"Although Foreman never confirmed exactly how much he has earned from the endorsement, Salton paid him $138 million in 1999 for the right to use his name. Prior to that, he was paid about 40% of the profits on each grill sold (earning him $4.5 million a month in payouts at its peak), yielding an estimated total of over $200 million just from the endorsement through 2011, substantially more than he earned as a boxer."<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman</a><p>Not sure if luck or stars just aligned. But that is some legit naming rights. Kudos to maybe, and I mean it... one of the best at it.
RIP George Foreman.<p>As a former combat sports fan, I find it increasingly difficult to watch. These guys (and gals) are doing enormous brain damage to themselves & their opponents. Foreman seemed to have been an outlier that came out OK, but listen to the slurring & garbled speech that comes from any other old fighter. I know someone who's a friend with a longtime UFC fighter- he had an anecdote about the guy putting his kids to bed and temporarily forgetting their names. Great fights are very entertaining, but ethically I really find it difficult to be a fan these days
RIP. Was a big fan of Foreman growing up, even though his initial heyday was before my time. Which is one of the reasons I'm fond of him today - he was 48 years old when he was last heavyweight boxing champ.<p>Every time I'm feeling "too old" to do something physical, I try to remember the baddest man on the planet was older than I am now - a fact that is still crazy to achy 'old' me now.
I didn't know who George Foreman was a little kid, so I saw him in the commercials for the George Foreman Grill and assumed that he was the inventor.<p>I was very confused when I, at age 11, read a comic published in 1990 (I think) and saw an advertisement for (I think) a boxing video game with George Foreman on the cover. I thought "huh, I wonder if he's related to the guy who invented that grill on TV".<p>I asked my mom and she laughed, and that day I truly learned about celebrity endorsements.
I didn't think much about George Foreman until I watched When We Were Kings. For me, he was just as interesting as Ali, and I was so impressed with how he returned and reinvented himself after the loss to Ali that he was my personal reference point for resilience and personal evolution. RIP.
the foreman grills gets a lot of flack but it's a damn good cooking utensil and if not for him I'm not sure it would have been as publicized as it was.<p>also a great dad, christian, and boxer<p>RIP
A good guy and all around gentleman. My uncle Bryan met him in Topeka in the early 80s and encouraged his career in photography by posing for a few "fighting stance" photos for the local paper.
NYT obit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/sports/george-foreman-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.504.OJYt.C0-yterGaa7q&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/sports/george-foreman-dea...</a>
For anyone curious this is the product (and catch phrase) he was most well known for: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tABjjmd_XsE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tABjjmd_XsE</a>
As a boxing fan, Foreman is special.<p>So many brutal fights but sharp as a tack, mentally, until the end.<p>Such longevity - became champ again after so many years away from the sport.<p>Such a businessman.<p>From all accounts, such a kind person.<p>What an impact.
My condolences to everyone affected.<p>In a gerontological context:
It would interesting to understand more about his genealogy. Does the age of 76 mark an above or below average age in his family and their historical lifespan?<p>As someone who has experienced great success in life, and also been (at least at one point) in peak physical shape, the cause of his demise seems especially interesting to me.
George Foreman is dead. Long live George Foreman!<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman#Personal_life_and_death" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Foreman#Personal_life_a...</a>
Besides boxing and his grill, the thing I always remembered about him was that he named all 5 of his sons "George". (I see on wikipedia, they have numbers and nicknames).
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