In terms of a changing of the guard in a heavyweight championship fight, George Foreman's incredible six-knockdown, second-round annihilation of Joe Frazier at the National Stadium in Kingston ...

Joe Frazier staggers after challenger George Foreman hits him with a hard right during the second round of a heavyweight title fight in Kingston, Jamaica, on Jan. 23, 1973.

George Foreman, the legendary heavyweight champion, passes away at 76. He rose to fame in the 1970s, had a comeback in the 1990s, and was a successful businessman.

Joe Frazier staggers after challenger George Foreman hits him with a hard right during the second round of a heavyweight title fight in Kingston, Jamaica, on Jan. 23, 1973.

George Foreman became the heavyweight champion of the world in his 20s, only to lose his belt to Muhammad Ali in perhaps the most memorable fight in boxing history. A full 20 years later in 1994 ...

George Foreman became the heavyweight champion of the world in his 20s, only to lose his belt to Muhammad Ali in perhaps the most memorable fight in boxing history. A full 20 years later in 1994, the ...

FILE – Joe Frazier is staggered by hard right in second round of heavyweight title fight by challenger George Foreman in Kingston, Jamaica, on Jan. 23, 1973. (AP Photo, File) ...

A native Texan, Foreman began his boxing career as an Olympic gold medalist who inspired fear as he climbed to the peak of the heavyweight division by stopping Joe Frazier in 1973.

He was close with Leonard, Ali and Foreman. Indeed, Hart’s first US ringside reporting assignment was “The Fight of the Century” – Ali versus Frazier in 1971 in New York.

STORY: American George Foreman, a sporting comeback king, died on Friday at age 76.He reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title at age 45, the oldest to do so, and went on to promote a famous grill ...

George Foreman, left, hits Michael Moorer in the face with a left during the second round of their heavyweight championship fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Nov. 5, 1994.

By BoxingScene Staff 0 Brent Matteo Alderson catches up with heavyweight great George Chuvalo, as they discuss Chuvalo's famous opponents like Muhammad Ali, George Frazier and George Foreman.