Boxing Legend disregarded the burden of the year

Sons – in the name of the father

On January 10 this year, Foreman turned 76. He has twelve offspring from five marriages.

The father gave all five sons his name: George Jr., George III, George IV, George V and George VI.

« If Joe phrase, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton and Evander Holyfield, you will certainly not remember many names, » Foreman ironized.

His daughters – Natalia, Leola, Freeda, Michi, Georgetta, Isabella and Courtney, two of them adopted.

The Olympic champion’s legacy consists not only of boxing titles and trophies, but also by George Foreman Grill. The former athlete has confirmed that over $ 300 million has earned this business. US dollars.

Finale with Aukštaitis

Initially intending to play American football, Foreman, at the age of seventeen, met Boxing coach Dock Broadus. This determined his further sports path.

After coaching for just two years, George was involved in the US Olympic team to participate in the 1968. At the Mexico Olympics.

The American beat Lucyan Trela, Romanian Ion Alexe in heavyweight competition, Giorgio Bambini, and met Joniškėlis, who represented the then USSR from Joniškėlis, who had eliminated British William Wells, German Bernd Anders.

« I was waving my fists without lifting my head and, after hearing the Judge’s team, Stop, Stop, did I realize that the referee stopped the second round and gave me the victory, » Foreman said.

He earned: G. Foreman was well successful in the frying business. / Photo by Gettyimages.com

Visited Lithuania

Algirdas Šocikas has coached J. Čepulis (1938-2015), a multiple champion of Lithuania.

« It is a pity that he failed to meet John, he is a capital letter boxer, » Foreman, who visited Lithuania in the summer of 2017, lamented.

He had come with the US TV NBC show « Better Late THEN Never ». With the help of the leaders of the Lithuanian Boxing Federation, the show producers organized a meeting of G. Foreman with the relatives of J. Čepulis at that time.

Among the most famous victories in the victory of the professionals of the victories, 1973 and 1976 against Mr Frazier, 1974 against K. Norton, 1994 against Michael Moorer.

1974 In Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), G. Foreman tried his hand at M. Ali and, under the stadium, observing 60,000. spectators, lost in a knockout.

The character of the veteran

For the first time, Foreman announced the end of his career in 1977, but after a ten-year break he returned to the ring.

In preparation for the new challenges, the boxer gave up sweets, flour bakery, fatty foods. The wife took him 16 km from home and left, George returned while running.

« Lord, it was a terrible martyrdom. I barely struck a temptation to call a taxi, » the fighter said.

Foreman won 24 consecutive duels in the ring, 23 of whom were in knockout, but in 1991, at the age of 42, he lost confrontation with Mr Holyfield for the title of WBC, WBA and IBF champion.

Mr Foreman recovered the title of WBA and IBF World Champion in 1994 when, at the age of 45, his 26-year-old M. Moorer, and finally ended his career at the age of 48.

J. Čepulis – Boxer from a capital letter.

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The legend of the world’s boxing of life was greeted by the legend of the world on the household with a basketball court, tennis courts and a car collection.

G. Forman’s garage was in 2005. Ford GT (worth $ 385,000), 2000 BMW Z8 (251.4 thousand), 2002 Ferrari 360 Spider (180.8 thousand), 1987 Ferrari Testarossa (163.7 thousand), 1993 Dodge Viper RT/10 (80 thousand), as well as in 1971. Stutz Blackhawk (150 thousand), 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, 1977 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible, 1991 Acura NSX (62 thousand), 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT (130 thousand).

In the 1980s, the Olympic champion Houston founded the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ and read sermons himself.