George Foreman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia  George Edward Foreman nicknamed Big George born January 10 1949 is an American twotime former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Olympic gold medalist ordained Baptist minister author and successful entrepreneur He is credited as being one of the hardest hitters in boxing history His most notable fights in his early career were his knockout TKO2 against Joe Frazier in Kingston Jamaica on January 22 1973 and his loss to Muhammad Ali KO by 8 in The Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa Zaire on October 30 1974 He later became the oldest man ever to become heavyweight boxing champion of the world when at age 45 he knocked out KO10 Michael Moorer age 26 on November 5 1994 to reclaim the title he held more than 20 years earlier He has been named one of the 25 greatest fighters of all time by Ring magazine He is now a successful businessman and an ordained Christian minister who has his own church Foreman is ranked 9 on Ring magazines list of 100 greatest punchers of all time He is also wellknown for the eponymous George Foreman Grill Description above from the Wikipedia article George Foreman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia