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One key to Foreman’s business success in so many areas, he said, was making personal appearances.
“That’s bigger than anything, any endorsement, I don’t care who you are,” he said. “They want to touch you; they want to know you.”
“Then,” he said, “they buy you.”
福爾曼表示,他在許多領域取得商業成功的關鍵就是親自露面。
他說:“這比任何事情、任何支持都重要,我不在乎你是誰。” “他們想要觸摸你;他們想要了解你。”
“然後,”他說,“他們就買下你了。”
George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76
He claimed a world title in his 20s and again in his 40s, and then parlayed his fame and amiable personality into a multimillion-dollar grill business.
George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76
拳擊冠軍、燒烤業巨頭喬治·福爾曼去世,享年 76 歲
他在 20 多歲時和 40 多歲時兩次奪得世界冠軍,然後利用他的名氣和和藹可親的性格,經營著價值數百萬美元的燒烤店。
With Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, Foreman embodied a golden era in the 1970s, when boxing was still a cultural force in America. The three great champions thrilled fans with one classic bout after another. Foreman was the last living member of the trio.

And his popularity helped him make millions selling grills after his retirement.
He scored a few more wins and lost to Tommy Morrison, but then managed to land another title shot in 1994 against Moorer, 26, who had defeated Holyfield. Some called it undeserved and suggested that Foreman got the chance only because of his fame and the novelty of his age. “It’s not about deserving,” he said with a smile, “because I’ve got it.”
Foreman was trailing on the judges’ scorecards when he managed to land the big punch he was looking for and knocked Moorer out in the 10th round in Las Vegas. Moorer had thrown 641 punches, to 369 by Foreman. But the last one was the one that counted.
Foreman had stood rather than sit on a stool between rounds as if to defy his 45 years. He became the oldest heavyweight champion in history.
“Anything you desire, you can make happen,” he said after the fight. “It’s like the song, ‘When you wish upon a star your dreams come true.’ Well, look at me tonight.”

Foreman returned to his youth center, did commentary for televised boxing broadcasts and, most lucratively, sold hamburger grills.
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