George Edward Foreman (born
January 10, 1949) is an American
two-time
former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold
medalist, and successful entrepreneur.
He became the oldest man ever to become heavyweight boxing champion
of the world when, at age 45, he knocked out
Michael Moorer, to reclaim the title he held
20 years earlier. He has been named one of the 25 greatest fighters
of all time by
Ring
magazine. Nicknamed "Big George" he is now a successful
businessman and an ordained Christian minister who has his own
church.
Foreman has 10 children, and each of his five sons are named
George: George Jr.,
George III,
George IV, George V and George VI. His three older sons are
distinguished from one another by the nicknames "Monk", "Big Wheel"
and "Little George."
Foreman is ranked #9 on
Ring magazine's list of "100
greatest punchers of all time".Foreman is also recognized for The
George Foreman Grill bearing the slogan Lean Mean Fat-Reducing
Grilling Machine.
Early life
Professional career
Foreman won Gold for Men's Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in
Mexico City.
Foreman,
after an amateur record of 27–0, turned professional in 1969 with a
three-round knockout of Donald Walheim in New York
. He
had a total of 13 fights that year, winning all of them (11 by
knockout). Among the boxers he defeated was Cookie Wallace, who
lasted only 23 seconds.
In 1970, Foreman continued his march toward the undisputed
heavyweight title, winning all 12 of his bouts (11 by knockout).
Among the
opponents he defeated were Gregorio
Peralta, whom he decisioned at Madison Square Garden
, and George Chuvalo,
whom he defeated by technical knockout (TKO) in three
rounds. After this impressive win, Foreman defeated
Charlie Polite in four rounds and
Boone Kirkman in three.
A young George Foreman celebrates his
Olympic triumph.
In 1971,
Foreman won seven more fights, winning all of them by knockout,
including a rematch with Peralta, whom he defeated by knockout in
the tenth and final round in Oakland
, California
, and a win over Leroy
Caldwell, who was knocked out in the second round. After
amassing a record of 32–0 (29 KO), Foreman was ranked as the number
one challenger by the
WBA
and
WBC.
In 1972, his string of wins continued with a series of five
consecutive bouts in which he defeated each opponent within three
rounds.
The Sunshine Showdown (vs. Joe Frazier)
Still undefeated, and with an impressive knockout record, Foreman
was set to challenge undefeated and undisputed world heavyweight
champion
Joe Frazier, who in 1971 had
scored a 15-round unanimous decision over previously-unbeaten
Muhammad Ali, following Ali's return to
the ring after an exile of more than three and a half years.
The
Sunshine Showdown took place on January 22, 1973, in Kingston
, Jamaica
, with
Foreman knocking down Frazier six times in two rounds to win the
championship by knockout in one of boxing's biggest upsets.
In what was
HBO Boxing's first broadcast,
the call made by
Howard Cosell became
one of the most memorable in all of sports: "Down goes Frazier!
Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!" Before the fight Frazier was
29–0 (25 KO) and Foreman was 37–0 (34 KO). After the sixth and
final knockdown, Frazier managed to get to his feet, as he had the
previous 5 knockdowns, but referee Arthur Mercante called an end to
the bout. Foreman however later admitted that he had been afraid of
Frazier prior to the bout, and it was a narrowly missed left hook
after the first knockdown that prompted him to finish the fight
quickly.
Foreman was sometimes characterized by the media as an aloof and
antisocial champion. According to them, he always seemed to wear a
sneer and was not often available to the press. Foreman would later
attribute his demeanor during this time as an emulation of
Sonny Liston, for whom he had been an
occasional sparring partner.
Nevertheless, Foreman went on to defend his title successfully
twice during his initial reign as champion.
His first defense, in
Tokyo
, pitted him against Puerto
Rican heavyweight champion José
Roman. Roman was not regarded as a top contender, and it
took Foreman only 2 minutes to end the fight, one of the fastest
knockouts in a heavyweight championship bout. Foreman's next
defense was against a much tougher opponent (at least on paper).
