The family between 76 years old says, and the family of 76 has died.

Heavyweight legend George Foreman died at the age of 76, according to his family.

Known as Big George in The Ring, he competed for decades from the 1960s, and won gold in the Olympic Games and many title belts, including the world title for heavyweight twice.

He lost his first title to Muhammad Ali in their famous tears in the battle of the forest in 1974. 68 beating, almost twice that of Ali. Foreman lost five seizures during his career.

He won his first heavy world championship in 1973 and then did this again in 1994 at the age of 45. He retired from this sport in 1997 before finding fame and wealth again as a playground for a semen -selling stadium named.

“Our hearts are broken.

“A religious preacher, a loyal husband, a loving father, a great and great grandfather, he lived a life characterized by fixed faith, humility and purpose.”

The statement added: “Humanity, Olympic, and twice the heavyweight hero in the world, was deeply respected – a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and the protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name – to his family.”

Foreman was born in Marshall, Texas, on January 10, 1949, and he grew up with six brothers by a single mother in the separate American south.

He went out of school and moved to the street robbers before finding his outlet in the ring.

Foreman won the gold medal of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, 1968, before turning into professionals and won 37 consecutive games.

He defeated the hero of the referee who was not defeated by Joe Fraser in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1973, six times in the first two rounds.

Its pirates in 1974 are still in the forest against Ali in Kinshasa, and Zaire, who is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of the most famous boxing matches ever.

Ali, the older man, was weakened after stripping him seven years ago because he refused to be formulated in the Vietnam War.

Foreman later said: “I said I would go there and kill him and people said:” Please, do not say that you will kill Muhammad. ”

“So I said,” Well, I will hit him on the ground. This is how easy I thought the battle would be. “

But Wily ali used a tactic later known as “Rope-A-Dope”, which was wearing Foreman, causing hundreds of punches before Ali’s emptying in the eighth round and scored a knockout.

After a second professional loss, Foreman retired in 1977 and became a minister drawn in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Texas, which he founded and built.

“We started the meeting informally in various houses in Houston, and a long time ago, the crowds became very large for most of the homes they absorbed,” Foreman said on his website.

“In the end, we bought a plot of land and an old building on the northeastern side of Houston.”

Foreman came out of retirement in 1987 to raise funds for the Youth Center. He won 24 games before losing to Ivander Hoelphield after 12 rounds in 1991.

In 1994, Foreman went out of the unnoticed Michael Moor to become the oldest heavyweight hero at 45 years.

George Foreman Grill, who bought millions since he reached the market in 1994, has become partially due to the phrase “lean barbecue”.

Foreman married five times. He has dozens of children. Five of his sons, George.

He explained on his website that he gave their name to himself until “they will always have something common.”

“I say to them,” If one of us ascends, then we all rise together. “And if someone falls, then we all go together!”