115. George Foreman III, Former Pro Boxer & Founder of EverybodyFights
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
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🗓️ 11 June 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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#REPOST: This week on Hurdle, I’m reposting five back-to-back episodes featuring Black guests, hoping to amplify their voices and continue my commitment of being a better ally. Today's episode was originally recorded in June 2019.
If you ask George Foreman III what it’s like to grow up with a two-time heavyweight champion as a dad, he’s pretty humble about it—because that’s all he’s ever known. Graduating with a degree in business administration from Rice University, Foreman went on to preside over his dad’s business, traveling the world meeting celebrities and managing contracts. Amidst all the glamour and chaos, he came face to face with his #hurdlemoment. Standing at 6’5’’ and weighing in at more than 280 pounds, he realized he wasn’t happy in his corner of the world, going as far as to shut himself in a hotel room for three days.
Then, he made the jump into boxing himself. After a year of training, Foreman stepped into the ring for his first fight weighing in at 231 pounds. He’d go on to have an undefeated professional boxing career that ended in 2012, a year before he opened the first EverybodyFights in Boston. In today's episode, we chat about everything from depression and the scary side of entrepreneurship to his goals for expanding EverybodyFights dramatically by 2021.
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| 0:00.0 | Look at conflicts as an ability to make all your relationship stronger. |
| 0:04.6 | You're not always going to nail it. |
| 0:06.0 | To me, on the other side of conflict is growth when you face it head on with the goal of ending on the other side, friendsdlers. Emily Abadi bringing you episode one, one, five of hurdle. |
| 0:34.1 | A wellness, a focus podcast where I sit down with inspiring individuals to talk about |
| 0:38.5 | everything from their big wins to how they've gotten through some of life's toughest moments. |
| 0:43.2 | On the show, you can expect vulnerability, motivation, and candid discussions with everyone from |
| 0:49.1 | top athletes to aspiring entrepreneurs on what it really takes to follow your passions. |
| 0:56.1 | My mission is simple. To inspire you to be your best self, move with intention, and have some fun along the way. |
| 1:04.3 | Today, I am bringing you my repost of the episode I recorded with George Foreman III back in June 2019. George is a former |
| 1:16.0 | professional boxer and founder of Everybody Fights, a boxing-inspired group fitness studio. |
| 1:23.7 | Now, if you ask George what it was like to grow up with a two-time heavyweight champion as a dad, |
| 1:30.8 | he's actually pretty humble about it because that's all he's ever known. |
| 1:35.6 | Graduating with a degree and business administration from Rice University, |
| 1:40.0 | Foreman went on to preside over his dad's business, |
| 1:43.4 | traveling the world, meeting celebrities, |
| 1:45.3 | and managing contracts. |
| 1:47.0 | Amidst all of the glitz and the glamour and the chaos, he came face to face with his |
| 1:52.8 | hurdle moment, standing at six foot five and weighing in at more than 280 pounds. |
| 1:59.8 | George realized he wasn't happy in his corner of the world, going as far as |
| 2:03.9 | to shut himself in a hotel room for three days. Then, he made the jump into boxing himself. After a year |
| 2:12.2 | of training, George stepped into the ring for the first time, weighing in at 231 pounds. He'd go on to have |
| 2:20.2 | an undefeated professional boxing career that ended in 2012 a year before he opened the first |
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