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Frank Gore ratings vicious knockout in skilled boxing debut on his birthday

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Frank Gore infamous his 39th birthday Saturday by scoring a knockout in his skilled boxing debut. 

Gore, the third working support in NFL historical past to story 16,000 speeding yards, is now not any stranger to electric performances. 

At some stage in Saturday’s Gamebred Boxing occasion in Mississippi, Gore landed a vicious appropriate-hand punch against Yaya Olorunsola within the fourth spherical, knocking Olorunsola out frigid and sending him face-first into the canvas.

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“This day changed into a gargantuan day!!! Are looking out for to thank my crew for the full laborious work,” Gore wrote on Twitter after the match. 

Saturday’s fight marked Gore’s skilled debut, however it surely wasn’t first boxing match.

Frank Gore at some stage in a fight against Deron Williams Dec. 18, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. 
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Gore previously fought broken-down Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams in an exhibition bout Dec. 18, shedding by design of fracture up resolution on the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.

Frank Gore at some stage in a fight against Deron Williams Dec. 18, 2021, in Tampa, Fla.
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Remaining month, the San Francisco 49ers story told TheSFNiners podcast he deliberate on signing a one-day contract with the 49ers within the following “couple of months,”

FRANK GORE SAYS HE’LL SIGN 1-DAY CONTRACT, RETIRE WITH 49ERS AFTER 16 SEASONS IN NFL

The signing will enable Gore to retire with the crew that drafted him within the third spherical in 2005. 

Gore spent the precious 10 seasons of his profession in San Francisco, the attach he made the Professional Bowl 5 times and rushed for no longer no longer up to 1,000 yards in eight of these seasons. 

Frank Gore of the San Francisco 49ers against the Arizona Cardinals at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., Dec. 28, 2014.
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After his time in San Francisco, the working support played for the Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, and Contemporary York Jets. He rushed for 4,927 complete yards at some stage in these years. 

Gore has no longer played within the NFL for the reason that 2020 season with the Jets, when he rushed for 653 yards on 198 carries and scored two touchdowns. 

If Gore goes via along with his resolution to retire this offseason, he would finish his profession with precisely 16,000 speeding yards, third-most in NFL historical past within the support of Emmitt Smith (18,355) and Walter Payton (16,726). 

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Each and every of these legends are within the Corridor of Fame. 

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