Just like most things in life, our experiences shape how we think and feel about public figures.
In the 1970s, boxing was the topic of choice, as most fights were on network television, whether live or shown a week later if they were on Closed Circuit.
It wasn’t only the professional level. USA Boxing was on television when it participated in international competitions or the Olympic Trials.
The Golden Age of Boxing existed when the world was smaller, and boxing had the most prominent individual personalities.
Sugar “Ray” Leonard was doing commercials for national brands. Marvelous Marvin Hagler did a commercial for Pizza Hut after knocking out Tommy Hearns.
George Foreman was a name that came up in the house I grew up in on many occasions. By the late 1970s, Foreman was out of boxing. At the time, his last fight was a loss to Jimmy Young in 1977.
He had spent years being the biggest, baddest man in the heavyweight division.
Foreman destroyed Joe Frazier and made easy work out of Ken Norman.
What followed that changed Foreman’s career.
