George Forman was a 20 -year -old world champion at the age of 20, but Muhammad lost his belt to Muhammad Ali, in which it could be a memorable fight in boxing history.
George Forman. Died on Friday night. Some boxers have biggest moments than George Forman, and even after leaving the quadrilateral, he only started.
20 years after the fight with Ali, 45 -year -old Forman became The senior man who won the Heavyweight ChampionshipThrowing a perfect combination of Michael Moore in an epic surprise. Fourman’s family announced his death on social networks, without telling him how or where he died.
“A devotional pastor, a devotional husband, affectionate father and proud grandfather and great -Grandfather, Lived a life marked by unstable beliefHumility and purpose, ”wrote his family, the Olympic and Twice the world champion In heavyweights, it was deeply respected. A good power, a decent, firm and security man, fought tirelessly to protect his good name. “
Forman, native to Texas, started his boxing career Winner This is the top of the heaveeweights section that inspired fears and admiration Stop Joe Fresion in 1973. When Ali reached one of the bold victories in Boxing History in Zire, his strong light evaporates a year later, The Current Democratic Republic of CongoForman causes the disease to lose its belt.
Bomman He left the game after a few years, But after ten years, he returned after a religious awareness. Then, one The most spectacular knock outs in boxing historyTapping Moor, a 19 -year -old younger than him, had surgical rights and got two heavyweight belts of Moore. The 20 years of Formman’s 20 years is undoubtedly the longest interval between Heavyweight titles.
Bomman change A rebellion number has been completedHe fought only four times, with 68 knock outs 76-5, before his next business life, advertiser and occasionally going to the actor. Outside the quadrilateral, he was known as the image of George Forman Grill, which was launched the same year as the victory against Moore. Sold over 100 million units And made him more wealthy than his game.
“George is a best friend Not only mine, but my whole family said, “We have lost a family member. We are completely disaster.”
A serious life change
Forman devoted himself to crime When it grows in the fifth ward of Houston, but thanks for the boxing. He was part of United States Olympic team In 1968, the gold medal in Mexico won the gold medal as a young man, defeating the 29 -year -old contestant at a star show.
Forman was at the top of professional boxing In the next five years, But he was also considered a distant and friendly athlete, by his behavior and by the side of the time of the time. Jim Lambli, a senior boxer announcer who worked with Forman for many years in HPO, said that Forman’s initial behavior was an attempt to follow Sony Liston, the 1960s, Sony Liston.
“At one point It realized that he was not. Frojier Falls! ” Before accepting the fight against Ali In the now immortal war, organized by advertiser Dan King in Africa.
Forman announced to the ‘BBC’ in 2014, and accepted the fight for the charity on Ali, who suspected that he was ruined. “I told him to leave him and kill him. People said: ‘Please, don’t say you are going to kill Muhammad,” Forman said. “So I said: ‘Well, I will attack him until he throws him on the ground.’
Exhausted and frustratedForman stopped fighting in 1977 and served with children in Houston after his religious awareness in the next decade. In the late 1987, he returned to boxing with a plan to challenge the time that frequent ‘Ring’ in ‘Ring’, and in 1991, he accumulated a long series of successes before the defeat of Evander Holfield in the struggle for a surprise title in 1991.
After three years, Forman faced Moore in Las VegasMore than his fame than the ability to defeat him. Champion Since Forman could not kill his slow blows, he seemed to have conveniently conquered the first nine attacks.
Forman definitely abandoned the quadrons in 1997, Sometimes he talked about returning. He settled in a life as a boxer researcher for HBO and Grilz’s pitcher who developed his fame and fortune. Most of the world soon met Forman as a loving friend.
“He began to act as a product seller with a giant smile on his face,” Lambley recalled. “When I worked with him, people said: ‘George is a clown ‘. I told them: ‘Okay, you can call him a clown, but he really is a genius. This is the greatest genius I met. ‘People said: “Well, genius, what do you mean?” I said: “Well, check the bank account.” If it is not enough proof, I don’t know what it is. So it’s a genius. It is a human genius.
AdvertisementForman played briefly A joke In a situation called ‘George’ in the 1990s, he appeared in the Teller Conto Competition in 2022, even in the ‘Mascot Singer’ competition. In 2023, a biographical film based on his life was released. Bomman He had 12 childrenFive of them were called George Edward Forman.
“The famous boxer championThe pastor, father, grandfather and great grandfather, who changed his life, said, “WBC’s President Morrisio Suleiman wrote on social networks, great George is relieved.
