Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face,” once said the legendary boxer Mike Tyson in August 1987 during an ...

Ali beat Frazier twice and lost to him once; Frazier lost to Foreman twice and Ali beat Foreman once. But each fight was an ... Now, Big George, Smokin’ Joe and The Greatest are gone.

Not since the days of Tyson and Holyfield has heavyweight boxing belonged to the United States. Olympian Richard Torrez Jr.

Ali also locked horns with another two icons of the heavyweight division in George Foreman and Joe Frazier, defeating both fighters during ... Ali admitted he only went ahead with a fight against ...

No one ever calls me George at home.” By the time Foreman faced Joe Frazier ... in the 2-round fight was so unexpected that Howard Cosell’s repeated cry of “Down goes Frazier!” ...

For years Foreman, who reigned as world heavyweight champion during his division’s greatest era, had to watch the more popular successes of his main rivals, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

The boxing world has always been full of colourful ... lesser opponents, Foreman got a title shot in 1973, against champion Joe Frazier. Foreman entered the fight the underdog, as Frazier had ...

At the height of his career, George Foreman was the most formidable heavyweight on the planet. ‘Big’ George entered the professional ranks in 1969, just 1-year on from his Olympic Gold Medal triumph ...

GEORGE FOREMAN: Olympic gold winner proceeded to upset world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, lost memorable ... memorable fight in boxing history. A full 20 years later in 1994, the 45year ...