George Foreman

CTL-E-5999 · Person · other · 1949–2025

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Combined Graph record U-07229 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5999.

George Foreman (born George Edward Foreman on 10 January 1949 in Marshall, Texas; died 21 March 2025 in Houston, Texas) was an American boxer, minister and entrepreneur who twice held the world heavyweight championship, twenty years apart. Raised in Houston's Fifth Ward, he learned to box in a Job Corps camp and won the heavyweight gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. In January 1973 he knocked out the unbeaten Joe Frazier in two rounds in Kingston, Jamaica, to take the title, and he lost it to Muhammad Ali in the eighth round of the 'Rumble in the Jungle' in Kinshasa in October 1974. He retired in 1977, became an ordained minister, and returned a decade later; on 5 November 1994, at 45, he knocked out Michael Moorer to regain the championship, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in history. He retired for good in 1997 with a record of 76 wins, 68 by knockout, against 5 losses, and reached a second, wider fame as the name behind the George Foreman Grill. His family announced his death, at 76, in March 2025. This record is a tribute.

The record

• Also known as: George Edward Foreman, Big George

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no George Foreman entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5999 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1197 (Boxers list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — African American boxer from Texas, documented in Britannica and obituary coverage; TRIBUTE record (verified deceased). Vital status: DECEASED — 21 March 2025, Houston, Texas (Encyclopaedia Britannica; family statement, March 2025). Tribute treatment applies. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Final professional record 76 wins (68 by knockout), 5 losses (record summaries cross-checked against Britannica, accessed 2026-10-16); 1968 Olympic heavyweight gold medalist; world heavyweight champion 1973–74 and 1994–95. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons / Library of Congress photography of George Foreman (1970s title era); no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5999-george-foreman.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• Muhammad Ali — related to
  Foreman lost the world heavyweight championship to Muhammad Ali (CTL-E-5679) in the eighth round of the 'Rumble in the Jungle,' Kinshasa, 30 October 1974 — the defining bout between the two men (Britannica).

Referenced by

• Archie Moore — related to → this record
• Evander Holyfield — related to → this record
• Joe Frazier — related to → this record

Sources

• Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'George Foreman' — born 10 January 1949, Marshall, Texas; died 21 March 2025; twice world heavyweight champion (1973–74, 1994–95); 1968 Olympic gold; Frazier knockout 22 January 1973; loss to Ali, Kinshasa, 30 October 1974; retired 1977 and became an evangelist; oldest heavyweight champion on regaining the title at 45 — https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Foreman (primary source · build store)
• Legacy.com notable-deaths obituary, 'George Foreman' (2025) — died 21 March 2025 in Houston at 76; 1994 Moorer win at 45; more than 100 million grills sold; family background in Marshall and Houston — https://www.legacy.com/legacy/notable-deaths/george-foreman (build store)
• Foreman family statement via World Boxing News, 'Boxing icon George Foreman dies at 76' (March 2025) — family announcement of his passing on 21 March 2025, surrounded by loved ones — https://www.worldboxingnews.com/boxing-icon-george-foreman-dies-at-76/ (build store)
• Wikipedia, 'George Foreman' record summary — final professional record 76 wins (68 knockouts), 5 losses; retired 1997 at 48 — https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman (build store)

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