{"id":92475,"date":"2025-03-22T02:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/boxing-legend-george-foreman-dead-at-76\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T02:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:57:26","slug":"boxing-legend-george-foreman-dead-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/boxing-legend-george-foreman-dead-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing Legend George Foreman Dead at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boxing world<\/a> has lost a legend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1353870\/the-masked-singer-a-former-heavyweight-champ-a-music-icon-revealed-as-venus-fly-trap-gopher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>George Foreman<\/strong><\/a>\u2014a two-time heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist\u2014has died, his family confirmed on social media. He was 76.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts are broken,&#8221; read the statement shared to Foreman&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHe5UtIJ4IQ\/?igsh=NjVnNXR4Zms4YzVl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram page<\/a> on March 21. &#8220;With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Describing the athlete as a &#8220;devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather,&#8221; they went on to highlight his lasting legacy, saying, &#8220;He lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A humanitarian, an Olympian, and two time heavyweight champion of the world,&#8221; the statement continued, &#8220;he was deeply respected \u2014 a force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name\u2014 for his family.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His loved ones added, &#8220;We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers, and kindly ask for privacy as we honor the extraordinary life of a man we were blessed to call our own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1415124\/boxing-legend-george-foreman-dead-at-76?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boxing world has lost a legend.\u00a0 George Foreman\u2014a two-time heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist\u2014has died, his family confirmed on social media. He<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}