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‘The Real Deal’ was, until recently, the only fighter to win the undisputed championship at cruiserweight and heavyweight, a ...
Fred Askew, a former heavyweight boxer who lives in Canton, once got knocked out by George Foreman. He shares his memories of the bout.
George Foreman had the power to knock out any heavyweight that ever lived and I’ve come to think of that as the best way to define his standing in the pantheon of heavyweight greats, writes Russ ...
George Foreman gave us so much inside the ring. Outside, he was an equally incredible human being. His fights against Muhammad Ali, Micheal Moorer, and Ron Lyle were instant classics, and he gave ...
As ESPN highlights, this giant of an athlete went on to defeat Joe Frazier and Ron Lyle. Foreman defeated Frazier in the fifth round via TKO, the same opponent he had defeated in two rounds to win the ...
George Foreman, a two-time heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Fame boxer, died Friday at age 76.
George Foreman’s career was filled with iconic moments. After losing to Muhammad Ali in 1974, he bounced back to winning ways with a knockout victory against Ron Lyle.
If you want to see Foreman’s power and comeback ability in full force, check out his 1976 uber-battle vs. Ron Lyle on YouTube. That fight even made my mother get up and shadow box.
Denver heavyweight Ron Lyle, right, grazes George Foreman with a straight right in the fourth round of their fight at Las Vegas on Saturday night, Jan. 26, 1976.
Although Foreman would bounce back from the loss by surviving an epic war of knockdowns with Ron Lyle before stopping Frazier in their rematch, it was a 1977 loss to Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico ...
Why was there no Muhammad Ali-George Foreman rematch? Following his first professional defeat, Foreman took 15 months out of the ring. When he returned, it was against the super-dangerous Ron Lyle ...