Middleweight Freeda George Foreman, born on October 16, 1976, in Houston, Texas, boxed in the years 2001 and 2002. She joined forces shortly after other Daughters of Boxing Legends were joining the sport. She is known best as the daughter of the former World Heavyweight champion, George Foreman. Shortly after Roberto Duran’s daughter joined
Always athletic, J’Marie started at a young age from swimming at 4 to running track. She began to stand up with the “boys” from the Any Boy Can program as she excelled in sports, and learning the basics, and morals taught to the youth by her father, Archie Moore. J’Marie talks about her
[Biography by Dee Williams} Laila “She Bee Stingin” Ali (5’10”, 166 lbs) made her ring debut against April Fowler of Michigan City, Indiana, on October 8, 1999 at the Turning Stone Casino Convention Center on the Oneida Indian Nation in Verona, New York. Normally, a bout that pitted a novice with no amateur experience (Ali)
“On that humid June evening in 1959 at Yankee Stadium in New York, lightning and thunder shook the skies. The “Hammer of Thor” found it’s way and downed Floyd Patterson seven times in the third round, making Ingemar Johansson from Sweden the new heavyweight boxing Champion of the world. For the first time the
[Biography by Dee Williams] Frazier vs. Ali IV was the reason for 5’9″ Jacqui “Sister Smoke” Frazier-Lyde to step into the pro boxing ring. Frazier-Lyde, a Philadelphia attorney and mother of three, is one of former world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier’s eleven children. As an interesting side note, Joe Frazier himself was the 12th
Tonight, September 17, 2000, at the Cobo Arena, in Detroit, Freeda Foreman took on her second opponent, Aicheria Bell. According to Fox Sports Net, Bell is a 0-3 fighter, losing two of her previous bouts by being stopped. Bell is out of Wisconsin. Foreman’s first opponent, Laquanda Landers…you guessed it…. is out of Wisconsin—-at
Little Miss Hands of Stone or is it “Eyes of Steel!” by Sue TL Fox Date: August 26, 2000 “I wish to express my gratitude for giving me an opportunity to discuss my thoughts on my current progress in the boxing game. I hope you are in good health and happy spirits, and hope
Photo by Mary Ann Owen On Father’s Day, June 18, 2000, at the Regent Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada there were two daughters, 23-year-old Freeda Foreman and 34 year-old Maria Johansson, who made their pro debut, along with some male bouts that were sons of famous boxing fathers. The fights were televised on Fox Sports