Freeda Foreman, boxing icon George Foreman's daughter and former middleweight boxer, dies aged 42
Legendary boxer, George Foreman's, 42-year-old daughter, Freeda Foreman has passed away, and the report was confirmed by a family member who found her unresponsive at her Houston-area home. While the cause of her death has not been revealed, officials who await for a report from the coroner's office, said foul play is not suspected. A former middleweight boxer, Freeda's career-though short- was not entirely supoorted by her parents, who did not want to see their daughter on the ring.
According to a TMZ report, George would even pay his daughter to get off the ring. Freeda who began boxing professionally as a middleweight in 2000 and won her first 5 fights before losing her sixth bout in 2001, had the chance to play at the most six professional fights between June 2002 and November 2001. She was one of the many contemporary second generation boxers, who were competing against each other, and these fighters mostly included other daughters of former heavyweight champions were fighting like Jacqui Frazier-Lyde and Laila Ali. She finally retired from boxing with a a record of 5-1 (3 knockouts) after losing to Evelyn Rodriguez in a split decision.