Record details

George Foreman

"Big"

Heavyweight

Male

(George Edward Foreman)
USA, Houston, Texas
Born: January 10, 1949, Marshall, Texas, USA
Died: March 21, 2025, Houston, Texas, USA
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90
Weight: 215, 220, 229, 267, 250, 244, 256, 260 lbs

as an amateur:

Started boxing in 1966
Debut, P.T. Thompson LWO
December, Mark Briggs, Oakland, California LPTS
1967
Clay Hodges, Milwaukee, Wisconsin LPTS
(Final of the National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Tournament)

amateur record: 22-4-0

George Foreman was the second Olympic gold medallist
at heavyweight (over 178 lbs) to win a professional heavyweight world title

Amateur Results


1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Dec. 10	Max Briggs	Oakland, California	LPTS

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Oakland, California, Diamond Belt Junior Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ Jan. 25	Marion Jones	Oakland, California	WKO 1
Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada Golden Gloves Junior Championships winner, +81 kg
+ Feb. 14	Thomas Cook	Las Vegas, Nevada	WKO
- Mar. 1	Clay Hodges (USA)	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	LPTS
+ Mar. 12	Lee White	Sacramento, California	WPTS

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg
+ Feb. 13	L.C. Brown	San Francisco, California	WKO
- Feb. 20	Clay Hodges (USA)	Las Vegas, Nevada	LPTS
Toledo, Ohio, US National Championships gold medal, +81 kg
+ Apr. 4	Billy Bob Thompson	Toledo, Ohio	WRSC 2
+ Apr. 5	Robert Renfrow	Toledo, Ohio	WRSC 3
+ Apr. 6	Chuck Thompson	Toledo, Ohio	WRSC
+ Apr. 7	Henry Crump	Toledo, Ohio	WPTS
- Apr. 15	Clay Hodges (USA)	Los Angeles, California	LPTS
Hannover and Berlin, West Germany, Dual Match West Germany vs USA, +81 kg
- Aug. 16	Dieter Renz (GER)	Hannover, West Germany	LDQ 3
+ Aug. 20	Peter Hussing (GER)	Berlin, West Germany	WKO 2
Maumee, Ohio, US Olympic Trials winner, +81 kg
+ Sept. 5	Otis Evans	Maumee, Ohio	WPTS
+ Sept. 6	Albert Wilson	Maumee, Ohio	WKO 2
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US Olympic Box-Offs winner, +81 kg
+ Sept. 21	Otis Evans	Albuquerque, New Mexico	WPTS
Mexico City, Mexico, Olympic Games gold medal, +81 kg
+ Oct. 16	Lucjan Trela (POL)	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 4:1
+ Oct. 22	Ion Alexe (OMA)	Mexico City, Mexico	WTKO 3
+ Oct. 24	Giorgio Bambini (ITA)	Mexico City, Mexico	WKO 2
+ Oct. 26	Ionas Chepulis (LTU)	Mexico City, Mexico	WTKO 2

Professional record


1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 23	Don Waldheim	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ July 1	Fred Askew	Houston, USA	KO 1
+ July 14	Sylvester Dullaire	Oxon Hill, USA	TKO 1
+ Aug. 18	Chuck Wepner	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ Sept. 18	Johnny Carroll	Seattle, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 23	Roy Wallace	Houston, USA	KO 2
+ Oct. 7	Vernon Clay	Houston, USA	TKO 2
+ Oct. 31	Roberto Davila	New York, USA	W 8
+ Nov. 5	Leo Peterson	Scranton, USA	KO 4
+ Nov. 18	Max Martinez	Houston, USA	KO 2
+ Dec. 6	Bob Hazelton	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 1
+ Dec. 16	Levi Forte	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 18	Gary Hobo Wiler	Seattle, USA	TKO 1

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 6	Charley Polite	Houston, USA	KO 4
+ Jan. 26	Jack O'Halloran	New York, USA	KO 5
+ Feb. 16	Gregorio Peralta	New York, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 31	Rufus Brassell	Houston, USA	TKO 1
+ Apr. 17	James J Woody	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ Apr. 29	Aaron Eastling	Cleveland, USA	TKO 4
+ May 16	George Johnson	Inglewood, USA	TKO 7
+ July 20	Roger Russell	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 4	George Chuvalo	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ Nov. 3	Lou Bailey	Oklahoma City, USA	TKO 3
+ Nov. 18	Boone Kirkman	New York, USA	TKO 2
+ Dec. 18	Mel Turnbow	Seattle, USA	TKO 1

