Boxers and leading sporting figures celebrate the late heavyweight champion, ‘knockout artist’, preacher and entrepreneur

• George Foreman, boxing champion and entrepreneur, dies aged 76
• George Foreman – a life in pictures

Boxing greats and sports stars from around the globe have paid tribute to world heavyweight champion, George Foreman, who died on Friday aged 76.

The death of the boxing Hall of Famer and entrepreneur was announced by Foreman’s family on his Instagram account.