NEW YORK — Larry Merchant often described boxing as “the theater of the unexpected.” When he was center stage, working with Jim Lampley and George Foreman on HBO Sports’ World Championship Boxing, the ...

The news of George Foreman’s death at age 76 came as a shock. The two-time heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist was a force of nature, not only in his awesome physical abilities but also ...

George Foreman, the boxing great who went on to become a grill entrepreneur and occasional TV star, has died. He was 76. Foreman's official Instagram account announced the news on Friday night. "Our ...

George Foreman became the heavyweight champion of the world in his 20s, only to lose his belt to Muhammad Ali in perhaps the most memorable fight in boxing history. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get ...

A week after the great George Foreman passed away, the BoxingScene team is paying tribute to one of the best heavyweights of all time, sharing our favorite memories and moments of a man who was ...

My earliest memory of George Foreman is from a TV commercial in 1991 advertising his bout with Jimmy Ellis. I remember it very clearly. It starts with Foreman in a full gray sweatsuit, jogging through ...

Multi-time boxing champion and grill pitchman George Foreman has died at the age of 76, his family confirmed. "Big" George Edward Foreman, Sr. died on Friday, March 21 surrounded by loved ones, ...

That George Foreman’s death was followed by that of Colin Hart made it inevitable that one particular story would be revisited by the many who hold it dear. When in 1974 the younger Foreman – the ...

George Edward Foreman was born in 1949 in Marshall, Texas, the fifth of seven children. Life was hard. George grew up hungry, ...

FILE – Former heavyweight champion George Foreman of Houston, reacts during a news conference in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 1994. George Foreman became the heavyweight champion of the world in his ...