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George Foreman Dead: two -time boxing master in bulky weight, who dies at the age of 76

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The world of boxing mourns the loss of a real heavyweight titan, George Foreman, who died at the age of 76.

In a cordial statement issued on social media, the Foreman family shared their regret: “Our hearts are broken. With deep sadness we announce the departure of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr., who calmly left on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones.

“A pious preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father and a proud grandfather and great -grandfather, lived with a life marked by unwavering faith, humility and goal.”

They still respected his heritage, stating: “Humanitarian, Olympian and two -time heavyweight champion, he was deeply respected – strength for good discipline, conviction and defender of his legacy, fighting for tirelessly to keep his good name – for his family.”

The family expressed gratitude for the support they received, and asked for privacy: “We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers and ask for privacy when we worship the extraordinary life of a man who we were blessed to name our own.”

The excellent career of Foreman began with the victory of the Golden Medal in the heavyweight department at the Summer Olympic Games in 1968, and then the following year the transformation of professionals. His amazing journey included the dethronization of the previously undefeated Joe Frazier with a knockout of the second round to get the heavyweight title in 1973, he informs Mirror us

Unexplored, Foreman defended his heavyweight crown twice before he suffered the first professional loss from Muhammad Ali’s hands in the cult show in the show in the jungle in 1974. The fight is considered one of the biggest attacks in history, fighting with each other for two versatile great in front of each other in the front in the front and back.

After he did not win the next world title, Foreman lost to Jimmy Adolescent in 1977 and turned to retirement. Ten years later, Foreman sensationally announced the return and in the age of 45 he defeated Michael Moorerer – 19 years younger – to win the titles of WBA championships, IBF and a linear heavyweight.

Foreman finally dropped the WBA belt when he refused to defend the title, and after defending his title IBF against Alex Schulz, the American gave up the belt. At the age of 46 and 169 days, Forman became the oldest heavyweight champion in history.

Foreman remains the oldest warrior who has ever won the title of the world in bulky weight and the second oldest in every weight class, behind Bernard Hopkins in a slight bulky weight. At the age of 48 with a record of 76 wins – 68 via knockout – and five losses, Foreman called his excellent career in 1997.

Foreman was also a world -class entrepreneur, introducing George Foreman Grill. Since its inception in 1994, over 100 million pieces of George Foreman grills have been sold around the world.

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George Cambosos Jr vs Jake Wyllie-Report results and after the fight

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A June meeting with IBF super lightweight world champion, Hitchins awaits Kambosos Photo Credit: Melina Pizano/ Matchroom

George Cambosos Jr defeated the late substitute Jake Wyllie at the points in Sydney photo Credit: Matchroom Boxing
George Cambosos Jr defeated the delayed substitute Jake Wyllie at the points in Sydney photo Credit: Matchroom Boxing

George Cambosos Jr made his debut at the Super Lightweight at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney and approached the shot in the world championship title, but was firmly pushed by Jake Wyllie before he won points within 12 rounds.

Cambosos was to face Daud Yordan, but the Indonesian had to withdraw for medical reasons, and Wyllie took the opportunity after less than a week.

Wyllie (16-2, 15 KO) began to go well in the opener, but was caught by the left hook at the end of the frame, when Cambosos (22-3, 10 KO) began to claim.

The left hand of the 31-year-old found an ordinary house, but he died honestly, even when under fire.

Underdog had a solid sixth round, because he temporarily disturbed Cambosos with a salvo of shots, but “cruel” was still controlled and usually denied what Queenslander had to offer.

The nine round saw the crisis for his home favorite when a nasty cut appeared above his eye.

Wyllie gained confidence in the rounds of the championship, and Cambosos, who began to defeat Vasiliy Lomachenko in May last year, had to be on his inflammation, but he managed to negotiate his way to the last bell in what was a decent test for him.

In the June meeting with IBF Super Lightweight World Champion, Hitchins is waiting for Cambosos photo: Melina Pizano/ Matchroom
In the June meeting with IBF Super Lightweight World Champion, Hitchins is waiting for Cambosos photo: Melina Pizano/ Matchroom

Two results 117-111 and third in 115-113 meant that Cambosos made a unanimous victory of the decision.

A man from Sydney called for showdown with IBF Super Lightweight Champion, Richardson Hitchins and Promoter Eddie Hearn He confirmed that they had a date in June in Recent York to the proposed meeting.

Brown stunns Nicolson to become the world champion

Tiara Brown stunned the home crowd when she became the fresh world champion of WBC WWC WWASWay with a divided decision over Skye Nicolson.

Both were involved in some arguments in gathering, and in the fight itself Brown (19-0, 11 KO) he gave Nicolson (12-1, 1 KO) everything she could handle, and she worked difficult for the full ten rounds.

Brown defeated Nicolson to become a world champion photo: Matchroom Boxing
Brown defeated Nicolson to become a world champion photo: Matchroom Boxing

It seemed that it could be a close competition, because both the couple achieved their successes, and the master ended strongly, but the American was announced the winner of 97-93 and 96-94.

Nicolson, who suffered his first professional defeat, took the verdict 96-94 for the third judge.

Johnson stops Hughes in a rematch

WBA world champion Bantamweight, Cherneka Johnson, defended her title in a rematch against Nina Hughes and definitely won the recurring victory with the seventh round.

Hughes (6-2, 2 KO) was wrongly announced as the winner at the original meeting in May last year, and Johnson (17-2, 7 KO) finally announced that the majority Victor.

