RIP George Foreman.

[Dave7]

I am of a age where I can recall his fights, including the rumble in the jungle.
Re the George Foreman grill, I was just reading that he earned a massive $200M for putting his name to it.

 

[Beebo]

An absolute beast of a boxer.

I bought one of his grills and probably used it twice. Completely pointless. What a great salesman!

 

[Drago]

I loved his chirpy ukulele songs,

 

[Beebo]

I loved his chirpy ukulele songs,

It isn’t easy cleaning windows whilst wearing boxing gloves.

 

[Drago]

It isn’t easy cleaning windows whilst wearing boxing gloves.

Great song.

 

[oxoman]

Iconic boxer and salesman. Used to have a foreman grill at last job and it got used every wkend for pig based breakfasts. I remember the rumble in the jungle.

 

[seanoconn]

Too young for first part of his career but watched him KO Moorer. His life story was on Netflix recently, did anyone pound a heavy bag like Foreman!? One of the greats.

 

[seanoconn]

We still use his grill for toasted sandwiches 😃

 

[tyred]

I do often use his grill. I've always liked it.

 

[cyberknight]

i wonder if they will cremate him in a massive grill ?

 

[steveindenmark]

One of the last great boxers and lovely man RIP

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

In that era we used to watch all the heavyweight fights at home

Ali and Foreman and Frazier and all that


saw the Rumble - totally amazing fight

Then coming back years later and becoming the oldest ever - WOW

the grill - never had one
when I moved in with my ex there was one in the back of her cupboard
I reckon they sat in the back of thousands of cupboards

but the people I spoke to who used them thought they were great!

anyway - he saw an opportunity and took it which is sensible
certainly worked!


does seem to have been a genuinly nice man - a lot go nasty with the fame but not him
says a lot about the man

 

[Beebo]

He has 12 children.
7 daughters and 5 sons
All the sons are called George 1 - 5.

 

[seanoconn]

He has 12 children.
7 daughters and 5 sons
All the sons are called George 1 - 5.

I think he said something along the lines of “If one of us is in trouble, we’re all in trouble.” In regards to all the George’s.

 

[dan_bo]

RIP George