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Heavyweight boxing great George Foreman dead at 76: family

Retired pro-boxer George Foreman. [AFP]

Former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who fought and lost against Muhammad Ali in boxing's iconic 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" before reclaiming the title two decades later, died Friday aged 76, his family announced in a statement.

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