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Entries tagged with "George+Foreman":

• Hopkins Is Not Methuselah – May 10th, 2011

  Some think Hopkins is the gift that keeps on giving. Others wish he'd button it up and get on with being a promoter...
  
  

• Chuck Wepner Biopic – May 11th, 2011

  
  
  

• Age Is Relative – May 16th, 2011

  
  
  

• Foreman on Pascal-Hopkins II – May 17th, 2011

  A man of few words, someone who let his fists do the talking, Foreman was big, he was bad, and he gave people pause with his baleful stare...
  
  

• Write on the Money – May 18th, 2011

  “With each punch, the glove did something different, as if the fist and wrist within the glove were also speaking...”
  
  

• B-Hop: The Defiant One – May 21st, 2011

  Bernard Hopkins remains intriguing because he is, in equal parts, a refreshing and wearing figure...
  
  

• Hopkins Makes History – May 22nd, 2011

  Bernard Hopkins had taken the opportunity to argue his case a second time and he argued beautifully...
  
  

• Chuvalo’s Fight vs. Drugs – May 28th, 2011

  
  
  

• Greatest KOs in Boxing History – June 18th, 2011

  Everone loves a knockout. And what's not to love? When one man's fists connect with another man's head and he goes crashing to the canvas, everyone's pulse races a little faster. The knockout can not only change the direction of a fight. It can change the direction of a career, the direction of a life...
  
  

• Bronson, Haye, and Tyson Fury – June 23rd, 2011

  We shall see if Haye is a little big man. Does he have The Great Spirit? Will he attack or slowly be worn down?
  
  

• Never Spectacular: Klitschko Wins Again – July 2nd, 2011

  Wladimir Klitschko doesn’t show the desire to take a chance in the name of glory. He doesn’t show the passion to be anything more than very good…
  
  

• Ringside with Boxing's Biggest Expert (Part Two) – July 23rd, 2011

  I am right off the corner and Sweet Pea is giving it to Zab, "Fight back! Fight back!" Judah bleeding and family, mom and kids are crying...
  
  

• George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle – July 28th, 2011

  Although it was a long time ago, January 24, 1976, to be exact, when George Foreman fought Ron Lyle at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the vacant NABF heavyweight title, these two giants punched their way into the record books. It wasn't the number of punches thrown or anything so prosaic which made the fight memorable. It was that Foreman and Lyle went at it, really went at it, the way heavyweights go at it no longer...
  
  

• 10 Greatest Upsets in Heavyweight History – April 10th, 2012

  There's nothing like an upset to make one believe. All the questionable decisions that cast doubt on the sport are rendered meaningless when an upset occurs. And when the upset is during a contest between world-class heavyweights, the satisfaction is that much greater. This sampling covers some of the greatest upsets among heavyweights in history and includes Foreman-Frazier, Norton-Ali, Rahman-Lewis, Ali-Foreman, Louis-Schmeling, Clay-Liston, Braddock-Baer, and Tyson-Douglas...
  
  

• Scott LeDoux (Jan. 7, 1949 – Aug. 11, 2011) – August 12th, 2011

  LeDoux was a rough, tough, 6’2”, 220 lb. road warrior out of Minnesota who fought the very best during the golden age of heavyweights in the 70s...
  
  

• Happy Birthday Don King – August 20th, 2011

  “Haye had the charisma and style to revive heavyweight boxing, but he became one of many fighters I’ve known who were afraid to hit the white man...”
  
  

• Jerry Quarry: The Enemy Within – August 28th, 2011

  The feints were absent, the counterpunching was not sharp, and the punches were wild. Something was amiss…
  
  

• "Don King Unauthorized" Documentary – August 30th, 2011

  Don King is a national institution. A self-described "black Horagio Alger," his rags-to-riches, Cinderella story is the American Dream come to life. But if we pull back the curtain and look beyond the wild hair, smiling countenance, bespoke jean jackets, and flutterng flags, a darker picture emerges, a picture of a man for whom winning isn't the most important thing, it's the only thing...
  
  

• Muhammad Ali vs. Vitali Klitschko – September 13th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather-Ortiz Predictions – September 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Atlas Shrugged: Povetkin vs. Holyfield – September 22nd, 2011

  “I have some experience with old-timers who aren’t supposed to have anything left,” Atlas said. “One of them was a guy named George Foreman..."
  
  

• Emile Griffith—“Ring of Fire” – September 23rd, 2011

  Emile Griffith was born on Feb. 3, 1938 and was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He turned pro in 1958 and was a favorite in New York City. Griffith won the welterweight title from Benny "The Kid" Paret on April 1, 1961. Six months later Griffith lost the title back to Paret in a narrow split-decision. Griffith regained the title from Paret on March 24, 1962, in a fight that Paret did not survive. Griffith had memorable bouts with Luis Rodriguez, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Dick Tiger, Nino Benvenuti, Carlos Monzón, and José Nápoles, before retiring with a 85-24-2 record.
  
  

• Big George on Bernard Hopkins – October 15th, 2011

  
  
  

• "Champions Forever": Ali-Frazier-Foreman-Norton-Holmes – October 19th, 2011

  This 1989 documentary takes a good hard look at the last Golden Age of Heavyweights. It was an era when even the second and third tier heavyweights might be champions today, and this film focuses on the crème de la crème of boxing’s marquee division: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, and Larry Holmes...
  
