While not known as "The Greatest", like fellow 70s heavyweight icon Muhammed Ali, George Foreman has a greatness all of his own. Foreman, the former uber-menace devastator that Ali was able to overcome in perhaps his greatest performance as a fighter, was able to pull off what few fighters--nay humans-- ever do.
George Foreman listened to God.
Anyone who knows anything about boxing knows the George Foreman story, so I'll spare you the re-telling, but what is important is the message of the story.
Foreman was a scary guy. Heck, there were people that actually thought he might kill Ali. I bet if you'd asked him George thought he'd kill Ali.
But he lost.
Sure, he went on to defeat Ron Lyle in one of the greatest heavyweight fights of the era, and re-introduced fellow great Joe Frazier to the canvas a few times more, but he lost his next fight to Jimmy Young and decided to to call it quits.
Something in his life was missing.
After the fight, Foreman was emotionally drained and spiritually devastated . He called upon God to help him, and the Lord heard his cry. God gave George a mission.
George Foreman stopped fighting, became an ordained minister and served the Lord with zeal few could imagine. There are very few men who would have done what George did, and probably even fewer that believed a scary guy like George would be the one to do it.
We all know about the later comeback, the fight against Moorer that won him the championship at age 45, and all those grills he sells, but if there is one thing to take away from George Foreman's legacy, it is this: George Foreman is big, but he has a bigger God. He prays, he listens and he obeys.
Amen to that.
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