In 1974,
in Caracas
, Venezuela
, he faced the highly regarded hall-of-famer
Ken Norton who was 30–2, a boxer
notorious for his awkward boxing style and crab-like defense, who
had broken the jaw of Muhammad Ali
while defeating him on points a year earlier. Norton's
ability to "take a punch," however, was suspect, and Foreman put
him to the test. In an astonishing display of aggression and
punching power, Foreman knocked out Norton in just two rounds. The
win made Foreman 40–0 with 37 knockouts.
"Rumble in the Jungle"
Foreman's next title defense, against Muhammad Ali, was historic.
Ali was 44–2 (31 KO), with decision losses coming at the hands of
Frazier and Norton. Frazier had knocked down Ali in the 15th and
final round en route to a unanimous decision (9–6, 11–4 and 8-6-1),
while Ken Norton, who broke Ali's jaw in the second round, won by
split decision (4-7-1, 4-5-3 and 6-5-1) (these losses were later
avenged by Ali via a unanimous decision and a split decision,
respectively). Foreman, who was 40–0 (37 KO), had knocked out both
Frazier and Norton in the second round. The only fighters who
lasted the distance with Foreman to that time were Roberto Davila,
Levi Forte and Gregorio Peralta.
During the
summer of 1974, Foreman traveled to Zaire
(now the
Democratic
Republic of the Congo
) to defend his title against Ali. The bout
was promoted as
The Rumble in
the Jungle.
During training in Zaire, Foreman suffered a cut above his eye,
forcing postponement of the match for a month. Ali used this time
to tour Zaire, endearing himself to the public while taunting
Foreman at every opportunity. Nevertheless, Foreman was a heavy
favorite, due in large part to the fact that Frazier and Norton had
given Ali four difficult fights, lasted the distance in all, and
won two of them, while Foreman had scored TKOs over both in the
second round.
When Foreman and Ali finally met in the ring, Ali started on his
toes, dancing around as advertised. Such was the intensity of
Foreman's attack, however, that he was soon driven into the ropes.
Foreman dug vicious body punches into Ali's sides; however, it
quickly became clear that Foreman was unable to land a clean punch
to Ali's head. The ring ropes, being reasonably elastic in nature,
allowed Ali to lean back and away from Foreman's wild swings and
then maul him in a clinch, forcing Foreman to expend extra energy
untangling himself. To this day, it is unclear whether Ali's
pre-fight talk of using speed and movement against Foreman had been
just a diversionary trick, or whether his use of what became known
as the "
Rope-a-dope" tactic was an
improvisation necessitated by Foreman's constant pressure.
In either case, Ali was able to counter off the ropes with blows to
the face, and was able to penetrate Foreman's defense. As the early
rounds passed, Ali continued to take heavy punishment to the body,
and occasionally a hard jolt to the head, but Foreman could not
land his best punches directly on Ali's chin. Eventually, Foreman
began to tire and his punches became increasingly wild, losing
power in the process. An increasingly-confident Ali taunted Foreman
throughout the bout. Late in the eighth round, Ali sprang off the
ropes with a sudden flurry of blows to Foreman's head, punctuated
by a hard right cross that landed flush on Foreman's jaw. Foreman
was knocked down, overcome as much by exhaustion as Ali's punching
power. He managed to regain his feet, but the referee stopped the
bout. It was Foreman's first defeat, and
Muhammad Ali would remain the only boxer to
defeat him by a knockout throughout his two-phased career, although
Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young did manage to floor him in later
bouts.
Later, Foreman stated that he was pleased to contribute to such a
memorable moment in the history of the world, but simply regards
the fight as being "a sweaty old boxing match which I lost."
Foreman also comments in his autobiography that he feels that it is
inaccurate for Ali to say the "rope a dope" was his planned
strategy all along, with Foreman saying "It's like shooting an
arrow into a barn, and then painting a bullseye around the arrow."