Johnson won the second win in a row over the Hughes Photo Credit: Matchroom Boxing
Johnson won the second win in a row over the Hughes Photo Credit: Matchroom Boxing

This time, the judges were not required because the British corner finally threw a towel, with their gray under bulky fire.

Teremoana makes Singh easier

The former Olympian, Teremoan Teremoan, remained perfect when he blew up James Singh in the round of their heavyweight clashes for six.

Teremoana (7-0, 7 KO) had Singha (12-6, 11 KO) before the detention of Fiji wading along the ropes, the judge intervened.

Other card

Imam Khataev first went to a distance as a professional, scoring points over Durval Elias Palacio (14-4, 11 KO).

Khataev (10-0, 9 KO) won a competitive win by two results 99-89 and a third at 98-90.

Another difficult in action was Hemi Ahio (24-1, 17 KO), and Recent Zelander needed less than a round to reject Aekkaphob Auraiwan (9-4-1, 7 KO).

In four round circles, Jayden Buan (4-0, 2 KO) won points with Jordan Kasilieris (1-4-1, 1 KO).

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Emotional entry on George Foreman’s Instagram before his sudden death at the age of 76

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The legend of the boxing George Foreman, just a few weeks before his passage at the age of 76, shared the moving end post on Instagram, looking back at his extraordinary life career and legendary boxing career, emphasized by his deep faith.

Thinking about the valued moment from 30 years ago, she wrote a heavyweight icon a few weeks before her death: “30 years ago I started to believe:” Everything is possible if we believe. ” Power of prayer;

The foreman’s family gave their great regret in a exquisite post in social media, announcing his departure. He read: “Our hearts are broken. With deep sadness we announce the departure of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr., who calmly left on March 21, 2025 in the surroundings of his loved ones.

“A pious preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father and a proud grandfather and great -grandfather, lived with a life marked by an unwavering faith, humility and goal. Humanitarian, Olympian and two -time world champion.

“He was deeply respected – strength for good, a man of discipline, beliefs and a defender of his heritage, tirelessly fighting to preserve his good name – for his family.

“We are grateful for pouring love and prayers and we kindly ask for privacy when we worship the extraordinary life of a man that we were blessed to name our own.”

Foreman began his excellent boxing career, winning a gold medal in the heavyweight ward at the Summer Olympic Games in 1968, changing the professional only a year later. Then he provided the title of heavyweight with an extraordinary victory in the second round over the previously undefeated Joe Frazier in 1973, he informs Mirror us.

Foreman, then undefeated, successfully defended his title heavyweight before he suffered his first professional defeat with Muhammad Ali in the legendary dedicated in the show in the jungle in 1974. This fight is recognized as one of the largest in history, containing two legends in an invigorating meeting, which ended with Ali won by Isea Kalalia in the eighth role.

After the next opportunity was not secured to the title of the world, Foreman was defeated by Jimmy Youthful in 1977 and then to retire. However, ten years later he returned sensational and 45 years aged he triumphed at Moorer – who was 19 years aged – to win the United WBA, IBF and line heavyweight championships.

Foreman finally gave up the WBA belt when he refused to defend the title, and after defending his title IBF against Alex Schulz, he also gave up this lane. At the age of 46 and 169 days he became the oldest champion in massive weight in history. He withdrew from his excellent career in 1997 at the age of 48, offering a record of 76 wins – 68 by knockout – and five losses.

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KSI cancels Dillon Danis fights and accused of “bottling” after health fights

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KSI was accused of “bottling” after confirming that his fight with Dillon Danis was postponed. YouTuber, who turned over, suffers from an unnamed disease in which his proposed freaks move with Danis.

Boxing Misfits confirmed on Friday that the fight, which was to take place in Manchester on March 29, was postponed. KSI published a video about X, in which he revealed that for three weeks he suffered from a gruesome disease. “I tried best, but my body literally gave up,” said the 31-year-old.

“I am currently in bed, taking antibiotics, I try to recover, but I fight. I am constantly coughing greenish yellow s ***, my bays hurt so much that I need ibuprofen every day.

“My strength has fallen from the cliff, I can’t even taste or smell now. Basically I am fucking. I was infirmed for almost three weeks and it was simply not better.

“I have never been so infirmed in my life and I hate it. I feel useless and depressing. I feel like I let so many people. I couldn’t publish movies to promote the fight because I felt like that ***”.

KSI, who noticed that several doctors saw him, apologized to fans, freak and sender Dazna.

But Danis showed a little sympathy and accused his opponent of “bottling him”, claiming that he was suffering worse, but he is still going to fly from the USA and take part in the fight. The 31-year-old sarcastically responded to the post of KSI X: “I remember my first chilly.”

Danis said The Daily Mail: “He is afraid, this is an excuse. I fought worse, I have a ticket to Manchester, he was ready and he wakes him up. I feel bad for fans.”

At X Danis referred to the participation of the book in the Sidemen Charity charity match at the Wembley stadium on March 8. He wrote: “He played in a full charity match 2 weeks ago, but he was” infirmed for 3 weeks “.

The boxing record of the book is 4-1 and wanted to bounce away from the unanimous defeat of the decision against Tommy Fury in October 2023. Danis was disqualified from the fight with Jake Paul in the co-business event for KSI vs Fury. The American has 2-0 in MMA and will return against the former momentary Master of UFC, Tony Ferguson at the Global Fight League.

Missions say that the KSI Danis vs update will be introduced next week, but Danis claims that he has not heard of the modern date of the struggle.

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