Heavyweight · United States
George Foreman 76-5-0 68 KO · 1969–1997
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George Foreman was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Jan 10, 1949. Record 76-5-0 with 68 knockouts over 1969–1997. World titles: WBA heavyweight (1994–1995), IBF heavyweight (1994–1995), WBA heavyweight (1973–1974), WBC heavyweight (1973–1974). George Foreman last fought Shannon Briggs on Nov 22, 1997 and lost by MD over 12 rounds.
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Born Jan 10, 1949
Died Mar 21, 2025
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 193 cm
Reach 199.5 cm
Nickname Big George
Debut Jun 23, 1969
Career 1969–1997
Rounds boxed 349
KO share 89%
Born in Marshall, Texas, U.S.
Titles IBF, WBA, WBC heavyweight · 1973–1995
Boxerbook rating 2245 ± 231 · inactive since Nov 1997Why here › Confirmed bouts 22 of 81
Career record Record
76-5-0, 68 KOs · 1969–1997
Last result L
Lost Lineal heavyweight title MD 12/12 · Etess Arena, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
The record 81 bouts, 1969–1997, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 81, Wikipedia (ja) · 81, Wikipedia (ru) · 81, Wikipedia (es) · 1
L
Lost Lineal heavyweight title MD 12/12 · Etess Arena, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 76-4-0 · Briggs 29-1-0
W
Retained WBU and Lineal heavyweight titles SD 12/12 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 75-4-0 · Savarese 36-0-0
W
Retained WBU, and Lineal heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · NK Hall, Urayasu, 🇯🇵
Foreman 74-4-0 · Grimsley —
W
Retained IBF and Lineal heavyweight titles MD 12/12 · MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 73-4-0 · Schulz 21-1-1
W
Won WBA, IBF, and Lineal heavyweight titles KO 10/12 · MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 72-4-0 · Moorer 35-0-0
L
For vacant WBO heavyweight title UD 12/12 · Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 72-3-0 · Morrison 37-1-0
W
TKO 8/10 · Convention Center, Reno, 🇺🇸
Foreman 71-3-0 · Coetzer —
W
MD 10/10 · Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 70-3-0 · Stewart 28-3-0
W
TKO 3/10 · Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Foreman 69-3-0 · Ellis —
L
For WBA, WBC, Lineal, and IBF heavyweight titles UD 12/12 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 69-2-0 · Holyfield 25-0-0
W
Terry Anderson
KO 1/10 · London Arena, London, 🇬🇧
Foreman 68-2-0 · Anderson —
W
Ken Lakusta
KO 3/10 · Northlands AgriCom, Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦
Foreman 67-2-0 · Lakusta —
W
KO 2/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 66-2-0 · Rodrigues 36-3-0
W
TKO 4/10 · Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Foreman 65-2-0 · Jameson 15-17-0
W
KO 2/10 · Convention Hall, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 64-2-0 · Cooney 28-2-0
W
UD 10/10 · Convention Center, Tucson, Arizona, 🇺🇸
Foreman 63-2-0 · Martin —
W
RTD 2/10 · Pride Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona, 🇺🇸
Foreman 62-2-0 · Cooper 20-4-0
W
TKO 5/10 · Moody Gardens Hotel Spa, Galveston, Texas, 🇺🇸
Foreman 61-2-0 · Williamson 23-4-0
W
Manoel De Almeida
TKO 3/10 · Atlantis Theater, Orlando, 🇺🇸
Foreman 60-2-0 · Almeida —
W
Mark Young
TKO 7/10 · Community War Memorial, Rochester, New York, 🇺🇸
Foreman 59-2-0 · Young —
Show all 81 bouts W
TKO 1/10 · Casa Royal Banquet Hall, Bakersfield, California, 🇺🇸
Foreman 58-2-0 · Jaco —
W
TKO 2/10 · Civic Center, Marshall, Texas, 🇺🇸
Foreman 57-2-0 · Fulilangi —
W
Bobby Hitz
TKO 1/10 · The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Foreman 56-2-0 · Hitz —
W
Ladislao Mijangos
TKO 2/10 · Lee County Civic Center, Fort Myers, Florida, 🇺🇸
Foreman 55-2-0 · Mijangos —
W
Carlos Hernández
TKO 4/10 · Tropworld Casino and Entertainment Resort, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 54-2-0 · Hernández —
W
Frank Lux
TKO 3/10 · Sullivan Arena, Anchorage, Alaska, 🇺🇸
Foreman 53-2-0 · Lux —
W
TKO 7/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 52-2-0 · Qawi 28-5-1
W
TKO 5/10 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 51-2-0 · Trane —
W
Tom Trimm
KO 1/10 · Sheraton Twin Towers, Orlando, 🇺🇸
Foreman 50-2-0 · Trimm —
W
TKO 3/10 · Bally's Las Vegas, Paradise, 🇺🇸
Foreman 49-2-0 · Sekorski —
W
Tim Anderson
TKO 4/10 · Eddie Graham Sports Complex, Orlando, Florida, 🇺🇸
Foreman 48-2-0 · Anderson —
W
Bobby Crabtree
TKO 6/10 · The Hitchin' Post, Springfield, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Foreman 47-2-0 · Crabtree —
W
Charles Hostetter
KO 3/10 · County Coliseum, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Foreman 46-2-0 · Hostetter —
W
TKO 4/10 · ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California, 🇺🇸
Foreman 45-2-0 · Zouski 25-16-0
L
UD 12/12 · Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, 🇵🇷
Foreman 45-1-0 · Young 22-5-2
W
Pedro Agosto
TKO 4/10 · Civic Center, Pensacola, Florida, 🇺🇸
Foreman 44-1-0 · Agosto —
W
John "Dino" Denis
TKO 4/10 · Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida, 🇺🇸
Foreman 43-1-0 · Denis —
W
TKO 3/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Utica, New York, 🇺🇸
Foreman 42-1-0 · LeDoux —
W
For NABF heavyweight title TKO 5/12 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Hempstead, New York, 🇺🇸
Foreman 41-1-0 · Frazier 32-3-0
W