Foreman's autobiography also mentions a strange-tasting drink he
was given shortly before the fight, and unusual physical soreness
afterward which he did not experience after any other fight.
First comeback
After losing his title, Foreman remained inactive during 1975.
In 1976,
he returned to boxing in Las Vegas
against Ron Lyle, (who had
been defeated by Muhammad Ali in 1975 by a TKO in round 11, while
leading on all scorecards by 6–4) in a fight hailed by Ring Magazine as "The Fight Of The
Year." At the end of the first round, Lyle landed a hard
left that sent Foreman staggering across the ring. In the second
round, Foreman pounded Lyle against the ropes and might have scored
a KO, but due to a timekeeping error the bell rang with a minute
still remaining in the round , and Lyle survived. In the third,
Foreman pressed forward, with Lyle waiting to counter off the
ropes. In the fourth, a brutal slugfest erupted. A cluster of power
punches from Lyle sent Foreman to the canvas. When Foreman got up,
Lyle staggered him again, but just as Foreman seemed finished he
retaliated with a hard right to the side of the head, knocking down
Lyle. Lyle beat the count, then landed another brutal combination,
knocking Foreman down for the second time. Again, Foreman beat the
count. In the fifth round, both fighters continued to ignore
defense and traded their hardest punches. Each man staggered the
other and each seemed almost out on his feet. Then, as if finally
tired, Lyle stopped punching and Foreman delivered a dozen
unanswered blows until Lyle collapsed. Lyle remained on the canvas
and was counted out giving Foreman the KO victory.
For his next bout, Foreman chose to face
Joe
Frazier in a rematch. Because of the one-sided Foreman victory
in their first fight, and the fact that Frazier had taken a
tremendous amount of punishment from Ali in Manila a year earlier,
few expected him to win. Frazier at this point was 32–3 and Foreman
was 41–1. Surprisingly, Foreman-Frazier II was fairly competitive
as long as it lasted, as Frazier used quick head movements to make
Foreman miss with his hardest punches. Unable to mount a
significant offense, however, Frazier was eventually floored twice
by Foreman in the fifth round and the fight was stopped. Next,
Foreman knocked out
Scott Ledoux in
three and
Dino Dennis in four to finish
the year.
Retirement and rebirth
1977 would prove to be a life changing year for Foreman.
After
knocking out Pedro Agosto in four
rounds at Pensacola
, Florida
, Foreman flew to Puerto
Rico, where he lost a 12-round decision to Jimmy Young. Foreman fought
cautiously early on, costing himself points, but as in the Ali
fight he tired in the later rounds. Despite nearly scoring a KO at
one point, Foreman could not mount a sustained attack on the
elusive Young, who knocked down Foreman in the last round to secure
the decision victory.
Foreman became ill in his dressing room after the fight. He was
suffering from exhaustion and
heatstroke
and believed he had a
near death
experience. He claimed he found himself in a hellish,
frightening place of nothingness and despair. He began to plead
with God to help him. He explained that he sensed God asking him to
change his life and ways. After this experience, Foreman became a
born-again Christian,
dedicating his life for the next decade to
Christianity. Although he did not formally
retire from boxing, Foreman stopped fighting, became an ordained
minister of a church in Houston, Texas, and devoted himself to his
family and his parishioners. He also opened a youth center that
bears his name. Foreman continues to share his conversion
experience on Christian television broadcasts such as
The 700 Club and the
Trinity Broadcasting Network,
and would later joke that Young had knocked the devil out of
him.
Second comeback
In 1987, after 10 years away from the ring, Foreman surprised the
boxing world by announcing a comeback at the age of 38. In his
autobiography he stated that his primary motive was to raise money
to fund the youth center he had created.
