As the world mourns legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, George Foreman is still coming to terms with the passing of the "Greatest of All Time."
"It's like a piece of me slipped away … I call it the greatest piece," Foreman, 67, said in an interview with Omnisport.
Ali, the three-time world heavyweight champion, died Friday at age 74 after more than three decades battling Parkinson's disease.
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Foreman knew him better than most after their historic "Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974. Regarded as one of Ali's most famous and culturally influential fights, he overcame a previously undefeated world heavyweight champion Foreman by a knockout before the end of the eighth round in Kinshasa, Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo).