Big George

The only sport that my father ever got into was boxing. We didn’t watch a lot of boxing on television, but we watched most of the championship fights. My dad’s favorite fighter when he was a boy was James J Braddock, the Cinderella Man, who won the heavyweight championship during the Depression. When I was a kid, the main guy we rooted for was Cassius Clay, Mohamad Ali. Another of our favorites was George Forman, who died just three days ago at the same age I am, 76. Big George, as he was called, won 76 fights, 68 by knockout, and lost just 5. One of his losses was probably his most famous fight when he was knocked out by Mohamed Ali in Africa, called “The Rumble in the Jungle,” in 1974. He finally won the championship back when he was 45, the oldest fighter ever to win a heavyweight championship. In 1977, George became a follower of Jesus. He also became an entrepreneur and a businessman. He became very well known because of the George Forman Grill. It is always fun to hear people’s stories, the details of their lives, and how they came to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. George is in heaven now, and his story is over, but those of us who are still alive are still writing our biography. Make it interesting, exciting, and an obvious God story. 

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