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- In 1994, George won the
- heavyweight boxing
- championship at the age
- of 45, becoming the oldest
- man ever to wear the
- championship belt. It was the second time
- George had won the heavyweight title; the
- first time was 21 years earlier!
-
- GeorgeΓÇÖs professional boxing career spans
- four decades. He was the heavyweight gold
- medalist at the 1968 Olympics. In 1973, he
- won the heavyweight title from Joe Frazier by
- knocking out the defending champion in the
- second round!
-
- October 30, 1974 was a turning point in
- GeorgeΓÇÖs life. He met Muhammad Ali
- in a title fight in Zaire, Africa. In the
-