George Foreman was born on the 10th of January 1949 in Marshall, Texas, USA and was a great boxing champion. At the moment he has his own church where is a Christian minister and is also a businessman.
Biography and Career :
He was a professional boxer and during his successful career became the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion two times.
Now he is among the 25 greatest fighters of all time.
He had had 81 fights, 76 wins and 5 losses. From the 76 wins 68 are by knock out.
On the 24th of December 1971 he married Adrienne Calhoun. They had two children, but after three years got divorced.
Muhammad Ali is the only boxer who beat him by a knock out.
In 1975, after this loss, he was an inactive player, but the next year started playing again.
1977 was the year when he stopp
ed boxing for ten year.
He came back in the boxing world in 1987 and in 1994 he became the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion for the second time.
It was a great deal for him, but in 1999 renounced again boxing.
There was no surprise in 2004 when he announced he would come back in the arena.
Between 1977 and 1979 he was married to Cynthia Lewis and between 1981 and 1982 to Sharon Goodson.
On the 28th of April 1982 he married Andrea Skeete. They had two children and in February 1985 the couple divorced.
Now he is married with Mary Joan' Martelly' since March 1985 and they have six children.
In 1968 he was the winner of a gold medal at the Olympics.
Trivia :
- Height: 192 cm
- His nickname is Big George
- He divorced four times
Filmography :
- TV total (1 episode, 2004)
- Sarah Kuttner - Die Show (1 episode, 2004)
- Electric Playground (1 episode, 2000)
- Bad Dads (1996) (TV)
- Saturday Night Live (1 episode, 1994)
- George (1993) TV Series
- Let's Do It Again (1975)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, 1975)
Quotes :
- "I didn't come back for the money. I just got sick of beating people up for free."
- "The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income."
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