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Big George Foreman chronicles the legendary boxer's improbable comeback at age 38, highlighting his resilience and adjustments to his fighting style. Foreman's return to boxing in 1987 after 10 years away was driven by financial circumstances, and he defied low expectations by finding success against much younger opponents. Foreman had a second professional boxing career, becoming the oldest fighter to win a world championship at age 45 and retiring at 48 years old with a record of 76-5.

The biopic Big George Foreman chronicles the personal and professional path of the legendary boxer George Foreman, and one of the highlights of the movie is his improbable return after 10 years away from the sport. The powerful knockout artist was involved in some of the most iconic fights of the 1970s, including "The Sunshine Showdown" against Joe Frazier in 1972 and the "Rumble in the Jungle" against Muhammad Ali in 1974. Following a near-death experience in the ring in...

Across a career that spanned four decades and saw him earn two heavyweight titles and a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, George Foreman cemented his legacy as one of the greatest boxers of all time. But despite having one of the most remarkable stories in sporting history to work with, Big George Foreman manages to stumble sluggishly from one chapter in his life to the next in a way that’s neither insightful nor entertaining.

George Tillman Jr.’s film plays out largely as a by-the-numbers biopic, charting Foreman’s rise from a troubled Texas youth to a title-winning boxer, then a born-again preacher, then a title-winning boxer again. Khris Davis, previously seen testing out his pugilistic skills on poor Donald Glover in Atlanta, plays Big George from the end of his teenage years to his remarkable comeback as the world’s oldest-ever heavyweight champion at the age of 45.

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Former pro boxer Mario Oscar Melo -- who fought Michael Moorer for the Wbo light heavyweight title in 1990 -- died Sunday after choking on dough during a croissant-eating contest in Argentina.  **Warning -- The Video Is Disturbing** Video shows several men violently trying to dislodge the croissant from Melo's throat while on stage at the event in Buenos Aires, but to no avail. Melo was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared dead on arrival.

Last month, Amanda Bynes — the former Nickelodeon star, Maxim cover girl and actress in movies like "She's the Man," "Sydney White" and the upcoming "Easy A" — announced that she was retiring from acting because she didn't love it anymore. But over the weekend, she pulled a complete about-face on her employment status. "I've unretired," she pithily announced via Twitter.

Bynes' exit from acting only lasted about a month, which is a pretty impressive turnaround. She joins the icons below on the list of the best unretirements of all time.

Jay-z

Jay-z's 2003 The Black Album was meant to be his exit from the hip-hop game (that's one of the reasons he allows himself to be executed at the end of the "99 Problems" video). But Jigga couldn't stay away for too long. He started showing up on other artists' albums not long after his retirement, and he dropped his "comeback" full-length Kingdom...