Editing George Foreman (section)

===Retirement===
Foreman became ill in his dressing room after his bout versus Young. He was suffering from exhaustion and [[heat stroke]] and stated he had a [[near-death experience]]. He spoke of being in a hellish, frightening place of nothingness and despair, and felt that he was in the midst of death. Though not yet religious, he began to plead with God to help him. He explained that he sensed God asking him to change his life and ways whereupon he said, "I don't care if this is death&nbsp;– I still believe there is a God!"<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KAV1XUwWzA&feature=youtu.be |title=George Foreman's Rise, Fall & Greatest Comeback—The Story You Never Knew |date=March 22, 2025 |last=Celebrity What If |access-date=March 22, 2025 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pivotpointpublishing.com/index.php/volume-1-issue-2/george-foreman |title=The Knock Out Punch That Changed His Life |access-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125074454/http://pivotpointpublishing.com/index.php/volume-1-issue-2/george-foreman |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

After this experience, Foreman became a [[Born again|born-again Christian]], dedicating his life for the next decade to God. Although he did not formally retire from boxing, Foreman stopped fighting and became an ordained minister, initially preaching on street corners before becoming the minister of the [[Church of the Lord Jesus Christ]] in Houston<ref>{{cite web |url=https://texasarchive.org/2017_00606 |title=George Foreman and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ (1980) |website=Texas Archive of the Moving Image |access-date=November 12, 2019}}</ref> and devoting himself to his family and his congregation. He also opened a youth center<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgeforeman.com/youthcenter.html |title=George Foreman Youth Center, Houston |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609073250/http://www.georgeforeman.com/youthcenter.html |archive-date=June 9, 2007}}</ref> that bears his name. Foreman continued to speak about his experience on Christian television broadcasts such as ''[[The 700 Club]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=George Foreman: Faith From the Fist |url=https://cbn.com/article/not-selected/george-foreman-faith-fist |website=CBN |access-date=March 27, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Praise the Lord |url=https://www.tbn.org/sites/default/files/0903%20Mar%20Newsletter.pdf |website=tbn.org |access-date=March 27, 2025 |date=March 2009}}</ref>