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Big George Part One: The Brooding Menace

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 George Foreman   On Friday 21st March 2025, the boxing world was left with a huge void when it was announced by his family with a post on Instagram that George Foreman, the former two-time heavyweight champion of the world, had died peacefully. The post read: “Our hearts are broken. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great-grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose. "A humanitarian, an Olympian, and two-time heavyweight champion of the world, He was deeply respected - a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name - for his family." Tributes poured out from the world’s boxing community, with Mike Tyson saying: “Foreman’s contribution to boxing and beyond will never be forgotten.” The Ring Magazine, recently revived by Turki Al-Sheikh, described him as “one of the greatest heavyweights of all time,” adding: “The Ring ...
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Usyk vs Bellew: The Richest Cruiserweight Fight In History

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Tony Bellew was enjoying his honeymoon in Mykonos after marrying the mother of his three children, Rachael Roberts, when he watched on a phone in a bar, Oleksandr Usyk claim the undisputed cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision over Murat Gassiev in Moscow. In his broken English, the new champion from Ukraine called out the only challenger left to him before his inevitable move up into the heavyweight division; Tony Bellew.  The thirty-four-year-old Bellew, who had won the British, Commonwealth and WBC silver light-heavyweight titles and the cruiserweight WBO International and European belts after his failed WBC light-heavyweight title challenge to the hard-punching Adonis Stevenson, also captured the WBC cruiserweight title in front of his home city fans at Goodison Park stadium, the home of his beloved Everton FC. His back-to-back victories over David Haye at heavyweight cemented his legacy in the sport and secured him and his family financially. The WBC granted Bellew Cha...
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