Davis took the hits to truly embody the boxer: from the ring to church, to a boxing comeback, and to another victory in the business world.
"I didn't know much about Mr. Foreman, other than the fact that he was the 'Grill Guy,'" Davis says, "and the guy who lost to Muhammad Ali.""I said, 'I got to meet the guy. He's still here,'" Davis says."I wanted to know the subtle nuances that only his family could recognize. I was doing my homework on Mr. Foreman," said Davis."The work that went into me getting this opportunity, of course, it's unseen," he says.
"I was hitting the pavement there, too, before I ever got my leading role in 'Royale' at the Lincoln Center," he added."In the course of about five weeks, I went from 225 to 275 pounds," he said. "My highest was 285. I ate 7,000 calories a day.""I just said 'Yes,'" he said. "I kept showing up. That's it. I didn't know that I would be pushed that far, but I did it. And I survived.
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