Fearsome in the ring, George Foreman was so charming outside it he became America’s favorite pitchman. The Olympic gold ...

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"Anything for my friend Ronnie." Those were the words the late George Foreman used to sum up the relationship he developed with a fellow Olympic gold medalist Ronnie Harris of Canton. Foreman and ...

George Foreman didn’t mind that younger generations knew him more for his culinary grill than his heavyweight boxing championship. In an interviewed a few years ago with Chaunce Hayden ...

George Foreman ... In the first chapter of his boxing career, Foreman was nothing like the smiling grandfather who hawked his grills on television to great success. Foreman dabbled in petty ...

It was a rare instance for George Foreman, a fighter known for his no-doubt knockouts, being left in suspense by a boxing official. No matter how much Foreman pleaded with him, Ron Lipton refused ...