In honor of my birthday today, which is making me feel like an old ass man, I want to start a tribute for boxing's old heroes, those who achieved amazing things with their careers far past what should have been their physical peaks. Give a shout out to your favorite, and why your a fan! To my former employer and friend, Big George Foreman, To come back to boxing 10 years after leaving it, a changed and diminished man, and persevere through many hard fights is impressive. To win a good chunk of those hard fights with your brain, your punching power, and your durability is incredible. To challenge for the world heavyweight title twice is amazing. To win it, over a decade after you first lost it is legendary. 40, 50 is not a death sentence!
It isn't a death sentence. Believe me, I'm there. Happy Birthday!! Wonderful, and such luck to have him for a friend.
The oldest man in the history of boxing and the only man to fight in the 19th , 20th and 21st century. Holyfield.
I worked with Evander for a long time also, and he honestly never struck me as the way he's being now. He was always supremely humble, down to Earth, and actually talked about saving money for retirement. 6 years later, he's almost 50 and refuses to leave. Gotta give it up, I suppose. I'm almost done myself with this fighting thing. I can't imagine doing it as long as he is.
Maybe they were older but he started boxing before all of them and is the only one still fighting.:think:nut
I give george foreman a hard time on some threads but hes in my all time top ten and the guy was great. no taking away from what he did. what a huge talent.