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==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{Official website}} * {{BoxRec|id=000090}} * [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/george.htm George Foreman profile] at Cyber Boxing Zone * [http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/foreman.html Boxing Hall of Fame] * [http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Foreman_George.html ESPN Classic – Mr. Mean Becomes Mr. Clean] * [https://www.espn.com/espn/classic/news/story?id=2631626 Boxing's Greatest Fighters: George Foreman – ESPN] * [http://boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=3907 George Foreman amateur boxing record] * {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=george-foreman|old_id=George-Foreman|archive=20230404131500}} * {{Olympics.com|george-foreman|org_archive=20160920160348}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{IMDb name|id=286040}} * {{Discogs artist|George Foreman}} * [https://texasarchive.org/2017_00606 George Foreman and the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ] from the [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]] * [https://texasarchive.org/2013_04877 Interview with George Foreman] from the [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]] {{s-start-collapsible|header={{s-sports}} }} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Amateur boxing titles}} {{s-before|before=[[Forrest Ward]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States national amateur boxing heavyweight champions|U.S. heavyweight champion]] |years=1968}} {{s-after|after=[[Earnie Shavers]]}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Regional boxing titles}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=[[Muhammad Ali]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of NABF champions#Heavyweight|NABF heavyweight champion]] |years=May 10, 1971 – July 1971<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=Muhammad Ali}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=[[Ken Norton]]}} {{s-ttl|title=NABF heavyweight champion |years=January 24, 1976 – August 1976<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Leroy Jones (boxer)|Leroy Jones]]}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Minor world boxing titles}} {{s-new}} {{s-ttl|title=[[World Boxing Union|WBU]] heavyweight champion |years=[[George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz|April 22, 1995]] – November 1997<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Corrie Sanders]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-vac|last=Marcus McIntyre}} {{s-ttl|title=IBA heavyweight champion |years=November 3, 1996 – April 1997<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=[[Lou Savarese]]}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Major world boxing titles}} {{s-bef|rows=4|before=[[Joe Frazier]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[WBA Heavyweight Champion]] |years=[[Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman|January 22, 1973]] – [[The Rumble in the Jungle|October 30, 1974]]}} {{s-aft|rows=4|after=Muhammad Ali}} {{s-ttl|title=[[WBC Heavyweight Champion]] |years=January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of The Ring world champions#Heavyweight|''The Ring'' heavyweight champion]] |years=January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight|Undisputed heavyweight champion]] |years=January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=[[Michael Moorer]]}} {{s-ttl|title=WBA heavyweight champion |years=[[Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman|November 5, 1994]] – March 5, 1995<br />Stripped}} {{s-vac|next=[[Bruce Seldon]]}} {{s-break}} {{s-ttl|title=[[List of IBF world champions#Heavyweight|IBF heavyweight champion]] |years=November 5, 1994 – June 29, 1995<br />Vacated}} {{s-vac|next=Michael Moorer}} {{s-break}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{s-before|before=Muhammad Ali<br />[[Carlos Monzón]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year#1970s|''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year]] |years=1973}} {{s-after|rows=2|after=Muhammad Ali}} {{s-before|before=Carlos Monzón}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Sugar Ray Robinson Award#1970s|BWAA Fighter of the Year]] |years=1973}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|[[Bob Foster (boxer)|Bob Foster]] vs.}}<br />[[Chris Finnegan]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Fight of the Year#1970s|''The Ring'' Fight of the Year]]<br />{{small|vs. Joe Frazier}} |years=1973}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />Muhammad Ali}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|Muhammad Ali vs.}}<br />Bob Foster<br />{{small|Round 5}} }} {{s-ttl|title=[[The Ring magazine Round of the Year#1970s|''The Ring'' Round of the Year]]<br />{{small|vs. Joe Frazier}}<br />{{small|Round 2}} |years=1973}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />Muhammad Ali<br />{{small|Round 8}} }} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />Joe Frazier}} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Fight of the Year<br />{{small|vs. Muhammad Ali}} |years=1974}} {{s-after|after=[[Thrilla in Manila|Muhammad Ali vs.<br />Joe Frazier III]]}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />Joe Frazier<br />{{small|Round 2}} }} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Round of the Year<br />{{small|vs. Muhammad Ali}}<br />{{small|Round 8}} |years=1974}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|Muhammad Ali vs.}}<br />Joe Frazier III<br />{{small|Round 12}} }} {{s-before|before=Muhammad Ali}} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Fighter of the Year |years=1976}} {{s-after|after=[[Carlos Zárate Serna]]}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|Muhammad Ali vs.}}<br />Joe Frazier III}} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Fight of the Year<br />{{small|vs. [[Ron Lyle]]}} |years=1976}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />[[Jimmy Young (boxer)|Jimmy Young]]}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|Muhammad Ali vs.}}<br />Joe Frazier III<br />{{small|Round 12}} }} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Round of the Year<br />{{small|vs. Ron Lyle}}<br />{{small|Rounds 4, 5}} |years=1976}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />Jimmy Young<br />{{small|Round 12}} }} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />Ron Lyle}} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Fight of the Year<br />{{small|vs. Jimmy Young}} |years=1977}} {{s-after|after=[[Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks|Leon Spinks vs.<br />Muhammad Ali]]}} {{s-before|before={{nowrap|George Foreman vs.}}<br />Ron Lyle<br />{{small|Rounds 4, 5}} }} {{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' Round of the Year<br />{{small|vs. Jimmy Young}}<br />{{small|Round 12}} |years=1977}} {{s-after|after={{nowrap|Leon Spinks vs.}}<br />Muhammad Ali<br />{{small|Round 15}} }} {{s-before|before=[[Pernell Whitaker]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Sugar Ray Robinson Award#1990s|BWAA Fighter of the Year]] |years=1994}} {{s-after|after=[[Oscar De La Hoya]]}} {{s-before|before=[[Michael Jordan]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Associated Press Athlete of the Year]] |years=1994}} {{s-after|after=[[Cal Ripken Jr.]]}} {{s-text|style=background:#C1D8FF; font-weight: bold;|text=Heavyweight status}} {{s-bef|before=Muhammad Ali}} {{s-ttl|title=Oldest living world champion |years=June 3, 2016 – March 21, 2025}} {{s-aft|after=[[Larry Holmes]]}} {{s-end}} {{George Foreman}} {{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Heavyweight}} {{Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year navbox}} {{The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year}} {{Sugar Ray Robinson Award}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Foreman, George}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2025 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century African-American businesspeople]] [[Category:20th-century African-American sportsmen]] [[Category:20th-century American businesspeople]] [[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]] [[Category:21st-century African-American businesspeople]] [[Category:African-American boxers]] [[Category:African-American Christian clergy]] [[Category:African-American Christians]] [[Category:American Christian clergy]] [[Category:American male boxers]] [[Category:American male film actors]] [[Category:American male television actors]] [[Category:American male voice actors]] [[Category:American Protestants]] [[Category:Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Boxers from Houston]] [[Category:International Boxing Federation champions]] [[Category:International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic boxers for the United States]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing]] [[Category:Pentecostal pastors]] [[Category:People from Marshall, Texas]] [[Category:The Ring (magazine) champions]] [[Category:Spokespersons]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Marshall, Texas]] [[Category:Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers]] [[Category:World Boxing Association champions]] [[Category:World Boxing Council champions]] [[Category:World heavyweight boxing champions]]
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