Byt Jeremy Beaman, Breaking News Reporter July 05, 2021
Boxing great George Foreman said he is "not ashamed" of his love for America in an Independence Day tribute, drawing a stark contrast with some professional athletes' recent protests of the U.S. flag.
"For about 54 years, people have ask[ed] me not to keep saying 'I love America,'" Foreman wrote in a tweet, accompanied by a photo of him wearing a Team USA boxing uniform and holding a U.S. flag that was taken after he won the Olympic gold medal in 1968. "Well I do and I'm not ashamed. Don't leave it; Love it. Happy 4th of July."
At 19 years of age, Foreman competed in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and nabbed the gold medal, beating Soviet boxer Jonas Cepulis to become heavyweight champion of the games. Foreman, who would later go on to become a world heavyweight champion, waved a U.S. flag as he paraded about the ring after his Olympic victor.........To Read More.....
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