George Foreman's daughter in Minneapolis remembers her dad

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29-03-2025

The Brief
George Foreman's oldest daughter, Michi, lives in Minneapolis and is mourning the loss of her father earlier this week.
She remembers him as a pillar in her life, a preacher and someone with wisdom.
Foreman tells Fox 9, she believes his cause of death was from all those years in the ring.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A Minnesota woman is grieving the death of her father – legendary boxer and heavyweight champ George Foreman – after he died in Texas last week.
What we know
Most of us knew him from moments like The Rumble in the Jungle.
But Michi Foreman who knew him as simply as "dad."
"He was a big kid, he played with us like he was one of the kids and all of a sudden try to be serious," Michi Foreman tells FOX 9.
What they're saying
Now Michi is mourning the loss of her father, who she says lived an extraordinary life.
"The last time I saw my father, the life was sort of just not there," said Foreman.
She tells FOX 9 her father was more than just someone who took on Muhammad Ali.
He was a pillar in her life, a preacher, and someone who often gave her wisdom. She believes his cause of death was from all those years in the ring."I told my brothers and sister, I said he's tired. And they were like, yeah, but he's still fighting. I said, sit back and let God do his work. And two hours later, he was gone," said Foreman.
A daddy's girl
Michi says she has known her father to be a fighter since she was little. She went to see her father fight during his comeback, but it wasn't easy.
"You can't see someone you love like that get hit," said Foreman.
She remembers when he became the champ once again.
"Everybody was cheering for him, and he won the second time the championship of the world. Went straight down to his knees after the fight, and prayed and thanked God," said Foreman.
Michi also talked about how her father was sensitive and cared about people.
Whenever a celebrity was going through adversity, he'd give them a call to check on them.
Dig deeper
Foreman has seven daughters and five sons. All of the sons are named after him.
"He was like, well, I don't want any of my sons to feel like they're less than the other one," said Foreman.