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At the peak of his powers, he was one of the scariest and most feared boxers in heavyweight history. Fitting then, that the former two-time heavyweight champion of the world and one of the most famous fighters ever, chose a rather fearsome Lamborghini as his personal car.
We’re talking of course, about George Foreman. Big George. The man who beat the (then) previously unbeaten Joe Frazier. The man who beat future hall-of-famer Ken Norton. And of course, the man who memorably fought the late, great Muhammad Ali in ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’ (he lost that one). And, um, the man who put his name to a grill.
But we digress. The Lamborghini Diablo; not exactly a shrinking violet itself. Foreman picked it up in 1997 after his final fight, and is the only registered owner from new. Since ‘97, the car has covered just 1,907 miles, making it practically brand new. It’s the VT Roadster - which means four-wheel-drive and a removable carbonfibre roof panel - and sports a new front bumper, brake cooling ducts, and new headlights over the earlier models. It’s bright red, sports a tan leather interior, and of course, a 5.7-litre V12 and nearly 500bhp.
It’s packaged up with a quite a few other excellent things too, including copies of the original title and registration card bearing Foreman’s name, a signed pair of George Foreman boxing gloves with accompanying certificate of authenticity, a signed Foreman grill (yeah, remember those?), a framed picture and ticket stub from ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’, and “miscellaneous George Foreman boxing memorabilia”.
It’s recently had an ‘engine-out’ service, the clutch and tyres have been replaced, it’s got a full service record, tools (in their original leather bags) and all the books and manuals you’ll probably never read unless you’ve run out of fuel and you’re bored.
The estimated auction price? Between $285,000 and $325,000.
We’re talking of course, about George Foreman. Big George. The man who beat the (then) previously unbeaten Joe Frazier. The man who beat future hall-of-famer Ken Norton. And of course, the man who memorably fought the late, great Muhammad Ali in ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’ (he lost that one). And, um, the man who put his name to a grill.
But we digress. The Lamborghini Diablo; not exactly a shrinking violet itself. Foreman picked it up in 1997 after his final fight, and is the only registered owner from new. Since ‘97, the car has covered just 1,907 miles, making it practically brand new. It’s the VT Roadster - which means four-wheel-drive and a removable carbonfibre roof panel - and sports a new front bumper, brake cooling ducts, and new headlights over the earlier models. It’s bright red, sports a tan leather interior, and of course, a 5.7-litre V12 and nearly 500bhp.
It’s packaged up with a quite a few other excellent things too, including copies of the original title and registration card bearing Foreman’s name, a signed pair of George Foreman boxing gloves with accompanying certificate of authenticity, a signed Foreman grill (yeah, remember those?), a framed picture and ticket stub from ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’, and “miscellaneous George Foreman boxing memorabilia”.
It’s recently had an ‘engine-out’ service, the clutch and tyres have been replaced, it’s got a full service record, tools (in their original leather bags) and all the books and manuals you’ll probably never read unless you’ve run out of fuel and you’re bored.
The estimated auction price? Between $285,000 and $325,000.
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