
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Edward Foreman (nicknamed "Big George") (born January 10, 1949) was an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and successful entrepreneur. He is credited as being one of the hardest hitters in boxing history. His most notable fights in his early career were his knockout (TKO-2) against Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 22, 1973 and his loss to Muhammad Ali (KO by 8) in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 30, 1974. He later became the oldest man ever to become heavyweight boxing champion of the world when at age 45, he knocked out (KO-10) Michael Moorer, age 26, on November 5, 1994 to reclaim the title he held more than 20 years earlier. He has been named one of the 25 greatest fighters of all time by Ring magazine. He is now a successful businessman and an ordained Christian minister who has his own church. Foreman is ranked #9 on Ring magazine's list of "100 greatest punchers of all time". He is also well-known for the eponymous George Foreman Grill. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Foreman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- International Boxing Hall of Fame · 2003
- Associated Press Athlete of the Year · 1994
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award · 1994
- The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year · 1994
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year · 1994
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- Horatio Alger Award · 1984
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1976
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award · 1973
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1973
- The Ring magazine Progress of the Year · 1970
- Honour in Gold — Services to the Republic of Austria
- IBF World Heavyweight Champion
- The Ring World Heavyweight Champion
- WBA World Heavyweight Champion
- WBC World Heavyweight Champion
Filmography24 titles

Champions Forever

Tommy

Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games

The Larry Sanders Show

Big George Foreman

When We Were Kings

The Masked Singer

30 for 30

Sanford and Son

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

What's My Name: Muhammad Ali

The Fighter

King of the Hill

Home Improvement

Facing Ali

The Six Million Dollar Man

CBS News Sunday Morning

Let's Do It Again

Untold: Deal with the Devil

Saturday Night Live

I Am Ali

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!