Have a look at the bio, age and kids of Mary Joan Martelly
In his twenties, George Foreman rose to the top of the heavyweight world rankings before losing to Muhammad Ali in what is arguably the most iconic bout in boxing history. After his passing, his wife Mary Joan Martelly has come into the limelight.
Foreman is survived by his wife, Mary Joan Martelly and 12 children who include five sons and seven daughters.
Who is Mary Joan Martelly, wife of boxer George Foreman, biography, age, height, children, birth place, nationality, ethnicity and net worth
In 1994, twenty years later, the 45-year-old Foreman became the oldest man to win the heavyweight title after stealing Michael Moorer’s title in a spectacular upset. Big George Foreman had more memorable moments than most competitors, and he was just getting started after he eventually departed the ring.
The formidable heavyweight, who fell to Ali in the “Rumble in the Jungle” prior to his remarkable comeback as a surprising champion and prosperous businessman, passed away on Friday night. Foreman was seventy-six. George Foreman and Mary Joan Martelly have been married for more than 39 years.
Born in Mon Repos hamlet on the Caribbean Island nation of Saint Lucia on May 17, 1963, Mary Joan Martelly, his current wife who he was married to for over 40 years immigrated to the US at an early age.
Mary who is an African-American and Saint Lucian-American by nationality is a Christian with her height standing at 5 feet 6 inches. George Foreman’s wife is well-known for her extensive philanthropic work in health and child welfare and has also been a strong advocate for AIDS awareness and prevention. In the 1990s, Mary became a spokesperson for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation and while her net worth isn’t known, her husband George was worth $300 million at the time of his death.
Mary Joan Martelly is well known for helping her husband run the family businesses, particularly George Foreman’s boxing endeavours and Foreman Grills. They currently live in Huffman, Texas, in the United States, and they have five children together.
At a boxing event in Las Vegas, Mary Joan Martelly got to know the famous boxer, George Foreman. They were married on March 27, 1985, following a period of courtship. George Foreman IV (Ferris Wheel), George Foreman V (Red), George Foreman VI (little Joey), Natalia, and Leola Foreman are the three sons and two daughters they had together with them residing in Huffman, Texas, United States.
George Foreman’s wives
Foreman has been married four times, including to Adrienne Calhoun, Cynthia Lewis, Sharon Goodson, and Andrea Skeete, in addition to his marriage to Mary Joan Martelly. The renowned boxer has twelve children from all of his marriages: seven daughters and five sons.
Adrienne Calhoun was his first spouse. Despite getting married in December 1971, the pair split up in 1974. Adrienne and George Foreman had a single child, Michie Foreman, together prior to their split.
George’s affair with Pamela Clay was purportedly the reason for Adrienne and George’s divorce. George Foreman Jr. is the son of George Foreman and Pamela Clay, a professional singer and actor.
In 1977, following the legalization of Foreman and Calhoun’s divorce, she wed Cynthia Lewis, the former Miss Black Teenage America. In 1979, two years into their marriage, the couple filed for divorce. Together, the couple did not have any children.
Sharon Goodson was the third wife of the great boxer. In 1981, the couple was married. But their union lasted less than a year, making it the shortest of his. In the year 1982, they parted ways.
Foreman wed Jennifer Skeete, his fourth wife, the same year he divorced Sharon. Freeda George and George Foreman III are the couple’s two children together. After three years of marriage, they made the decision to divorce in 1985.
The American former professional boxer also has four baby mommas, namely Mary Joan Martelly, Adrienne Calhoun, Pamela Clay, and Charlotte Gross and adopted two daughters, Isabella Brenda Lilja Foreman, in 2009 and Courtney Isaac Foreman, in 2012. He has a child named Michie Foreman with Adrienne Calhoun, a son, George Foreman Jr., with the professional singer/actress Pamela Clay, a daughter named Georgetta Foreman with his ex-girlfriend, Charlotte Gross to see the boxer have a total of ten biological kids and two adopted.
George Foreman career
A Texan, George Foreman started his boxing career as an Olympic gold medallist and, after defeating Joe Frazier in 1973, rose to the top of the heavyweight class, inspiring dread and awe. Only a year later, Ali’s intimidating image vanished when he baited and taunted Foreman into relinquishing his title in Zaire with one of the most daring wins in boxing history.
RIP legend
George Formeman
January 10th, 1949 –
March 21st, 2025Survived by
Wife Mary Joan Martelly
Sons:
George Jr.
George III (Monk)
George IV (Big Wheel)
George V (Red)
George VI (Joe)Daughters:
Natalia
Leola
Freeda
Michi
Georgetta
Isabella
Courtney pic.twitter.com/tWENr8tvkQ— JP²⁶ (@_JP26_) March 22, 2025