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He was dethroned by Tyson Fury when they clashed in November of 2015, although the Ukrainian great did come extremely close ...
In an interview with RetroBoxingLive, legendary trainer Emanuel Steward, who coached the likes to Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis ...
Madison Square Garden Garden is known as the Mecca of boxing for staging many great fights over the years, but New York City as a whole is littered with many iconic venues that have opened their doors ...
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Houston will host a celebration of life for George Foreman, the late boxer and businessman, on April 14 at the Wortham Theater Center.
When in 1974 the younger Foreman – the imposing, heavy-handed heavyweight with the meanest of streaks and the cold-blooded stare – was on the eve of defending his title against Ken Norton in ...
At 24, Foreman was the heavyweight champion, a scowling, Liston-esque figure whose power seemed unstoppable. He defended his title twice more, flattening Jose Roman and Ken Norton with ease.
Ken Norton – March 26, 1974 For the second defence of his titles – after defeating Frazier, Foreman faced Ken Norton at the Poliedro de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, on March 26, 1974.
When George Foreman and Hayward were at the top of the boxing world Lowell Hickey, a former sports editor of the Hayward Daily Review, had a ringside seat for Foreman’s rise to the title ...
Given Foreman’s final record and his knockouts of elite fighters like Joe Frazier (1973) and Ken Norton (1974), it’s hard to bet against "Big George" in this hypothetical heavyweight slugfest.