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Life, death and Lennox Lewis' legacy

By Ralph Wiley
Page 2 columnist

Friday, June 20, 2003

As Lennox Lewis filled up the doorway on his way into Romey's Green Room, I thought, in the casually immortal words of Ali, that George Foreman isn't as dumb as he looks. Or sounds. George, Ali's "Mummy" and testimonial icon behind a glorified waffle iron called the George Foreman Lean, Mean, Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, has made $150 mil as a brand pitchman. You'd think George would buy himself a piece of Puerto Vallarta or Jackson Hole and be done with us all. But no. George feels he's go ...

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