  

• "The Real Rocky" Premieres Tonight – October 25th, 2011

  “Wepner walked into the gymnasium. He was wearing a pimp hat, a full-length fur coat, and lots of bling jewelry…”
  
  

• Jack Dempsey: True Greatness – October 26th, 2011

  A fight to Dempsey was a struggle to the death. That is how he saw it. That was the kind of special fire that burned in his blood...
  
  

• Don King, WealthTV, and Mr. Chow – October 27th, 2011

  I asked Tim Smith, "What's the deal with Don King and WealthTV?" With a wry smile he said, "That's rich, isn't it...."
  
  

• Bob Arum and the Descent of Boxing Trash Talk – October 28th, 2011

  One doesn’t need to be an economist to recognize that Mayweather’s departure from Top Rank has probably cost Arum tens of millions of dollars…
  
  

• Chuck Wepner: "The Real Rocky" – October 31st, 2011

  ESPN's documentary “The Real Rocky,” directed by Jeff Feuerzeig and produced by Triple Threat TV’s Matthew McDonald, traces Chuck Wepner’s exploits in and out of the ring, including his battle with Sylvester Stallone, and is based on a series of interviews Feuerzeig conducted with the perennial contender in 2005. The defining fight of the Bayonne Bleeder's career was a shot at the heavyweight title held by Muhammad Ali on March 24, 1975, in Cleveland, Ohio. Wepner was, if nothing else, one tough SOB...
  
  

• Big Daddy: Should He Be Inducted into the Hall? – November 2nd, 2011

  Bowe slaughtered highly touted trash-talking Jorge Luis Gonzalez. He did this like a butcher works on fresh meat…
  
  

• Jerry Quarry’s Greatest Hits – November 3rd, 2011

  We kept tuning into the next episode because we had to see whether he would finally put the pieces together and cross the finishing line...
  
  

• Joe Frazier Deathly Ill – November 5th, 2011

  
  
  

• Ten-Count for Smokin’ Joe Frazier – November 7th, 2011

  Frazier described the land on his parents' farm as "white dirt, which is another way of saying it isn't worth a damn..."
  
  

• Joe Frazier Condolences – November 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Remembering Smokin' Joe Frazier – November 8th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, speaks with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about the recent passing of former heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe Frazier. They discuss Frazier's background and career, including his greatest fights, and examine his complex relationship to Muhammad Ali, in and and out of the ring, and what Frazier meant to boxing during the last golden age of the heavyweight division...
  
  

• Pacquiao-Marquez Final Presser – November 9th, 2011

  
  
  

• Jim Lampley: Boxing’s Vibrant Expressionist – November 16th, 2011

  “The bottom line is that boxing attracts literate observers because the psychological confrontation between two fighters is so compelling—and so identifiable...”
  
  

• Ten-Count for Ron Lyle – November 26th, 2011

  
  
  

• Rock Solid: Magnificent Marciano – November 27th, 2011

  Now to the big question: How good a heavyweight puncher was Rocky Marciano? The simple answer is that he was one of the true elite...
  
  

• Howard Cosell: Thrilla in Vanilla – November 28th, 2011

  The alternately silly and serious, rambunctious and devout Cassius Clay posed a real threat to the status quo…
  
  

• Dave Anderson Gifts IBHOF – November 29th, 2011

  
  
  

• Bob Arum: 80 Years Young – December 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Remembering Those Who Passed in 2011 – December 29th, 2011

  The sweet science lost some greats and near greats in 2011, and each of them will be missed. May the Lord grant them eternal comfort...
  
  

• Ron Lyle: The Dog of the Block – December 30th, 2011

  Without pretentiousness, and showing a humble appreciation for being approached, Lyle agreed to meet me for lunch…
  
  

• Doc Anderson Tells It Like It Is: Verse by Verse – January 3rd, 2012

  Anderson refused the offer and beat the stuffing out of Gastineau in a fight that referee Marty Sammon described as “Man Against Boy...”
  
  

• Emile Griffith: The Natural – January 12th, 2012

  The death of Benny Kid Paret was a great tragedy, not only for those involved but for boxing as well...
  
  

• Why Ali Has Never Gone Away – January 16th, 2012

  Muhammad Ali’s career is marked by undulations, great ups and downs, jarring defeats and comebacks...
  
  

• Real Life by a Real Fighter – January 21st, 2012

  
  
  

• Ten-Count for Angelo Dundee – February 1st, 2012

  
  
  

• George Foreman vs. Jimmy Young – February 2nd, 2012

  George Foreman didn't stop fighting after the devastating loss of his WBC/WBA titles to Muhammad Ali in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974. George took a year off before returning to the ring, then won five in a row, all by early stoppage, including the war to end all wars with Ron Lyle, and his demolition of Smokin' Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica, both in 1976. It looked like Foreman had returned to form. Then he fought Jimmy Young on March 17, 1977, at Roberto Clemente Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Foreman's record was a remarkable 45-1 at the time. Young was 20-5-2, a tough and able competitor, but the top-tier on the second rung. George was supposed to make short work of the Philly fighter. But as The Ring's Fight of the Year for 1977 indicates, not everything always goes as planned...