Editing George Foreman (section)

===Post-title career===
====Foreman vs. Briggs====
{{Main|George Foreman vs. Crawford Grimsley|George Foreman vs. Lou Savarese|George Foreman vs. Shannon Briggs}}

In 1996, Foreman returned to Tokyo, scoring an easy win over the unrated [[Crawford Grimsley]] by a 12-round decision, with scores of 116–112, 117–111, and 119–109.<ref>{{cite web |title=MATCH: George Foreman – Crawford Grimsley |url=https://fightfax.com/matches/09587e0a-942b-420e-b5a9-412194560578 |website=fightfax.com |access-date=March 27, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> In 1997, he faced contender [[Lou Savarese]], winning a close split decision (113–114, 115–112, and 118–110) in a grueling, competitive encounter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Timothy W. |title=Foreman Defeats A Tough Savarese |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/27/sports/foreman-defeats-a-tough-savarese.html |access-date=March 27, 2025 |language=en |date=April 27, 1997}}</ref> Then, yet another opportunity came Foreman's way as the WBC decided to match him against [[Shannon Briggs]] in a 1997 "eliminator bout" for the right to face WBC champion [[Lennox Lewis]]. After 12 rounds, in which Foreman consistently rocked Briggs with power punches, almost everyone at ringside saw Foreman as the clear winner. Like Foreman's fight with Schulz, the decision was highly controversial, but this time the decision went in favor of Foreman's opponent, with Briggs awarded a majority decision. One judge scored the bout 114–114, while the other two judges scored it 117–113 and 116–112 for Briggs. Foreman had fought for the last time, at the age of 48.<ref>{{cite news |first=Timothy W. |last=Smith |title=BOXING; Briggs Wins, Crowd Boos and Foreman Says He Likely Won't Fight Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/23/sports/boxing-briggs-wins-crowd-boos-and-foreman-says-he-likely-won-t-fight-again.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 23, 1997 |access-date=January 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Timothy W. |title=BOXING: NOTEBOOK; Lewis Agrees To Fight Briggs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/07/sports/boxing-notebook-lewis-agrees-to-fight-briggs.html|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 27, 2025 |language=en |date=January 7, 1998}}</ref>