Word: sluggers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strange as the sight might seem, Foreman's goal is even odder. At the age of 40, after a full ten years layoff from the ring and about 40 lbs. over his best fighting weight, the slugger is in training once again. His objective -- some call it an obsession -- is to recapture the heavyweight title he lost by a knockout to Muhammad Ali in 1974. Exclaims the ex-champ: "I'm ready, and I'm better than I ever...
...chest heaves with power. He also has the beginnings of a paunch. Explains Foreman: "The secret to my winning is my eating." By which he means that he has been reborn at the dinner table too. The Big Macs have been replaced by broiled mackerel. For breakfast, the slugger still puts away a dozen eggs, but first he excises the yolks...
Listening to this, a thought springs to mind: Is the old slugger punch- drunk? This, after all, is the same George Foreman who found religion in a San Juan, Puerto Rico, dressing room in 1977, proclaimed boxing an affront to God and announced he was quitting forever. This is the same Foreman who ballooned to 320 lbs. from a fighting trim of 217, and even today at 255 is far beefier than anyone who wants to hold the title should be. As for the recent wins, all were against unknowns or retreads who will probably never get within spitting distance...
...only noise that Foreman is eager for is the telephone, ringing with Tyson's call. "We keep on winning, and that phone will ring," assures Foreman's brother Roy, his manager. "One day Tyson'll have to come to us." Until that happens, the old slugger is content enough dreaming his dream. "Champeen of the world," he beams. "Champeen. Great stuff there...
...flunkies spring hurler "Wild Thing" Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) from the slammer, take a veteran catcher (Tom Berenger) out of exile from the Mexican Leagues and find a voo-doo-worshipping Caribbean slugger (Dennis Haysbert), who can slam fast balls into left field but fans at any curve ball...