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George Foreman, American boxing legend and entrepreneur, dead at 76
New York Post ^ | March 21, 2025 | Andrew Battifarano

Posted on 03/21/2025 7:25:46 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Rest in peace, George! You were a champion in the ring. And a bigger champion outside of it!


41 posted on 03/21/2025 8:15:30 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: packagingguy

One of my favorites, too. This came as a shock.

RIP


42 posted on 03/21/2025 8:16:44 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Prayers of comfort for his loved ones...


43 posted on 03/21/2025 8:17:52 PM PDT by GOPJ (It's cheaper to 'rent a mob' for a Town Hall than buy thugs to burn down cities. )
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To: Bullish

Grilled burgers not good for us? I’ll take my chances! 🙂


44 posted on 03/21/2025 8:18:58 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

R.I.P., George. 🙏


45 posted on 03/21/2025 8:21:13 PM PDT by Allegra (🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈🍈)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

That is getting it done, preacher. Good job! Now eternity.


46 posted on 03/21/2025 8:21:28 PM PDT by Salvavida (NS)
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To: mass55th

Speaking of William Shatner, tomorrow is his birthday.

RIP, Mr. Foreman.


47 posted on 03/21/2025 8:22:34 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How much better could it be to be have 12 children wit all the boys named after you. Maybe better if Mrs. Forman had a chance to name some of her kids maybe but she may have agreed or even chosen the names.


48 posted on 03/21/2025 8:22:36 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

RIP. Condolences to his family and friends.


49 posted on 03/21/2025 8:25:01 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I always liked him. Two stories I remember:

He trained for fights by chopping wood behind his house.

One of his kids said that after a fight, he’d lay on the couch and moan for a week.

Fighter, entrepreneur, and character, RIP.


50 posted on 03/21/2025 8:29:27 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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Great American. It was impossible not to like him.

51 posted on 03/21/2025 8:36:34 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Even before he turned pro, George set himself apart from many of his colleagues.During the 1968 Olympics where protesting from the victory stand was en vogue, George won his gold medal and danced a victory trot around all four corners of the ring with a small American flag. When quizzed about the flag during the Vietnam Era, George replied simply to Howard Cosell, “I love my country.”

Seems many in our country loved him too.


52 posted on 03/21/2025 8:41:49 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Thank you, Trump, Musk, Leavitt....)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

RIP.


53 posted on 03/21/2025 8:43:02 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Uncle Sugar" is being audited and having an enema.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

RIP George Foreman.


54 posted on 03/21/2025 8:57:18 PM PDT by xp38
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I am sad. 76 is too young in this day. He was an enormous talent, a person of faith, and by all accounts, a wonderful person. RIP.


55 posted on 03/21/2025 9:01:32 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
The most brutal five rounds of boxing I ever watched was courtesy of Ron Lyle and George Foreman, in 1976. I admired Foreman's humility as well as his boxing ability and toughness.

When Dick Cavett asked him what happened at the "Rumble in the Jungle", Foreman smiled and stated he was outsmarted.

56 posted on 03/21/2025 9:02:05 PM PDT by PerConPat (The politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
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To: packagingguy

oh no, that sucks!

I’m getting to used to people living into their 80s and beyond.

I liked George. He seemed like a good guy.


57 posted on 03/21/2025 9:02:32 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dfwgator

Exactly. Just after the beat the living **** out of the Soviet heavyweight. For that alone he and his kin are in our hearts.


58 posted on 03/21/2025 9:03:55 PM PDT by katana
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He was a tough guy. Fought well in his comeback.

And very astute. He noticed when Morrison’s punches weren’t stinging as much...it turned Morrison already had HIV and was getting weaker.

George said there would have been no stopping the guy if that didn’t happen.

Both deceased now...one lied to a decent age and had what seems to be a very good life.

One crashed and burned. Sad.


59 posted on 03/21/2025 9:04:37 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Oldest heavyweight champ in history at age 45.


60 posted on 03/21/2025 9:09:06 PM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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