strong man
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by judewrites: 12:50pm On Mar 22, 2025
Judolisco:
he was popular, go and watch his movie of how his manager squandered all his money and he had to go back to boxing at d age of 45 or so
He wasn't as popular as Mohammed ali, that's what I meant.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by LordReed(m): 1:02pm On Mar 22, 2025
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Ganjafama(m): 1:04pm On Mar 22, 2025
Journey well Big George. You left your footprints in the sands of time
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by femi4: 1:08pm On Mar 22, 2025
Hausa:
He retired first in 78 or 79, then came back in 1988 or so.
About 10 years apart. Still returned to win a World title.
I mean he died before him
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by marca(m): 1:36pm On Mar 22, 2025
What a loss and what a good memory to look into... There's no champion for Life...
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Tellmeastory: 1:37pm On Mar 22, 2025
IrepChrist:
May his soul RIP

Brethren Jesus loves you. Please surrender your life to him. He will realign your destiny. If you die today where will you spend your eternal life. There is a journey that await humanity.

What shall it profit a man who gain the whole world but loose his soul.

God bless you.
SHUT UP AND STOP DISTURBING PEOPLE.

WHAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU TREAT YOUR FELLOW HUMANS AND ALL LIFE, NOT WHO YOU CLAIM TO “WORSHIP”.

You people go around committing ATROCITIES, bigotry, tribalism, and even supporting the mass murder of innocent Palestinian children, and then you will come out with “JESUS”.

Rubbish.

What matters is your righteousness, NOT who you claim to worship.

God is not stupid.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Exceed15: 1:40pm On Mar 22, 2025
He came , saw and conquered. Good night legend
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Tellmeastory: 1:43pm On Mar 22, 2025
Starboytwo:
Big George Foreman.
George Foreman was a great man. A good man.
God bless his soul.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by onatisi(m): 1:46pm On Mar 22, 2025
vanity upon vanity, whether we do good or bad, we shall all leave this planet one day. if life was endless and one could live forever here on planet earth, then doing rituals or anything for fame and money would have been worth it but alas, no matter how rich or poor you are, yow will leave and within 3 months the same people that cried at your burial will forget totally about you.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by simply22: 1:58pm On Mar 22, 2025
May his soul rest in perfect peace.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by planetx: 2:27pm On Mar 22, 2025
Watching those two clips with Ali and Frazier, you can see that the days of true heavyweight boxing are over. When men were not scared to go toe to toe, not the AJ style of boxing of running around the ring afraid of getting hit trying to win on points.
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by Iceberg3: 2:43pm On Mar 22, 2025
Rest in peace, legend...
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by munaco: 3:18pm On Mar 22, 2025
May his soul rest in peace. AMEN
Re: Great George Foreman Is Dead At 76 by blueAgent(m): 3:49pm On Mar 22, 2025
bea1234567:
tunubu would have been a better replacement.. nigerians would have been in great merriment right now undecided
No be Lie grin grin grin
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