George Foreman, world heavy boxing champion, dies in 76 | Boxing news

Foreman Muhammad Ali took over in 1974 in one of the most famous boxing matches, which is the Damma in the woods.

George Foreman, a former world heavyweight boxing champion, died at the age of 76 after the profession of Mazin Karadi, a sponsor and a businessman.

In a statement on Saturday morning, the Foreman family wrote on Instagram that the boxing legend died “surrounded by his loved ones” the night before.

His family wrote: “A religious preacher, a loyal husband, a loving father who found pride and one of the grandfather, lived a life characterized by faith, humility and fixed purpose.”

“The human being, an Olympic champion and a heavyweight champion twice in the world, was deeply respected. A force for good, a man of discipline, condemnation, and his legacy, fights tirelessly to preserve his good-family name.”

He was born in Marshall, Texas, in 1949, the Foreman family moved to Houston, where he grew up poor in the separate south and left the novice high school, using its size and strength in street robberies.

At the age of sixteen, Foreman was encouraged to direct his anger and status to boxing after joining the job agent, which was part of the “Great Society” reforms of the President of the United States, Lindon Bohnson.

By 19, in his twenty -fifth amateur battle, Foreman won the gold medal of the heavy boxing in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. After his victory, Foreman went to the professionals and won his first heavyweight championship in 1973 against the hero Joe Fraser.

However, his success was short -term after he lost his first title to Muhammad Ali in their famous “Clam in the forest” Fighting in 1974.

But the loss was destroyed by Foreman, who took a year of vacation before returning to the ring, and after another professional loss, he retired in 1977 to become a minister drew in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

After a decade, Foreman returned to the ring to raise money for the Youth Center founded in Texas, where he won 24 consecutive games before losing to Ivander Hoillefd in a decision of 12 rounds in 1991.

Three years later, at the age of 45, Foreman expelled Michael Moor, who is 19 years old, to become the oldest heavyweight hero.

In 1997, after the last Foreman match, he ended his career with a professional number of 76 wins and five losses.

But outside the circuit, Foreman was known as George Foreman Grill, who was launched in the same year that he won against Morar.

The cooking machine sold more than 100 million units, making it more money than his career in boxing.

Foreman survived his five sons, all of whom are called George, five biological girls, and two adopted two daughters.