Trump reacts to 'great fighter' George Foreman's death

The sports satellite was deed with a stunner precocious Friday nighttime erstwhile George Foreman's household announced helium had died earlier successful the time astatine the property of 76.

A sports fanatic himself, President Donald Trump remembered the legendary boxer successful a Truth Social station aboriginal Saturday morning.

"George Foreman is dead. What a GREAT FIGHTER!!!" Trump wrote. "He had, without question, the heaviest and biggest punch successful the past of boxing. With the objection of [Muhammad] Ali, erstwhile you got hit, you went down. He was thing truly Special, but supra all, helium was a Great Person, with a property that was bigger than life. I knew him well, and helium volition beryllium missed. Warmest condolences to his fantastic family!!!"

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George Foreman speaks onstage during the Big George Foreman screening astatine Regal Atlantic Station connected April 12, 2023 successful Atlanta, Georgia.  (Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Releasing)

Trump's station came hours earlier his expected quality astatine the NCAA Division I wrestling championships successful Philadelphia.

Foreman became an Olympic golden medalist successful 1968 erstwhile helium defeated the Soviet Union's Jonas Čepulis successful that year's Mexico City Olympics, but was astir prominently known for his big-ticket matches against chap legendary boxers Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier. 

Foreman won the heavyweight rubric with a stunning second-round knockout of the antecedently undefeated Frazier successful 1973. He defended his rubric twice, but past infamously took his archetypal nonrecreational nonaccomplishment successful a lucifer to Ali successful the iconic 1974 lucifer dubbed "Rumble successful the Jungle." That lucifer was famously fought successful Kinshasa, Zaire, which is present known arsenic the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Foreman past retired aft a nonaccomplishment to Jimmy Young successful 1977, but returned to boxing 10 years aboriginal aft a self-described spiritual awakening. In his 2nd stint, Foreman went connected to triumph the unified WBA, IBF, and lineal heavyweight title titles. 

George Foreman attends the Hublot x WBC "Night of Champions" Gala astatine the Encore Hotel connected May 03, 2019 successful Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Roger Kisby/Getty Images for Hublot)

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In 1994, astatine property 45, Foreman defeated Michael Moorer, a boxer 19 years younger than him, to assertion the heavyweight title. Foreman became the oldest satellite heavyweight champion successful the past of boxing; helium remains the second-oldest champion successful immoderate value class.

He past retired for bully successful 1997 astatine the property of 48, with a last grounds of 76 wins, with 68 coming via knockout, and conscionable 5 losses.

George Foreman, two-time heavyweight boxing champion turned merchandise pitchman. (AP Photo)

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In his post-boxing career, Foreman became a palmy entrepreneur erstwhile helium licensed his likeness to the location appliance institution Salton, Inc., present known arsenic Russell Hobbs Inc., to motorboat the George Foreman Grill – a portable electrical grill that went connected to go a communal household appliance, selling implicit 100 cardinal units.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion, Jackson Thompson and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.

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