For his first fight,
he went to Sacramento
, California, where he beat journeyman Steve Zouski by a knockout in four
rounds. Foreman weighed for the fight, and looked badly out
of shape. Although many thought his decision to return to the ring
was a mistake, Foreman countered that he had returned to prove that
age was not a barrier to people achieving their goals (as he would
say later, he wanted to show that age 40 is not a "death
sentence"). He won four more bouts that year, gradually slimming
down and improving his fitness. In 1988, he won nine times. Perhaps
his most notable win during this period was a seventh round
knockout of former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion
Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
Having always been a deliberate fighter, Foreman had not lost much
mobility in the ring since his first "retirement," although he
found it harder to keep his balance after throwing big punches and
could no longer throw rapid combinations. He was still capable of
landing heavy, single blows, however. Ironically, the late-rounds
fatigue that had plagued him in the ring as a young man now seemed
to be gone, and he could comfortably compete for 12 rounds. Foreman
attributed this to his new, relaxed fighting style (he has spoken
of how, earlier in his career, his lack of stamina came from an
enormous amount of nervous tension).
By 1989, while continuing his comeback, Foreman had become a
successful business entrepreneur, selling everything from grills to
mufflers on TV. The formerly aloof,
unfriendly Foreman had been replaced by a smiling, friendly George.
He and Ali had become friends, and he followed in Ali's footsteps
by making himself a celebrity outside the boundaries of
boxing.
Foreman continued his string of victories, winning five more
fights, the most impressive being a three-round win over
Bert Cooper, who would go on to contest the
undisputed heavyweight title against
Evander Holyfield.
In 1990, Foreman met former title challenger
Gerry Cooney in Atlantic City. Cooney was
coming off a long period of inactivity, but was well-regarded for
his punching power. Cooney wobbled Foreman in the first round, but
Foreman landed several powerful punches in the second round. Cooney
was knocked down twice, and Foreman had scored a devastating KO.
Foreman went on to win four more fights that year.
Then, in 1991, Foreman was given the opportunity to challenge
undisputed heavyweight champion
Evander Holyfield, who was in tremendous
shape at 208 pounds, for the world title in a
Pay Per View boxing event. Very few boxing
experts gave the 42-year-old Foreman a chance of winning. Foreman,
who weighed in at 257 pounds, began the contest by marching
forward, absorbing several of Holyfield's best combinations and
occasionally landing a powerful swing of his own. Holyfield proved
too tough and agile to knock down, and was well ahead on points
throughout the fight, but Foreman surprised many by lasting the
full 12 rounds, losing his challenge on points. Round 7, in which
Foreman knocked Holyfield off balance before being staggered by a
powerful combination, was
Ring Magazine's "Round Of The
Year."
A year later, Foreman fought journeyman
Alex Stewart, who had previously been stopped
in the first round by
Mike Tyson. Foreman
knocked down Stewart twice in the second round, but expended a lot
of energy in doing so. He subsequently tired, and Stewart
rebounded. By the end of the 10th and final round, Foreman's face
was bloodied and swollen, but the judges awarded him a majority
decision win.
In 1993, Foreman received another title shot, although this was for
the vacant
WBO championship, which most fans at
the time saw as a second-tier version of the "real" heavyweight
title, then being contested between Holyfield and
Riddick Bowe. Foreman's opponent was
Tommy Morrison, a young prospect known for
his punching power. To the frustration of Foreman, and the
disappointment of the booing crowd, Morrison retreated throughout
the fight, refusing to trade toe-to-toe, and sometimes even turned
his back on Foreman. The strategy paid off, however, as he outboxed
Foreman from long range. Foreman was competitive throughout the
match, but after 12 rounds Morrison won a unanimous decision.
Though it seemed unlikely at the time, one more chance at the
legitimate heavyweight crown was just around the corner for
Foreman.
Regaining the Title
In 1994, Foreman once again sought to challenge for the world
championship after
Michael Moorer had
beaten Holyfield for the
IBF and
WBA titles.
Having lost his last fight against Morrison and been inactive
since, Foreman was unranked and in no position to demand another
title shot. However, his relatively high profile made a title
defense against Foreman a lucrative prospect at seemingly little
risk for champion Moorer.
