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After his loss to Evander Holyfield in April in Atlantic City, George Foreman had gained a new found respect from much of the public. He agreed to fight Jimmy Ellis on HBO on December 7, 1991 in Reno, Nevada. I wouldn’t have missed his return bout for anything, and went over my sister’s house to […]

After his knockout of Buster Douglas in October of 1990, Evander Holyfield agreed to fight George Foreman in his first title defense. That decision was met with much criticism, many calling George an old man, and the whole thing a joke. I didn’t care what the critics said, and I was excited about the bout.

After his knockout of Gerry Cooney on January 15, 1990, George Foreman returned to the ring on April 17th against Mike Jameson in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on the USA network. Jameson was a limited fighter at best, who had not fought in three years. ‘Big’ George toyed with him, before knocking him out in the

After his victory over Bert Cooper in June of 1989, George Foreman fought Everett ‘Big Foot’ Martin on July 20th in Tucson, Arizona. It would be the first time George didn’t stop his opponent, and he settled on a ten round decision win. Critics were all over his performance, saying he never fought anyone worth

After his knockout of Dwight Qawi in March of 1998, George Foreman fought six more times in 1988. Most of the competition was limited, but that was his idea, to fight often and build up an impressive record, before stepping up the level of the fighters he faced. He fought three more times in early

After his easy knockout of Charlie Hostetter in August, George Foreman continued on his comeback journey. He knocked out Tim Anderson in four rounds on November 21st, 1987, Rocky Sekorski in three rounds on December 18th, and Tom Trimm in one round on January 23, 1988. He returned to Vegas on February 5th to finish

After his initial return to the ring in March against Steve Zouski, George Foreman trained for four more months, and fought again in July. He stayed in the bay area of northern California, choosing to fight at the Oakland Coliseum. George had spent his time in the job corps in the 1960’s in this area,

After his loss to Jimmy Young on March 17, 1977, George Foreman was converted to Christ, and returned to Texas a different person. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister and an evangelist, with his mission in life to the preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. He founded his own church, and started the

After Riddick Bowe defeated Evander Holyfield on November 13, 1992, the WBC stripped him of their championship belt when Bowe refused to commit to fight top contender Lennox Lewis. Lewis was set to fight Razor Ruddock on October 31st in London for the vacant WBC belt. To see this HBO bout, I went over my

After his upset win over Ray Mercer on February 7, 1992, ex champ Larry Holmes signed to fight Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight title. After his tougher than expected bout with Bert Cooper in November of 1991, many were calling Evander a fraud, and said he hadn’t beaten anyone of note since knocking out Buster