If anyone knows about defying the odds where father time is involved, it’s George Foreman. But even ‘Big George’ was almost a decade shy of the currently 54-year-old Mike Tyson when he beat Michael Moorer for the WBA & IBF heavyweight titles.
Still, following Tyson’s 8-round performance in an exhibition boxing match with Roy Jones Jr. this past weekend, the legendary heavyweight and lean grilling enthusiast had nothing but glowing praise for ‘Iron Mike’—even going so far as to suggest that there was a path to title contention for the former undisputed champion.
“I just couldn’t believe what I saw,” Foreman enthused, speaking to USA Today.