Foreman's
title challenge against Moorer took place on November 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada
, with
Foreman wearing the same red trunks he had worn in his title loss
to Ali 20 years earlier. This time, however, Foreman was a
substantial underdog. For nine rounds, Moorer easily outboxed him,
hitting and moving away, while Foreman chugged forward, seemingly
unable to "pull the trigger" on his punches. Entering the tenth
round, Foreman was trailing on all scorecards. However, Foreman
launched a comeback in the tenth round, and hit Moorer with a
number of long-range jabs. Then, suddenly, a short right hand
caught Moorer on the tip of his chin, gashing open his bottom lip,
and he collapsed to the canvas. He lay flat on his back as the
referee counted him out.
In an instant, Foreman had regained the title he had lost to
Muhammad Ali two decades before. He went back to his corner and
knelt in prayer as the arena erupted in cheers. With this historic
victory, Foreman broke two records: he became, at age 45, the
oldest fighter ever to win the world heavyweight crown; and, 20
years after losing his title for the first time, he broke the
record for the fighter with the longest interval between one world
championship and the next.
Shortly after the Moorer fight, Foreman began talking about a
potential superfight against
Mike Tyson.
The
WBA organization,
however, demanded he fight their No. 1 challenger, who at the time
was the competent but aging
Tony Tucker.
For reasons not clearly known, Foreman refused to fight Tucker, and
allowed the WBA to strip him of that belt.
He then went on to
fight mid-level prospect Axel Schulz of
Germany
in defense of his remaining IBF
title. Schulz was a major underdog. Schulz jabbed strongly
from long range, and grew increasingly confident as the fight
progressed. Foreman finished the fight with a swelling over one
eye, but was awarded a controversial majority decision (two judges
scored for Foreman, one called it even). The IBF ordered an
immediate rematch to be held in Germany, but Foreman refused the
terms and found himself stripped of his remaining title. However,
Foreman continued to be recognized as the
lineal heavyweight champion.
In 1996, Foreman returned to Tokyo, scoring an easy win over the
unrated Crawford Grimsley by a 12-round decision. In 1997, he faced
contender
Lou Savarese, winning a close
decision in a grueling, competitive encounter. 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. Once again there was a
controversial decision—but this time it went in favor of Foreman's
opponent, with Briggs awarded a points win. Foreman had fought for
the last time, at the age of 48.
Second retirement
Foreman was gracious and philosophical in his loss to Briggs, but
announced his "final" retirement shortly afterward.
However, he did plan
a return bout against Larry Holmes in
1999, scheduled to take place at the Houston Astrodome
on pay per view. The fight was to be billed
as "The Birthday Bash" due to both fighters' upcoming birthdays.
Foreman was set to make $10 million and Holmes was to make $4
million, but negotiations fell through and the fight was cancelled.
With a continuing affinity for the sport, Foreman became a
respected boxing analyst for HBO.
Foreman said he had no plans to resume his career as a boxer, but
then announced in February 2004 that he was training for one more
comeback fight to demonstrate that the age of 55, like 40, is not a
"death sentence." The bout, against an unspecified opponent, never
materialized (it was widely thought that Foreman's wife had been a
major factor in the change of plans). Having severed his
relationship with HBO to pursue other opportunities, George Foreman
and the sport of boxing finally went their separate ways.
The George Foreman Grill and other business ventures
Apart from his advertisements for
Meineke mufflers, Foreman also tours
the world promoting the
George
Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine. Foreman has
said that he has made more money from his grilling machine
contracts than he made during his entire boxing career, and has
suggested that he is better known for the grill than he is for his
boxing.
