Known for his grandpa-like charm, business savvy and commitment to personal growth, he squeezed so many lives into his 76 years that some of his greatest admirers didn’t know him as a boxer.
George Foreman and Muhammad Ali in their famous “the Rumble in the Jungle” fight in 1974. AP
The first time George Foreman allowed the world to see him happy, he created an uproar.
He was stunned. It was the final day of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and after he destroyed Soviet Union boxer Ionas Chepulis in a gold medal heavyweight fight billed the “Cold War clash”, he circled the ring holding a small US flag.
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