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Very few athetes have gone from despised to loved the way George Foreman did. RIP to one of the greats that made boxing such a big part of my early sports watching life.

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I went to middle school with one of his daughters so this hits close to (my former) home. I met him a handful of times, and he was always as nice, light hearted, and joking as he came off in his grill infomercials. RIP champ. 

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Was he sick before, said he was surrounded by family so it sounds like it and you don’t usually die from natural causes at 76.  Rip George, I still use my Forman as a sandwich press and for burgers sometimes.  

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1 hour ago, Hook1997 said:

Was he sick before, said he was surrounded by family so it sounds like it and you don’t usually die from natural causes at 76.  Rip George, I still use my Forman as a sandwich press and for burgers sometimes.  

He listed his primary residence for sale about a year ago. I don’t know if it was related to an illness or not. 

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Watching highlights of George Foreman is one of my longtime favorite activities.  I’ve posted his gold medal round against some dirty commie before, which is awesome. 
 

But big bald later career Foreman is awesome in a different way.  His whole attitude every fight is “like I give a single fuck about any of the punches you’re throwing.”  Walks into them. Doesn’t feel them. And just delivers haymaker after haymaker.  
 

All entertaining.  If you want one that is particularly amusing, the reset at the 6:00 mark here is great.  Dude is out on his feet, George casually strolls up, delivers an uppercut that would kill every person in this board. 

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1 hour ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Watching highlights of George Foreman is one of my longtime favorite activities.  I’ve posted his gold medal round against some dirty commie before, which is awesome. 
 

But big bald later career Foreman is awesome in a different way.  His whole attitude every fight is “like I give a single fuck about any of the punches you’re throwing.”  Walks into them. Doesn’t feel them. And just delivers haymaker after haymaker.  
 

All entertaining.  If you want one that is particularly amusing, the reset at the 6:00 mark here is great.  Dude is out on his feet, George casually strolls up, delivers an uppercut that would kill every person in this board. 

 

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Ken Lakusta

 

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Steven Wright

 

The interesting thing about Ken Lakusta is he is suppose to be 6'1.5" while Foreman is 6'4". Foreman looks so much larger.

 

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Bill Mercer has died at 99. Most know him as the voice of World Class Wrestling in DFW, but he had a huge impact on sports radio teaching at North Texas. The list of careers he impacted is long and distinguished. 

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22 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

George casually strolls up, delivers an uppercut that would kill every person in this board. 

All at once?

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