After initially retiring from the sport in 1977, Foreman returned after a decade away, and would go on to become the oldest world heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer to won the IBF ...

1971 — Muhammad Ali wins a four-year legal battle to overturn his 1967 conviction for draft evasion in an 8-0 vote by the U.S ...

Holyfield made the move up to heavyweight a short while after his victory over De Leon, going on to capture the undisputed ...

There is no other sport that lends itself to dramatic, real-life storytelling like boxing. You have two protagonists and with ...

MUHAMMAD ALI would still tease George Foreman about their Rumble in the Jungle 40 years on – after the once great rivals became inseparable. Ali famously defeated Foreman in Zaire – now… ...

MUHAMMAD ALI would still tease George Foreman about their Rumble in the Jungle 40 years on – after the once great rivals became inseparable. Ali famously defeated Foreman in Zaire – now… ...

The making of a champion: Ali’s early years American Heavyweight boxer, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali, 1942 – 2016), making a fist as he lies on his hotel bed, London, 27th May 1963.

Muhammad Ali redefined heavyweight boxing—he broke every rule about how big men should fight. Across 21 years as a professional, Ali won 56 fights (37 by knockout) and lost only 5. Ali turned ...

George Foreman, who died in March at ... Muhammad Ali then defeated Foreman to take the title in 1974 in the ... Hours later. Gov. Greg Abbott signed a similar bill into law.

The George Foreman comeback story stacks up against the best in our ... Foreman was first humbled by Muhammad Ali in 1974, ... he signed that endorsement deal with an upstart kitchen ...

In a file photo from 1974, world champion George Foreman holds his powerful right aloft as he makes his way to the dressing room, after he successfully defended his title against challenger Ken ...

LOS ANGELES — George Foreman, the sleek, surly boxer who tangled with Muhammad Ali in the epic “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight championship fight before embarking on a lifetime of reinventions as a ...