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 8	Charlie Boston	Saint Paul, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 3	Stamford Harris	Lake Geneva, USA	KO 2
+ May 10	Gregorio Peralta	Oakland, USA	TKO 10
(Won vacant NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 14	Vic Scott	El Paso, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 21	Leroy Caldwell	Beaumont, USA	KO 2
+ Oct. 7	Ollie Wilson	San Antonio, USA	KO 2
+ Oct. 29	Luis Faustino Pires	New York, USA	TKO 5

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 29	Joe Murphy Goodwin	Austin, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 7	Clarence Boone	Beaumont, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 10	Ted Gullick	Inglewood, USA	KO 2
+ May 11	Miguel Angel PAEZ	Oakland, USA	KO 2
(Won vacant Pan American Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 10	Terry Sorrell	Salt Lake City, USA	KO 2

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Joe Frazier	Kingston, Jamaica	TKO 2
(Won World Heavyweight Title)
+ Sept. 1	Jose Roman	Tokyo, Japan	KO 1
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 26	Ken Norton	Caracas, Venezuela	TKO 2
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 30	Muhammad Ali	Kinshasa, Zaire	KO by 8
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)


1975 Inactive

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Ron Lyle	Las Vegas, USA	KO 5
(Won vacant NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ June 15	Joe Frazier	Uniondale, USA	TKO 5
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 14	Scott LeDoux	Utica, USA	TKO 3
+ Oct. 15	John Dino Denis	Hollywood, USA	TKO 4

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Pedro Agosto	Pensacola, USA	TKO 4
- Mar. 17	Jimmy Young	San Juan, Puerto Rico	L 12


1978-1986 Inactive

1987
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Steve Zouski	Sacramento, USA	TKO 4
+ July 9	Charles Hostetter	Oakland, USA	KO 3
+ Sept. 15	Bobby Crabtree	Springfield, USA	TKO 6
+ Nov. 21	Tim Anderson	Orlando, USA	TKO 4
+ Dec. 18	Rocky Sekorski	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 3

1988
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 23	Tom Trimm	Orlando, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 5	Guido Trane	Las Vegas, USA	cTKO 5
+ Mar. 19	Dwight Muhammad Qawi	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 7
+ May 21	Frank Lux	Anchorage, USA	TKO 3
+ June 26	Carlos Hernandez	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 4
+ Aug. 25	Ladislao Mijangos	Fort Myers, USA	TKO 2
+ Sept. 10	Bobby Hitz	Auburn Hills, USA	TKO 1
+ Oct. 27	Tony Fulilangi	Marshall, USA	TKO 2
+ Dec. 28	David Jaco	Bakersfield, USA	TKO 1

1989
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	Mark Young	Rochester, USA	TKO 7
+ Feb. 16	Manoel De Almeida	Orlando, USA	TKO 3
+ Apr. 30	JB Williamson	Galveston, USA	TKO 5
+ June 1	Bert Cooper	Phoenix, USA	TKO 2
+ July 20	Everett Martin	Tucson, USA	W 10

1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 15	Gerry Cooney	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 2
+ Apr. 17	Mike Jameson	Stateline, USA	TKO 4
+ June 16	Adilson Rodrigues	Las Vegas, USA	KO 2
+ July 31	Ken Lakusta	Edmonton, Canada	KO 3
+ Sept. 25	Terry Anderson	Millwall, Great Britain	KO 1

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 19	Evander Holyfield	Atlantic City, USA	L 12
(For WBC, WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
+ Dec. 7	Jimmy Ellis	Reno, USA	TKO 3

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 11	Alex Stewart	Las Vegas, USA	W 10

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Pierre Coetzer	Reno, USA	TKO 8
- June 7	Tommy Morrison	Las Vegas, USA	L 12
(For vacant WBO Heavyweight Title)

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 5	Michael Moorer	Las Vegas, USA	KO 10
(Won WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 22	Axel Schulz	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
(Retained IBF and won vacant WBU Heavyweight Titles)

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 3	Crawford Grimsley	Urayasu, Japan	W 12
(Retained WBU and won vacant IBA Heavyweight Titles)

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 26	Lou Savarese	Atlantic City, USA	W 12
(Retained WBU Heavyweight Title)
- Nov. 22	Shannon Briggs	Atlantic City, USA	L 12