George Foreman

  1. Boxing Needs More Marquee Matchups

    Talk to any sports fans under the age of 30. Any of them wearing a baseball cap backwards or an Affliction T-shirt, and ask what they’ll watch this weekend...

    Joseph Santoliquito Written by Joseph Santoliquito about 1 month ago 309 reads 1 comments

  2. George Chuvalo Talks Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, MMA

    George Chuvalo is one of the greatest Canadian boxers of all-time—he fought the best in the greatest era of Heavyweight boxing, including Ali, Foreman and Frazier...

    Arda Ocal Written by Arda Ocal about 1 month ago 1,399 reads 0 comments

  3. Eric 'Butterbean' Esch and the 13 Fattest Boxers in Heavyweight History

    Being a member of boxing’s heavyweight division doesn’t necessarily suggest that a fighter is overweight or out of shape, all it does is denote the weight class like any of the other 16 assemblages of the sweet science...

    Nedu Obi Written by Nedu Obi about 4 months ago 2,186 reads 5 comments

  4. Boxing: Best Heavyweight Slugfests of All Time (Video)

    To kick off the New Year on the right note, I fished around YouTube and turned up 15 pretty handy heavyweight slugfests...

    Brin-Jonathan Butler Written by Brin-Jonathan Butler about 5 months ago 2,672 reads 1 comments

  5. Boxing KO of the Day: George Foreman's Obliteration of Poor Gerry Cooney

    Back in 1990, big George Foreman was pining for a title fight against heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield (his wish would be granted the following year). George's record stood at 64 wins, two losses and an absolutely amazing 60 KOs...

    Brin-Jonathan Butler Written by Brin-Jonathan Butler about 6 months ago 403 reads 4 comments

  6. Manny Pacquiao: With a Win, Where Will He Rank Among the Greatest Ever?

    Manny Pacquiao has already established himself as one of the 30 greatest fighters of all time . I decided that 10 months ago, before his fight with Shane Mosley, which did little ...

    Dave Carlson Written by Dave Carlson about 7 months ago 213 reads 0 comments

  7. Smokin' Joe Frazier: Toughness Personified

    With the passing of Joe Frazier, we have lost another athlete from the golden age of sports, particularly boxing. He passed away Monday at the age of 67 from the effects of a bout with liver cancer...

    Derek Crouse Written by Derek Crouse about 7 months ago 43 reads 0 comments

  8. Boxing Knockout of the Day: George Foreman's Knockout-War Against Ron Lyle

    The Rumble In the Jungle had cost George Foreman his championship and irrevocably altered his life. He'd not only lost to Muhammad Ali, but suffered the first knockout of his life (also what would remain the only knockout loss of his career)...

    Brin-Jonathan Butler Written by Brin-Jonathan Butler about 7 months ago 251 reads 2 comments

  9. The 25 Most Astounding Athletic Career Comebacks

    The athletes on this list have been maimed, shot, scorched, stabbed, grenaded, banned, crippled, stricken with poverty and stricken with cancer. No one imagined they would, or could ever return to their athletic endeavors...

    Eric Newman Written by Eric Newman about 8 months ago 8,960 reads 8 comments

  10. The 20 Most Brutal Knockouts in Boxing History (With Video)

    A list of boxing's most brutal knockouts is a hopelessly slippery list to try and grasp. Coming at it purely subjectively, my list would have a far more generous serving of Chris Byrd and Evander Holyfield being subjected to harm...

    Brin-Jonathan Butler Written by Brin-Jonathan Butler about 8 months ago 10,039 reads 30 comments

  11. Mike Tyson: Top 10 Punches He Ever Landed

    Forget pitying the boxers I've lined up to show you getting spanked by Iron Mike. What did they really lose? How did they really suffer? What did they really have to go through adding to this man's highlight reel? Nothing...

    Brin-Jonathan Butler Written by Brin-Jonathan Butler about 8 months ago 2,388 reads 13 comments

  12. Michael Vick and 10 Guys Who Made the Most of a Second Chance

    As fans of sports, we either love a player and make every attempt to defend them, or on the other side of the spectrum, make every attempt to condemn them...

    James Welch Written by James Welch about 9 months ago 1,019 reads 11 comments

  13. Victor Ortiz and the Exceptions to the Rule of Quitting

    The rule of thumb in boxing is that after the first time a fighter quits it becomes easier for that fighter to quit in the future. Boxers learn how to give up. After they have dealt with the public chastising once it is easier to do so a second time...

    Jesse Lewis Written by Jesse Lewis about 9 months ago 696 reads 0 comments

  14. George Foreman vs Mike Tyson and Other Tyson Fights That Should Have Happened

    One of the most marketable entertainers who ever lived left far too much to the imagination where his career is concerned. Prior to his incarceration in 1992, we had possible fights against George Foreman and Evander Holyfield...

    Brin-Jonathan Butler Written by Brin-Jonathan Butler about 9 months ago 1,929 reads 12 comments

  15. Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather and the Top 5 Dream Fights of All Time

    Marquee sporting events are all about the matchups. If you want to see a great baseball game you're going to go with the Boston Red Sox playing the New York Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles versus the Seattle Mariners every time...

    Ravi Lulla Written by Ravi Lulla about 9 months ago 1,047 reads 4 comments

  16. 10 of the Greatest Knockouts of All Time

    The knockout is boxing's most thrilling possible resolution. There is no more decisive outcome to a fighting contest than one man being unable to rise and continue. Knockouts eliminate the Eugenia Williams' of the world...

    James Foley Written by James Foley about 10 months ago 6,762 reads 19 comments

  17. George Foreman Talks About Wladimir Klitschko's Legacy: Not Much Will Be Left

    “He’s always trying to protect that chin, but he’s not going to leave much of a legacy,” said Geroge Foreman about Wladimir Klitschko during Foreman’s interview on Houston’s Radio Sports Talk Show ...

    Vitali Shaposhnikov Written by Vitali Shaposhnikov about 11 months ago 407 reads 2 comments

  18. Boxing Round of the Day: Holyfield and Foreman Exchange Bombs in Round 7

    It had been nearly 25 years since former Heavyweight Champion George Foreman challenged for a heavyweight championship when he took on Evander Holyfield in April of 1991...

    Blake Dreisbach Written by Blake Dreisbach about 12 months ago 729 reads 4 comments

  19. The Top 10 Blowouts in Championship Game/Series History

    When two teams make it to a championship game, the expectations are that they are the top-tier teams or players in that sport...

    Jeffrey Schmidt Written by Jeffrey Schmidt about 12 months ago 248 reads 2 comments

  20. Boxing: The 10 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time

    It seems like forever ago when the worlds only care in sports was who was fighting for the Heavyweight Championship. Stadium's were packed all over the world to see Muhammad Ali fight Joe Frazier and George Foreman...

    Jason Amareld Written by Jason Amareld about 12 months ago 5,803 reads 10 comments