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Evander Holyfield wants to KO the Forman Grill empire

For all the older readers out there, you probably never thought you’d live to see the day when George Foreman was selling a miniature grill on television. Well, believe it or not, but George has been pushing that thing for almost 13 years now! So, it’s about time he got some competition in the countertop grilling market.

Evander Holyfield thinks he’s going to be the guy to knock Forman out of the market altogether with his “Evander Holyfield Real Deal Grill.” Sounds good and all, but, Evander, how is your grill different and better than the “Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine” that’s been sitting in my kitchen since Christmas of ’99?

I’ve got a George Foreman grill. It’s a good grill,” Holyfield, 44, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “But don’t you think the latest grill is supposed to be the best grill?

Umm, you might want to work on your promotion campaign a little bit more if you want to get anywhere close to the $100 million worth of grills Foreman’s sold over the years.

Oh, wait, it sounds like someone has already gotten their hands on the former champ and his product.

Manufacturer CirTran Corp., based in Utah, approached Holyfield about promoting the $99 grill after he appeared on the TV show “Dancing With the Stars” in 2005. Holyfield dons an apron in a 30-minute commercial that began airing last week describing his product’s culinary and health benefits.

Now, we haven’t seen the ad yet, but we heard that Mike Tyson makes an appearance and raves about they way he perfectly grilled a human ear with Evander’s machine.

Links:

[MiamiHerald.com]: Holyfield takes on Foreman Grill

Foreman claims someone spiked his water before "Rumble in the Jungle"

Well, George Foreman has a new book out, so that can only mean one thing…outrageous, untimely accusations in hopes of whipping up a media buzz that will push his memoir up the bestseller charts. So what is the controversy Foreman speaks of in his book “God in My Corner,” you ask? No, it’s not that the idea for the Foreman Grill wasn’t his. And shame on you for even thinking such a thing. Actually, Foreman is claiming that he was drugged before his “Rumble in the Jungle” with Muhammad Ali.

Yes, that’s right; almost 33 years after the fact, Foreman is attempting to regain some respect after Ali worked him over for eight rounds before knocking Foreman out in the eighth. But according to Foreman, his trainer gave him some nasty tasting water that he believes was spiked.

I almost spit it out … [I told my trainer] ‘Man, I know this water has medicine in it,'” Foreman wrote. “I climbed into the ring with that medicinal taste still lingering in my mouth.”

“After the third round, I was as tired as if I had fought 15 rounds. What’s going on here? Did someone slip a drug in my water?

You know, George, this information would have been a lot more useful, say, back in 1974! C’mon, don’t try to blame losing your world heavyweight championship on getting drugged. And we seriously doubt that Zaire was the first time you had been under the influence of an illegal, mind altering substance. After all, you do have seven kids named George! And two of them are girls!

Just shut up and get ready for your upcoming moment in the spotlight as you pretend to be Paula Abdul on American Inventor. And if you don’t want to shell out the money for Foreman’s book then you can skip the trip to Barnes & Nobel and just read this interesting interview with Foreman at EastSideBoxing.com.

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[MSNBC]: Foreman says he was drugged before Ali KO