{"id":2382,"date":"2025-03-29T05:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T05:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2025-05-13T05:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:20:26","slug":"big-george-foreman-a-boxing-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmtv.ca\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/big-george-foreman-a-boxing-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Big George Foreman: A Boxing Legend Mourned at  age 76"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2382\" class=\"elementor elementor-2382\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38bce7d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38bce7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d44a002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d44a002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"\" data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"127\"><strong data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"125\">A Career Spanning Decades<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"\" data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"403\">Foreman, known as &#8220;Big George&#8221; in the ring, competed for decades, beginning in the 1960s. He achieved numerous accolades, including an Olympic gold medal and multiple championship title belts. Notably, he won the world heavyweight title twice during his illustrious career.<\/p><h2 class=\"\" data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"438\"><strong data-start=\"408\" data-end=\"436\">The Rumble in the Jungle<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"\" data-start=\"439\" data-end=\"744\">In 1974, Foreman lost his first heavyweight title to Muhammad Ali in their legendary <strong data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"550\">&#8220;Rumble in the Jungle&#8221;<\/strong> bout. Despite this loss, his professional boxing record remained remarkable, boasting <strong data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"653\">68 knockouts<\/strong>\u2014almost double that of Ali. Over the course of his career, he suffered only five defeats.<\/p><h2 class=\"\" data-start=\"746\" data-end=\"784\"><strong data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"782\">Two-Time Heavyweight Champion<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"\" data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"1039\">Foreman first claimed the <strong data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"853\">world heavyweight championship in 1973<\/strong>. In an extraordinary comeback, he reclaimed the title in <strong data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"936\">1994 at the age of 45<\/strong>, making him the oldest heavyweight champion in history. 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He achieved numerous accolades, including an Olympic gold medal and multiple championship title belts. Notably, he won the world heavyweight title twice during his illustrious career. 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