THE world of boxing is mourning the passing of two of its most well-known figures, one inside, one outside the ropes.
George Foreman, by anyone’s standards, is one of the sport’s ‘greats’.
He first came to international prominence for those of us outside the USA when he won the Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight division in Mexico in 1968. We older types may remember that he proudly waved the American flag on the podium, contrary to the actions of some of his USA teammates, who bowed their heads and, with gloved hands, gave the ‘black power’ salute, a sign of the times in that turbulent decade.