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00:00Boxing legend George Foreman has passed away at the age of 76.
00:04The heavyweight boxing legend was remembered as a devout preacher, devoted husband, loving
00:10father and proud great-grandfather by his family on Instagram.
00:14Known as Big George in the ring, the American built an extraordinary boxing career.
00:20In 1968, Foreman won the super heavyweight Olympic gold medal, aged just 19.
00:25He later turned pro, winning 37 straight matches before earning his first heavyweight
00:30title against reigning champion Joe Frazier.
00:34His 1974 rumble in the jungle against Muhammad Ali remains one of the most famous boxing
00:39matches in history.
00:41Ali the older man came into the match as a heavy underdog against the bigger and younger
00:46champion.
00:47It was really strange.
00:48I thought I'd knock him out in one or two rounds, but about the third round I hit him
00:52and he fell on me.
00:53I thought, that's it, and he started screaming, that's all you got George, show me something.
00:59And I knew then I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
01:03The bout ended in a shock upset in favour of Ali, who finally knocked Foreman out in
01:09the eighth round after exhausting him with his rope-a-dope tactics.
01:14Foreman won back his title 20 years later after his 1994 knockout win against the undefeated
01:20Michael Mora, making him the oldest ever heavyweight champion at the age of 45.
01:27George Foreman's professional boxing career boasted an astonishing 76 total wins, 68 of
01:32those by knockout.
01:35Foreman had 12 children, including five sons, who are all famously named George Edward Foreman.