Former boxing world champion George Foreman died at the age of 76, but 'Big George' was so much more than a boxer. He was ...

George Foreman ... by age 15,” according to Foreman’s official website. He was eventually steered into boxing through the Lone Star state’s Lyndon B. Johnson Job Corps program.

Houston will forever be proud to call George Foreman one of our own." The Job Corps, part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" reforms, "rescued me from the gutter," Foreman later wrote.

George Foreman ... other children and "became a mugger and brawler." Foreman credited the Job Corps program, started by President Lyndon B. Johnson, with the mentoring that led him from crime ...

March 21 (UPI) --George ... his youth, Foreman bullied other children and "became a mugger and brawler." Foreman credited the Job Corps program, started by President Lyndon B. Johnson, with ...

George Foreman ... American South, Foreman dropped out of junior high school and used his size and fists in street robberies. The Job Corps, part of U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great ...

George Foreman, the boxing world champion who became a celebrated product pitchman, has died at age 76, his family said in a statement. The American was two-time heavyweight boxing champion and ...