Heavyweight boxing legend George Foreman has passed away at the age of 76.
Foreman is one of the most influential and recognizable boxers of all time.
Foreman, who captured an Olympic gold medal in 1968, was a two-time heavyweight champion and Hall of Fame boxer.
He's perhaps best known for the historic Rumble in the Jungle bout with Muhammad Ali in 1974 in Zaire, a fight Foreman lost in an upset via eighth-round KO.
It's arguably the most famous fight of all time and the "When We Were Kings" documentary that chronicled the fight won an Oscar for best picture.
Foreman made history yet again later on in his career when he fought five more times after he lost the heavyweight championship to Ali at age 25, including another fifth-round TKO victory over Joe Frazier (whom he stopped in two rounds to first win the title) and a fifth-round KO of Ron Lyle in a classic.
After that fifth fight at 28, Foreman shockingly announced his retirement and began a career as an ordained minister in his native Texas.
Foreman retired for 10 years, and he returned in 1987 at age 38 and went on to mount arguably the most impressive sports comeback ever.
Foreman's final fight came in November 1997, a majority decision loss to Shannon Briggs.
He held his role with HBO as a ringside analyst for 12 years, ending in 2004.
The Ring named Foreman the ninth-greatest puncher of all time and in 2002, one of the top 25 best boxers of the past 80 years.
[Source: ESPN]
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