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The Sweet Science Loses Another Great Champion
The American Spectator 23 Mar 2025
Big George Foreman, a champion boxer and champion grill salesman (the man surely knew the uses of a cheeseburger), went to his reward Friday at 76 ... This is very sad news ... Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Evander Holyfield, Ken Norton, Ron Lyle, just to name four ... .
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‘It happened!’: Las Vegas was big part of George Foreman’s career
Las Vegas Review-Journal 23 Mar 2025
George Foreman and Las Vegas certainly had their moments together. The two-time heavyweight champion died Friday at the age of 76 ... He said his most memorable moment in Las Vegas came in 1976 at Caesars Palace, a fifth-round knockout of Ron Lyle ... .
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George Foreman's 5 greatest knockouts, ranked: Frazier, Lyle and other signature wins for 'Big George'
Sportingnews 22 Mar 2025
Ron Lyle (KO 5/12), January 24, 1976) ... That was Anthony Joshua's verdict on Foreman's slugfest for the ages with the similarly hammer-fisted Lyle ... Lyle had Foreman all over the place with a left to the point of the chin.
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Mike Tyson Joins Boxing Stakeholders in Mourning George Foreman
This Day 22 Mar 2025
He fought five more times after he lost the heavyweight championship to Ali at age 25, including a fifth-round TKO victory over Joe Frazier (whom he stopped in two rounds to first win the title) and a fifth-round KO of Ron Lyle in a classic slugfest.
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Boxing legend George Foreman passes away at 76
Beijing News 22 Mar 2025
Houston (Texas) [US], March 22 (ANI) ... Mike Tyson, another Boxing legend, posted on his official X handle to pay condolence to the boxing star. 'Condolences to George Foreman's family ... He also delivered a thrilling knockout against Ron Lyle ... (ANI). .
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Baltimore Sun
22 Mar 2025
Remembering George Foreman: ‘He was a great fighter and a far, far greater human being’
Baltimore Sun
22 Mar 2025
When Big George Foreman landed that devastating one-two combination to the head of heavyweight champ Michael Moorer on Nov ... In over 50 years of covering the sweet science, no crowd noise has ever been that loud ... I loved him ... Ron Lyle on YouTube ... .
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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
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How George Foreman transformed from the gruff, brooding bully of the 70s to a beloved ...
CBS Sports 22 Mar 2025
Although Foreman would bounce back from the loss by surviving an epic war of knockdowns with Ron Lyle before stopping Frazier in their rematch, it was a 1977 loss to Jimmy Young in Puerto Rico where Foreman's life and career would forever change ... .
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Big George and the legacy of big black men
The Times of India 22 Mar 2025
In his rebirth, he had left the ‘life in the fast lane’ of glitz, greenbacks and girls, that’s the lot of testosterone-driven champion pugilists ... He was calm again ... Even those who never won the title were greats, like Ken Norton and Ron Lyle ... Truthful ... .
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George Foreman dies at 76: A look at the legend's five most memorable fights, from ...
CBS Sports 22 Mar 2025
Ron Lyle. While Foreman fought other legends in his career, including his 1991 loss to Evander Holyfield, his fight with Lyle was one of his most exciting ... Lyle dropped Foreman in the fourth round of the bout.
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Boxing legend George Foreman dies; fought in Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal 22 Mar 2025
He was 76 ... Foreman fought a handful of times in Las Vegas besides the Moorer fight, including a fifth-round knockout of Ron Lyle in a brutal slugfest in 1976 at Caesars Palace that was named the fight of the year by The Ring magazine ... .
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