# George Foremen's coming out of retirement
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-foremens-coming-out-of-retirement/228639
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 11, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-foremens-coming-out-of-retirement/228639 "2004-02-11T12:00:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-foremens-coming-out-of-retirement/228639/1 "2004-02-11T12:00:11Z")
Can you believe that? **This guys over 55 years old**. I’ll bet that probably every fight that guy has is gonna be fixed. I also saw that Mike Tyson, who is believed to have earned over $200 Million dollars throughout his career, barely has $5000 left to his name…I guess that these two guys both prove that being constantly punched in the head for a living is **NOT** a good thing. (It seems to affect ones ability to use common sense)
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### Author:  [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-foremens-coming-out-of-retirement/228639/2 "2004-02-11T23:25:00Z")
Here’s a [link](http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpaHJkYzlxBF9TAzk1ODYzOTU2BHNlYwN0aA--?slug=ap-foremanreturning&prov=ap&type=lgns)
It says he’s been in training since the 10th of January, and **if** he can get down to 225 pounds (he’s already lost 25), he will come back for **one** more fight. He last fought in 1997.
_shrug_ Why not? It’s his life, it’s only one fight, and he appears to be taking it quite seriously.
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### Author:  [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-foremens-coming-out-of-retirement/228639/3 "2004-02-11T23:47:30Z")
Well on the money front Foreman is doing swell. The residuals from his grill make him a cool million a month!
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-foremens-coming-out-of-retirement/228639/4 "2004-02-12T02:25:26Z")
Did he accept Larry Holmes’ challenge, issued Tuesday on ESPN’s _The Sports Brothers_ show?
I hope that goes through. It’ll be cool to see their wheezing drown out the roar of the crowd. Should have all the actions of slugs f\*cking. :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-foremens-coming-out-of-retirement/228639/5 "2004-02-12T02:29:59Z")
> [@Starguard](#):
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> Can you believe that? **This guys over 55 years old**. I’ll bet that probably every fight that guy has is gonna be fixed. I also saw that Mike Tyson, who is believed to have earned over $200 Million dollars throughout his career, barely has $5000 left to his name…I guess that these two guys both prove that being constantly punched in the head for a living is **NOT** a good thing. (It seems to affect ones ability to use common sense)
Off topic prediction:
Mike Tyson will end up fighting horses in international waters before too long.