I think the boxing world reached it's peak when it had . . .

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Posted by BluBlood on March 21, 2025 at 22:40:42

In Reply to: RIP one of the greatest of the greats. George posted by HasBen on March 21, 2025 at 20:53:09

. . . Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, George Foreman, and Ali all active at the same time

Going into the Foreman-Ali match in Zaire, I was afraid Foreman was going to kill Ali. But I was pretty young then.

Also have to say I've gotten a lot of use out of my George Foreman grill, which is probably the first thing I would have said to him if we'd ever met.

He was both an athletic and cultural icon.

God bless him.

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When We Were Kings UCLA73 09:26:54 03/22/25 (0)
Funny. I've got a Foreman grill on my counter also* HasBen 07:36:32 03/22/25 (0)
After Nixon, Ford, Carter, they were the next tier of Americans DSCBruin 02:17:38 03/22/25 (3)
- Back then we never missed any Olympic boxing that was azbruin 09:06:15 03/22/25 (2)
  - Leonard-Hagler-Hearns-Duran those were the days* TheHappyBurgermeister 12:50:47 03/22/25 (0)
  - In the prime years the fighters had huge on stage personalitiess HasBen 12:00:16 03/22/25 (0)

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