George Foreman is in boxing’s history books for a campaign that touched four decades and set a record that looks in no danger of being broken anytime soon.
After retiring in 1977, the man from Marshall, Texas with thudding power became an ordained Christian Minister only to return a decade later. In 1994, he won the world heavyweight title at 45 – the oldest man ever to do it.
With an insight into different eras, Foreman has listed who he considers to be the greatest fighters ever on his official website and explained why in his own words…
Sugar Ray Leonard
“On any given night Ray Leonard could give a great and effective impersonation of Jersey Joe Walcott, shuffle his feet like Muhammad Ali, jab and move like Sugar Ray Robinson, and be as tricky as Willie Pep. Yet he could remain that TIGER, Sugar Ray Leonard. The same Tiger that we saw with Thomas Hearns, and even in Leonard’s losing efforts in the first fight with Roberto Duran; of course, the Tiger that we saw the night Leonard blew the minds of us all by defeating Marvin Hagler.”
Sugar Ray Robinson
“Robinson was everything you would want in a middleweight, a dynamic machine and the best left jab ever in the Middleweight division. Even with such great boxing abilities, he possessed the ability to get a one punch knockout. Sugar Robinson, a man that brought so much class to professional boxing.”