Foreman will not disclose how much he has earned as a product
endorser, but he does not dispute a published estimate that his
lifetime earnings are about $240 million—three times what he earned
in the ring. In 1999,
Salton Inc. bought
the rights to use his name and selling skills in perpetuity for
$127.5 million in cash and $10 million in stock. It stands as one
of the biggest endorsement deals for any athlete. Under the
original 1995 deal, Foreman had a right to 60% of the profits from
the grills, which range in price from $20 to $150. At the height of
its success, Foreman received $4.5 million a month in payouts, says
Salton CEO Leonhard Dreimann, former NFL cheerleader. But, in the
past few years, consumers have put off replacing their old Foreman
grills and Salton reported a loss of $3.2 million on sales of $274
million in a recent quarter.
In 1993, Foreman starred in his own
situation comedy on
ABC George, which
turned out to be a flop.
In 2004, Foreman began marketing the George Foreman brand of "Big
and Tall" clothes through the retailer
Casual Male. His clothing features
"comfort zone" technology, which allows expansion and contraction
as the wearer's weight changes.
Foreman appeared as a judge on the second season of the
ABC reality television series
American Inventor.
Foreman has four books: one, published in 1995 and titled
By
George: The Autobiography of George Foreman, was written with
Joel Engel; the second published in May 2007 and titled
God in
My Corner: A Spiritual Memoir, was written with Ken Abraham;
the third, published in October 2007, is called
Going the Extra
Smile. The second two books deal with his faith-related
experiences, practicing forgiveness, and overcoming adversity.
God in My Corner contains numerous pictures from his life
and career. Foreman's fourth book, published in 2008, is scheduled
for release in late June and early July.
On May
22, 2007, it was announced that Foreman has become a partner in the
Panther Racing IndyCar team, which is fielding Vitor Meira, Kosuke
Matsuura, and John Andretti in the
Indianapolis
500
.
On July 16, 2008,
TV Land premiered
Family Foreman, a reality TV
show, starring George and his family.
In the beginning of the film
Night at the
Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, he makes a cameo.
Boxing record
As of November 1997, Foreman has compiled a professional record of
76 wins and 5 losses.
|
Result |
Record |
Opponent |
Type |
Date |
Round |
Location |
| Loss |
76–5 |
|
MD |
|
12 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Non-title fight |
| Win |
76–4 |
|
SD |
|
12 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Defends WBU heavyweight title & gives up IBA heavyweight
title |
| Win |
75–4 |
|
UD |
|
12 |
Chiba, Japan |
Defends WBU heavyweight title, stripped of IBF heavyweight
title, vacant IBA heavyweight title |
| Win |
74–4 |
|
MD |
|
12 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Defends IBF heavyweight title, stripped of WBA heavyweight
title & Wins vacant WBU heavyweight title |
| Win |
73–4 |
|
KO |
|
10 set for 12 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
Wins WBA heavyweight title & IBF heavyweight title |
| Loss |
72–4 |
|
UD |
|
12 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
For vacant WBO heavyweight title |
| Win |
72–3 |
|
TKO |
|
8 set for 10 |
Reno, Nevada |
| Win |
71–3 |
|
MD |
|
10 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Win |
70–3 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Reno, Nevada |
| Loss |
69–3 |
|
UD |
|
12 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
For WBC heavyweight title, WBA heavyweight title & IBF
heavyweight title |
| Win |
69–2 |
|
KO |
|
1 set for 10 |
London, United Kingdom |
| Win |
68–2 |
|
KO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Edmonton , Alberta |
| Win |
67–2 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Win |
66–2 |
|
KO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Stateline, Nevada |
| Win |
65–2 |
|
TKO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Win |
64–2 |
|
UD |
|
10 |
Tucson, Arizona |
| Win |
63–2 |
|
RTD |
|
2 set for 10 |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| Win |
62–2 |
|
TKO |
|
5 set for 10 |
Galveston, Texas |
| Win |
61–2 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Orlando, Florida |
| Win |
60–2 |
|
TKO |
|
7 set for 10 |
Rochester, New York |
| Win |
59–2 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Bakersfield, California |
| Win |
58–2 |
|
TKO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Marshall, Texas |
| Win |
57–2 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Auburn Hills, Michigan |
| Win |
56–2 |
|
