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George Foreman's 5 greatest knockouts, ranked: Frazier, Lyle and other signature wins for 'Big George'

Sportingnews 22 Mar 2025
Gerry Cooney (TKO 2/10), January 15, 1990. Foreman was 19-0 with 19 KOs in the period since his 1987 comeback by the time he shared the ring with popular former world-title challenger Cooney, who had himself been inactive for two and a half years.
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Requiem for George Foreman: A born again heavyweight champion

Newsday 22 Mar 2025
Then came Gerry Cooney, who had gone 13 with Larry Holmes ... The night before the fight, I had dinner with Gil Clancy, who had trained Foreman in his first career bout but after a falling-out, was now training Cooney.
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George Foreman, heavyweight boxing champion who fought Muhammad Ali in the 'Rumble in the Jungle', obituary

The Daily Telegraph 22 Mar 2025
Foreman had two careers – and a radically different persona in each ... Bettmann ... The ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ ... Alamy ... Having strung together 19 victories, Foreman was matched against Gerry Cooney, a recycled white hope, in Atlantic City on January 15 1990 ... .
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