Won vacant NABF heavyweight title KO 5/12 · Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Foreman 40-1-0 · Lyle 31-3-1
L
Lost WBA, WBC, Lineal, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 8/15 · Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa, 🇨🇩
Foreman 40-0-0 · Ali 44-2-0
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and Lineal, The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 2/15 · Poliedro, Caracas, 🇻🇪
Foreman 39-0-0 · Norton 30-2-0
W
Retained WBA, WBC, Lineal, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 1/15 · Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Foreman 38-0-0 · Roman 43-7-1
W
Won WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 2/15 · National Stadium, Kingston, 🇯🇲
Foreman 37-0-0 · Frazier 29-0-0
W
Terry Sorrell
KO 2/10 · Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 36-0-0 · Sorrell —
W
Miguel Angel Paez
Won Pan American heavyweight title KO 2/10 · County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Foreman 35-0-0 · Paez —
W
Ted Gullick
KO 2/10 · The Forum, Inglewood, 🇺🇸
Foreman 34-0-0 · Gullick —
W
Clarence Boone
KO 2/10 · Civic Center, Beaumont, 🇺🇸
Foreman 33-0-0 · Boone —
W
Joe Murphy Goodwin
KO 2/10 · Municipal Auditorium, Austin, Texas, 🇺🇸
Foreman 32-0-0 · Goodwin —
W
Luis Faustino Pires
RTD 4/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 31-0-0 · Pires —
W
KO 2/10 · Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Foreman 30-0-0 · Wilson —
W
KO 2/10 · Beaumont, Beaumont, Texas, 🇺🇸
Foreman 29-0-0 · Caldwell —
W
Vic Scott
KO 1/10 · County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, 🇺🇸
Foreman 28-0-0 · Scott —
W
Won vacant NABF heavyweight title TKO 10/15 · County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, 🇺🇸
Foreman 27-0-0 · Peralta —
W
Stamford Harris
KO 2/10 · Playboy Club, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Foreman 26-0-0 · Harris —
W
Charlie Boston
KO 1/10 · St. Paul Auditorium, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
Foreman 25-0-0 · Boston —
W
Mel Turnbow
TKO 1/10 · Center Arena, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Foreman 24-0-0 · Turnbow —
W
TKO 2/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 23-0-0 · Kirkman 22-1-0
W
Lou Bailey
TKO 3/10 · State Fairgrounds International Building, Oklahoma City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 22-0-0 · Bailey —
W
TKO 3/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 21-0-0 · Chuvalo 59-15-2
W
Roger Russell
KO 1/10 · Spectrum, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Foreman 20-0-0 · Russell —
W
TKO 7/10 · The Forum, Inglewood, California, 🇺🇸
Foreman 19-0-0 · Johnson —
W
Aaron Eastling
TKO 4/10 · Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Foreman 18-0-0 · Eastling —
W
James J. Woody
TKO 3/10 · Felt Forum, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 17-0-0 · Woody —
W
Rufus Brassell
TKO 1/10 · Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, 🇺🇸
Foreman 16-0-0 · Brassell —
W
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 15-0-0 · Peralta —
W
KO 5/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 14-0-0 · O'Halloran —
W
Charley Polite
KO 4/10 · Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, 🇺🇸
Foreman 13-0-0 · Polite —
W
Gary Hobo Wiler
TKO 1/10 · Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Foreman 12-0-0 · Wiler —
W
Levi Forte
UD 10/10 · Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, 🇺🇸
Foreman 11-0-0 · Forte —
W
Bob Hazelton
TKO 1/6 · International Hotel, Winchester, Nevada, 🇺🇸
Foreman 10-0-0 · Hazelton —
W
Max Martinez
KO 2/10 · Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, 🇺🇸
Foreman 9-0-0 · Martinez —
W
Leo Peterson
KO 4/8 · Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Foreman 8-0-0 · Peterson —
W
Roberto Davila
UD 8/8 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 7-0-0 · Davila —
W
Vernon Clay
TKO 2/6 · Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, 🇺🇸
Foreman 6-0-0 · Clay —
W
Roy Wallace
KO 2/6 · Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, 🇺🇸
Foreman 5-0-0 · Wallace —
W
Johnny Carroll
KO 1/6 · Center Coliseum, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Foreman 4-0-0 · Carroll —
W
TKO 3/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 3-0-0 · Wepner —
W
Sylvester Dullaire
TKO 1/6 · Rosecroft Raceway, Oxon Hill, Maryland, 🇺🇸
Foreman 2-0-0 · Dullaire —
W
Fred Askew
KO 1/6 · Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, 🇺🇸
Foreman 1-0-0 · Askew —
W
KO 3/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Foreman 0-0-0 · Walheim —
Amateur career 4 amateur bouts at major tournaments, from the tournament articles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Not part of the professional record.
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is George Foreman's record? George Foreman's professional record is 76-5-0 with 68 knockouts.
Who did George Foreman fight last? George Foreman last fought Shannon Briggs on Nov 22, 1997 and lost by MD over 12 rounds.
Which world titles has George Foreman held? George Foreman has held 4 world title reigns: WBA heavyweight (1994–1995), IBF heavyweight (1994–1995), WBA heavyweight (1973–1974), WBC heavyweight (1973–1974). Sources Boxerbook ID 8699 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/8699 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
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