Full name : George Foreman
Nickname : Big George
Date of birth : 10th Jan, 1949
Place of birth : Marshall, Texas
Height : 6ft. 3 inches
Turned pro : 1969
Pro record : 76W 5L 0D 0NC (68KO)

This man's career is one of the most fascinating in boxing history! A street thug until joining the Job Corps, George Foreman turned to boxing & soon found he could punch. This punch led him, in 1968, to an Olympic Gold medal. It then lead him through 37 straight pro wins (35 KO's) to a shot at the world champ, Joe Frazier. Although a massive underdog, since Frazier was the unbeaten conquerour of Muhammad Ali, Foreman tore his opponent apart - knocking him down no less than 6 times in 4 minutes!

The bubble soon burst, however, in Kinshasa, Zaire, when Foreman defended his title against the ageing Ali - & the rope-a-dope technique. Ali absorbed Foreman's thunderous punches, & tired out the champion before dropping him in the 8th. Foreman took the loss badly &, despite a number of good wins, retired after losing a close points decision to Jimmy Young. He collapsed in the dressing room after the fight, & had a hallucination. Big George saw this as a revelation, & decided to turn his back on boxing in favour of the church.

Almost a decade later, however, Foreman's money had run dry, so he made a comeback! No-one gave him a second thought, the general concensus being that he was past it & just looking for some paydays. So Michael Moorer must still be in shock after taking a seemingly easy defence of his WBA & IBF crowns against him. Easily ahead on points, Moorer was tagged by Big George's biggest weapon, & crashed to the canvas. At 46, George Forman was the oldest world heavyweight champ of all time, some 21 years after he first held the crown!

George has opened yet another chapter in his life with retirement, selling a grilling machine! George Foreman's Mean, Lean, Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine has, thus far, earned Big George an estimated 6 times the amount he earned from his career as a boxer!!!