During that time he also began training as a boxer. “I went into boxing at the age of 17 to lose weight and become a great street fighter,” he told Ringside Report in 2000. “Next thing I ...
George Foreman, the charismatic boxer turned infomercial star who had a retail hit with his Foreman Grill product line, died Friday. He was 76. The Texas-born Foreman became Heavyweight Champion ...
A sports fanatic himself, President Donald Trump remembered the legendary boxer in a Truth Social post early Saturday morning. “George Foreman is dead. What a GREAT FIGHTER!!!” Trump wrote.
Born in 1949, the boxer grew up poor in the segregated American South, before dropping out of junior high school and using his size and fists in street robberies. He would later write he was ...
Former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman died Friday, his family announced through his Instagram account. He was 76 years old. No cause of death was provided. He was described as having ...
Sebastian Fundora finally made the first defense of his WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles, one year after he won them from Tim Tszyu in a major upset. However, that fight didn't come against ...
Claressa Shields has won titles in three different weight classes and she's the current undisputed junior middleweight champion, and the unified middleweight champion. Mark Brown/Getty Images ...
The Federal Government has approved the temporary closure of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport (SLAA) in Ibadan to enable ongoing upgrades designed to elevate the airport to international standards.
The Federal Government has officially flagged off the 125km Benin–Asaba Superhighway Project which will be fully financed by Africa Plus Partners under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. The ...
Mike Tyson has been branded 'overrated' Getty Dempsey made the controversial statement during an appearance on talkSPORT Fight Night, challenging the boxing icon's legacy despite acknowledging his ...