FOREMAN (Volume 4)

After his thrilling victory against Moorer, Foreman hoped for a potential superfight with Mike Tyson once Tyson was released from prison, however the WBA demanded that he face mandatory challenger and former world champion Tony Tucker.Tucker, at the time, was promoted by Don King, and Foreman was unwilling to get himself involved with King or his fighters. Thus, he refused to fight Tucker and was stripped of the WBA championship.

He also gave up his IBF title in June 1995 rather than fight a rematch with Axel Schulz, whom he’d narrowly beat in a controversial judges’ decision in April of that same year. Foreman’s last fight was in 1997; he lost to Shannon Briggs. He retired with a lifetime record of 76-5.

The late 60’s and early 70’s are regarded as the golden age of Heavyweight Boxing. Muhammed Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman were in a class of their own.

Ali dominated the headlines – and rightly so, he remains ‘the greatest’ and defeated all the big names of the time just like he did on that night in Kinshasa when he beat the young, angry Foreman.

But this isn’t a story about Muhammed Ali – this is a story about personal change and the key protagonist is George Foreman.

George Foreman (Volume 4) covers the last few fights Foreman had before he finally hung up his gloves for the last time.