Editing George Foreman (section)

==Amateur career==
===1968 Summer Olympics===
[[File:George Foreman and Lyndon Johnson 1968.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Foreman with President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1968]]

Foreman won a gold medal in the [[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|boxing/heavyweight division]] at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City Olympic Games]]. In the finals, Foreman defeated the Soviet Union's [[Jonas Čepulis]];  the referee stopped the fight in the second round.<ref name=sweet>{{cite web |title=Foreman Fondly Remembers "Geezers At Caesars" |author=Fernandez, Bernard |publisher=The Sweet Science |url=http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/21925-foreman-fondly-remembers-geezers-at-caesars |date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=September 3, 2016 |archive-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404160948/http://www.thesweetscience.com/feature-articles/21925-foreman-fondly-remembers-geezers-at-caesars |url-status=live }}</ref>  Čepulis' face was already bleeding in the first round from Foreman's punches, and had to take a [[standing eight count]] early in the second round.<ref name=espn>{{cite web |title=Frazier & Foreman clinch gold |work=ESPN.co.uk |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/312.html |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=September 3, 2016 |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919205808/http://en.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/312.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Čepulis, fighting out of [[Lithuania]], was a 29-year-old veteran with a 12-year-long amateur career, having over 220 fights in his record, quite experienced, and 10 years older than Foreman.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Rhiannon |date=October 26, 2016 |title=George Foreman wins gold in 1968 heavyweight title match |url=https://andscape.com/features/george-foreman-wins-gold-in-1968-heavyweight-title-match/ |access-date=March 22, 2025 |website=Andscape |language=en-US}}</ref>

* Round of 16: defeated [[Lucjan Trela]] (Poland) on points, 4–1
* Quarterfinal: defeated [[Ion Alexe]] (Romania) referee stopped contest, 3rd round
* Semi-final: defeated [[Giorgio Bambini]] (Italy) by a second-round knockout
* Final: defeated [[Jonas Čepulis]] (Soviet Union) referee stopped contest, second round

After winning the gold-medal fight, Foreman walked around the ring carrying a small [[Flag of the United States|U.S. flag]] and bowing to the crowd.<ref name=sweet/><ref name=espn/> Foreman maintained that earning the Olympic gold medal was the achievement he was most proud of in his boxing career, more so than either of his world titles.<ref name="houstonchronicle1"/>

===Highlights===
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* He won his first amateur fight on January 26, 1967, by a first-round knockout in the Parks Diamond Belt Tournament.<ref name=scooprecord>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=3907 |title=George Foreman Amateur Boxing Record |publisher=Boxing-Scoop.com |access-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-date=October 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003004335/http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=3907 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* He won the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]'s'' Golden Gloves Tournament in the Junior Division in February 1967.<ref name=scooprecord/>
* In February 1967, he knocked out Thomas Cook to win the Las Vegas Golden Gloves in the Senior Division.<ref name=scooprecord/>
* In February 1968, he knocked out L.C. Brown to win the'' San Francisco Examiner's'' Senior Title in San Francisco.<ref name=scooprecord/>
* In March 1968, he won the [[United States National Boxing Championships|National Boxing Championships]] heavyweight title in Toledo, Ohio, vs. Henry Crump of Philadelphia in the final.<ref name=scooprecord/>
* He sparred five rounds on two different occasions in  July 1968 with former World Heavyweight Champion [[Sonny Liston]] (Liston sparred in 22-oz custom-made [[Everlast (boxing)|Everlast]] gloves, Foreman later recalled that Liston was "No doubt the scariest human being I've met in the ring, the only man to make me back up consistently".)<ref name=scooprecord/><ref>{{cite web |author1=Danny Gilfillan |title=George Foreman Names 'Strongest Heavyweight' Who Was 'Scariest Human Being' |url=https://boxing-social.com/news/george-foreman-names-strongest-heavyweight/ |website=Boxing Social |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119134652/https://boxing-social.com/news/george-foreman-names-strongest-heavyweight/ |archive-date=November 19, 2024 |date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=August 12, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* On September 21, 1968, he won his second decision over Otis Evans to make the U.S. boxing team for the Mexico City Olympic Games.<ref name=scooprecord/>
* Foreman had a 16–4 amateur boxing record going into the Olympics. He won the Olympic Games Heavyweight Gold Medal after the referee stopped the fight against finalist Jonas Čepulis in the second round. He was trained for the Olympic Games by Robert (Pappy) Gault.<ref name=scooprecord/>
* His amateur record was 22–4 when he turned professional.<ref name="Boxrec" /><ref name=scooprecord/>