{"id":248056,"date":"2025-03-21T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/production.portaltela.com\/noticias\/2025\/03\/21\/george-foreman-icone-do-boxe-falece-aos-76-anos-confirma-a-familia\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:08:09","slug":"george-foreman-icone-do-boxe-falece-aos-76-anos-confirma-a-familia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/esporte\/outros-esportes\/2025\/03\/21\/george-foreman-icone-do-boxe-falece-aos-76-anos-confirma-a-familia\/","title":{"rendered":"George Foreman, \u00edcone do boxe, falece aos 76 anos, confirma a fam\u00edlia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing heavyweight legend <strong>George Foreman<\/strong> has passed away at the age of <strong>76<\/strong>, as confirmed by his family. Known as <strong>Big George<\/strong>, he had a remarkable career that began in the <strong>1960s<\/strong>, highlighted by winning a gold medal at the <strong>1968 Olympics<\/strong> and securing the world heavyweight title twice. Foreman famously lost his first title to <strong>Muhammad Ali<\/strong> during the iconic <strong>Rumble in the Jungle<\/strong> in <strong>1974<\/strong>, but his professional record includes <strong>76 wins<\/strong> and <strong>68 knockouts<\/strong>, significantly surpassing Ali&#8217;s knockout count.<\/p>\n<p>Born on <strong>10 de janeiro de 1949<\/strong> in <strong>Marshall, Texas<\/strong>, Foreman was raised in a challenging environment, dropping out of school and engaging in street crime before finding his passion in boxing. He achieved notable victories, including defeating the undefeated champion <strong>Joe Frazier<\/strong> in <strong>1973<\/strong>. His bout against Ali in Zaire remains one of boxing&#8217;s most celebrated matches, where Ali&#8217;s strategic &#8220;rope-a-dope&#8221; technique led to Foreman&#8217;s defeat in the eighth round.<\/p>\n<p>After retiring in <strong>1977<\/strong>, Foreman became an ordained minister and founded his own church in Texas. He returned to boxing in <strong>1987<\/strong> to fund a youth center, ultimately reclaiming the heavyweight title in <strong>1994<\/strong> at the age of <strong>45<\/strong>, making him the oldest heavyweight champion in history. Beyond boxing, he gained fame as a pitchman for the <strong>George Foreman Grill<\/strong>, which became a household name.<\/p>\n<p>Foreman was married five times and had a total of <strong>12 children<\/strong>, five of whom share his name. He expressed that naming his sons after himself was a way to create a bond among them, emphasizing unity within the family. His family released a heartfelt statement on social media, reflecting on his life as a <strong>devout preacher<\/strong>, <strong>humanitarian<\/strong>, and a man of <strong>faith<\/strong> and <strong>purpose<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has passed away at the age of 76, as confirmed by his family. Known as Big George, he had a remarkable career that began in the 1960s, highlighted by winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics and securing the world heavyweight title twice. Foreman famously lost his first title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"summary":"George Foreman, \u00edcone do boxe e duas vezes campe\u00e3o mundial, faleceu aos 76 anos, deixando um legado de f\u00e9 e humanidade.","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,50],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-248056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esporte","category-outros-esportes","tag-noticia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portaltela.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}