It's almost impossible to believe now that this man was the most feared heavyweight of all time when he faced Muhammad Ali. He's like a big cuddly teddy bear now.
@@number-ey8lz There's no doubt about his greatness. That was one hell of a fight where George played with Moorer's mind and knocked him out in the end. What I meant to emphasise was just how much he had changed. From trying to kill everyone he faced to just fighting and winning a clean fight. He was so much more likeable in the second coming.
I LOVE Big George. I'm 67 years old and I grew watching the Golden Age of boxers like George and Ali and Joe Frazier. I grieved when Joe and Ali died. So, I'm so glad that George is still there and looking so healthy and happy!
uncjim so true. I was about 4-5 when he beat Frazier. I LOVED boxing at that age. I remember vividly thinking Big George was mean and vicious. He terrified me. Then when he made the comeback for his church - I remember thinking- wow he’s not like I remember. It seems like he picked up the humbleness of Frazier and the humor of Ali. And it wasn’t the Afro that made him mean the first time around 😂
Sir Caleb right? Complete class act, even if he is having the shittiest day ever, he knows how to act on camera and in front of people! Boxers are some of the greatest actors without people even noticing or giving them credit for! Love how he just smiled when he realized they were rolling 👌🏻
wow man im so happy for George,he had 66 years in this interview and he speaks so good,alomst every boxer when he turns 45-50 he stops talking good,cause of the brain damage those guys took,Georges health is so great,i hope he stays like this for antoher 20 years,what a legend!
I have to rate George Foreman as one of the greats. Caste Iron chin, and murderous punch. To reclaim the title with a knockout of Michael Moore 20 yrs after losing it to Ali proves my point.
IMHO of all the boxers during the greatest period for the heavyweights, the 1970s, I have the most respect for this man, George Forman for so many reasons, his faith, his comeback, his business savvy, his attitude change from a young angry man into a beloved spokesman for boxing. God bless George Forman.
I love this guy is wish one day I could meet him he's looks like a good man am 47 years old it's have never seen nobody in person in my life God bless him he's all was positive
Che incredibile mutamento caratteriale ha avuto questo grande campione. Da arrogante, scontroso, diffidente e spietato, si è trasformato in uomo amabile, simpatico e dotato di un bellissimo sorriso.
George Foreman is a great person! Even when he was young be looked like he was a punk, but he has always been a down to earth great guy since he was young!
OPTIMUS PRIME dude. I always thought that!!!! 😂. I remember when I first saw him on Sanford and son when I was a kid in 1990, My dad was watching it with me. He said “son who is that guy?” I said “I don’t know”. He said “that’s George foreman”. Again, this was when George guest starred on Sanford and son. I was watching him in the late 80’s when he came back to boxing. And I told my dad he doesn’t even look like the same person when he was younger.
I think that this man that came back from retirement and got the title well after his prime shows how tough the boxers were in Ali's day and greatest of respect for Foreman who at any age had a punch so hard that it could fell a tree .....
Foreman is a smart man. His mind is as sharp ss his fists was in the ring. It's a pleasure to listen to him. And also he is always so humble and nice. A real gentleman.
Big George...The absolute pinnacle of what a " Champion" should be...Will always be at the top of my list as both a Champion and more importantly a testament regarding his faith and the power of Christ....final note...He makes a damn good grill as well....😊
All 6 of them, from George JR to George VI. It sounds like the kings of old Europe. His motto is “If one of us rises we all rise and if one of us goes down we all go down.” They support each other and if you mess with one, you’re messing with all seven.
Honestly in the both fights between Foreman and frazier , what impressed m3 most is how Frazier kept getting up ...Smokin joe was lion RIP Frazier and hope Foreman stays with us fir many more years...their Era was the best
I came for Joe Frasier insight as the title suggested, not much about him here. A lot of respect for Big George all the same, he's amazing for his age.
George Foreman feared & got onto Frazier quickly for that reason. He knew the opening rounds were key and that window will close quickly. Because when he starts smoking it would be like a train wreck
Hard to believe that GF was so badly affected in Zaire. He had been there for almost two months before the fight! Also, MA was in Africa exactly as long as he was.
He was being very superstitious as alot of fighters can be. He'd eat food flied out to him, he wasn't allowed to leave the country during the delay, and everybody was for Ali there. Nobody rooting for him period.
That's how good Foreman was in his prime, after beating Ali , all the so called boxing experts thought Frazier was unbeatable, and beating big George was just a formality, they all thought Goerge was just a big, lumbering oak who could punch, well after slaughtering Frazier, they all change they're tune pretty quick.
Amazing fighter, people remember him for the power in his hands but he's easily one of the greatest all-round fighters of all time. If he'd have beaten Ali he could have gone down as THE best ever, especially considering his absolutely incredible record stacked with incredible wins over tough tough fighters, and to top it all off, he's escaped with his mind still completely sharp.
@@joshuatree5620 Well people don't give Frazier credit for the win over Ali for two reasons. Ali beat Frazier twice after their first encounter, plus Ali had been out of the ring and out of training for several years before fighting Frazier and the argument was that the Ali that fought Liston and Cleveland Williams and so on, would have ran rings around Frazier. As for the second point, there's no secret about why people rate Foreman over Frazier, they met twice and Frazier got fucked up. I agree no one should take anything away from frazier but he wasn't as good as Foreman
@@jamesasher63 I'd say Ali was still close enough to his peak in 71 and frazier was absolutely peaked at that first fight, the fight of the century and he won it. Now Joe couldn't repeat that performance and of course foreman was always going to win against him but I don't rate on that. Foreman is a top 5 heavyweight, all time, frazier is at least a top 15.
Exactly.but the crazy thing is Foreman didnt even know he was Too strong for Joe,cause george was scared of him.you wouldn't think a 6'4 Tank would be scared of a 5'11 guy,but that goes to show the Reputation of Smokin' Joe.
I never knew that George Foreman wanted to fight Mike Tyson for the Heavyweight Champion title on letterman show.On letterman, George Foreman kinda remind me of Mike with bald head and face features.That fight never happened and George was offered by Don King $5M to fight Mike Tyson.
My mind say’s I feel great. My heart say’s you’ve got this but my body say’s “No the f**k you don’t. Go home and sit your fat a** down”…😂 😂 All joking aside George is one of the greats and he earned his spot among the like’s of jack Johnson, Joe Louis, SRR, Muhammad Ali and smokin Joe Frazier. Love them all. May they all rest in peace. It’s kind of sad to think that out of all those name’s George is the only one left. 😢 💕
Michael moorer came off with some bullshit as George being ‘fake’ big George likes to smile and feel joyful around people and people like moorer can’t understand that. Maybe Moorer thinks differently now he’s older
George's first few words allude to his inability to (after all these years) make sense of that Ali loss. George had more than two months to acclimate to Zaire. He always is seeking to place the blame everywhere instead of admitting to himself that plan A, was to go out and kill Ali and when that didn't work he was incapable of coming up with plan b. Ali telling him in the clinches "George, you hit like a sissy" took everything he identified himself with away from him. He will have that loss on his mind forever because he's never been able to wrap his head around it.
