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Tributes for boxing legend
Sunday Tribune
|March 23, 2025
TRIBUTES continue to stream in for boxing legend George Foreman, who died “peacefully” at the age of 76, surrounded by his family.
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In a statement on Instagram, the two-time world heavyweight champion boxer and Olympic gold medalist’s family said: “Our hearts are broken. With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father and a proud grand- and great-grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility and purpose.”
Foreman was born in Texas in 1949. He grew up in Houston and turned to boxing at 17 to lose weight and “become a great street fighter”.
He told Ringside Report in 2000: “Next thing I know, I was fighting as a Golden Glover. It basically all happened as an accident.”
At just 19, he won a gold medal at the Mexico City Olympic Games in 1968.
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