About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: George Foreman, Bill Moyers, Lady Bird Johnson, Ken Coon, Louis Wigfall, Melvin B. Tolson, T. John Ward, Tommy Williams, Phil Bennett, Lenny Fant, Alphonso Jackson, Y. A. Tittle, Max Sandlin, Johnny Moss, Walter P. Lane, James Pinckney Henderson, Ben Z. Grant, Wendy Russell Reves, Susan Howard, Ashley Chadbourne McKinley, Lucy Pickens, George Dawson, List of people from Marshall, Texas, Mathew Ector, Derek Thomas, Edward Clark, Floyd Dixon, Terrance Shaw, Isaac Van Zandt, Pendleton Murrah, Brea Grant, Kendrick Starling, Sam B. Hall, Peter Whetstone, Leonard Davis, Henry Roquemore, Marv Brown, John Burke, Isaiah Benjamin Scott, John T. Mills, Robert W. Loughery, James L. Farmer, Sr., Mike Clark, Thad Heartfield, James Harper Starr, Kevin Williams, John L. Lancaster. Excerpt: George Edward Foreman (nicknamed "Big George") (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, ordained Baptist minister, author and successful entrepreneur. He is credited as being one of the hardest hitters in boxing history. His most notable fights in his early career were his knockout (TKO-2) against Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 22, 1973 and his loss to Muhammad Ali (KO by 8) in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 30, 1974. He later became the oldest man ever to become heavyweight boxing champion of the world when, at age 45, Foreman knocked out (KO-10) Michael Moorer, age 26, on November 5, 1994 to reclaim the title he held more than 20 years earlier. He has been named one of the 25 greatest fighters of all time by Ring magazine. He is now a successful businessman and an ordained Christian minister who has his own church. Foreman is ranked #9 on Ring magazine's list of "100 greatest punchers of all time." He is also well-known for the epony...