TKO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Fort Myers, Florida |
| Win |
55–2 |
|
TKO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Win |
54–2 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Anchorage, Alaska |
| Win |
53–2 |
|
TKO |
|
7 set for 10 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Win |
52–2 |
|
TKO |
|
5 set for 10 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Win |
51–2 |
|
KO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Orlando, Florida |
| Win |
50–2 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Win |
49–2 |
|
TKO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Orlando, Florida |
| Win |
48–2 |
|
TKO |
|
6 set for 10 |
Springfield, Missouri |
| Win |
47–2 |
|
KO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Oakland, California |
| Win |
46–2 |
|
TKO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Sacramento, California |
| Loss |
45–2 |
|
UD |
|
12 |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Win |
45–1 |
|
TKO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Pensacola, Florida |
| Win |
44–1 |
|
TKO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Hollywood, Florida |
| Win |
43–1 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Utica, New York |
| Win |
42–1 |
|
TKO |
|
5 set for 12 |
Uniondale, New York |
| Win |
41–1 |
|
KO |
|
5 set for 12 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Loss |
40–1 |
|
KO |
|
8 set for 15 |
Kinshasa , Zaire |
Loses WBC heavyweight title & WBA heavyweight title |
| Win |
40–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 15 |
Caracas,
Venezuela |
Defends WBC heavyweight title & WBA heavyweight title |
| Win |
39–0 |
|
KO |
|
1 set for 15 |
Tokyo,
Japan |
Defends WBC heavyweight title & WBA heavyweight title |
| Win |
38–0 |
|
TKO |
|
2 set for 15 |
Kingston, Jamaica |
Wins WBC heavyweight title & WBA heavyweight title |
| Win |
37–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Win |
36–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Oakland, California |
| Win |
35–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Inglewood, California |
| Win |
34–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Beaumont, Texas |
| Win |
33–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Austin, Texas |
| Win |
32–0 |
|
TKO |
|
5 set for 10 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
31–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Win |
30–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Beaumont, Texas |
| Win |
29–0 |
|
KO |
|
1 set for 10 |
El Paso, Texas |
| Win |
28–0 |
|
TKO |
|
10 set for 15 |
Oakland, California |
| Win |
27–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin |
| Win |
26–0 |
|
KO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Win |
25–0 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Seattle, Washington |
| Win |
24–0 |
|
TKO |
|
2 set for 10 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
23–0 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Win |
22–0 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
21–0 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| Win |
20–0 |
|
KO |
|
7 set for 10 |
Inglewood, California |
| Win |
19–0 |
|
TKO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Cleveland, Ohio |
| Win |
18–0 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 10 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
17–0 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Houston, Texas |
| Win |
16–0 |
|
UD |
|
10 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
15–0 |
|
KO |
|
5 set for 10 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
14–0 |
|
KO |
|
4 set for 10 |
Houston, Texas |
| Win |
13–0 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 10 |
Seattle, Washington |
| Win |
12–0 |
|
UD |
|
10 |
Miami Beach, Florida |
| Win |
11–0 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 6 |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Win |
10–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 10 |
Houston, Texas |
| Win |
9–0 |
|
KO |
|
4 set for 8 |
Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Win |
8–0 |
|
UD |
|
8 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
7–0 |
|
TKO |
|
2 set for 6 |
Houston, Texas |
| Win |
6–0 |
|
KO |
|
2 set for 6 |
Houston, Texas |
| Win |
5–0 |
|
KO |
|
1 set for 8 |
Seattle, Washington |
| Win |
4–0 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 8 |
New York City, New York |
| Win |
3–0 |
|
TKO |
|
1 set for 6 |
Oxon Hill, Maryland |
| Win |
2–0 |
|
KO |
|
1 set for 6 |
Houston, Texas |
| Win |
1–0 |
|
TKO |
|
3 set for 6 |
New York City, New York |
|
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