FOREMAN (Volume 3)
- After embarking on the greatest comeback in boxing history, Foreman does the impossible and wins back to title at age 45
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Defying the odds and fighting in a more relaxed, intelligent, and economical manner with no stamina issues caused by the tension that had haunted him in his “first” career, the second version of George Foreman won his first 18 bouts by KO until Everett Martin took him the distance in 1989. The comeback – the most astounding comeback in the history of sports — was well under way.
After scoring a knockout victory over journeyman Steve Zouski in his comeback fight in March 1987, Foreman fought 24 times over the next three and a half years and won all 24, 23 of those wins coming via knockout, which earned him a shot at WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield.
Foreman gave Holyfield all he could handle that night in Atlantic City in April 1991 but it wasn’t quite enough as Holyfield left the ring with a unanimous decision victory. Just over two years later, after picking up three more victories, Foreman got a shot at the vacant WBO heavyweight crown against Tommy Morrison. But Morrison fought the fight of his life that night and walked out as champion. However, Foreman would get one last chance to become a two-time heavyweight champion – against Michael Moorer...
George Foreman (Volume 3) takes you through the greatest comeback in boxing history.
