On November 22, 1997, a 48-year-old George Foreman (76-4, 68 KOs) and a 25-year-old Shannon Briggs (29-1, 24 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Foreman came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 27 days. Briggs was on a 4-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 29 days.
Shannon Briggs defeated George Foreman via majority decision in the 12-round fight. Briggs improves his record to 30-1, while Foreman adds a loss to his record at 76-5.
On June 7, 1993, 44-year-old George Foreman (72-3, 67 KOs) and 24-year-old Tommy Morrison (36-1, 32 KOs) fought for the vacant WBO heavyweight title.
Foreman came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 22 days. Morrison was on a 8-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 8 days.
Tommy Morrison defeated George Foreman via unanimous decision . Morrison improves his record to 37-1, while Foreman adds a loss to his record at 72-4.
On April 19, 1991, a 42-year-old George Foreman (69-2, 65 KOs) got a shot at the undisputed heavyweight championship held by 28-year-old Evander Holyfield (25-0, 21 KOs).
Foreman came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 25 days. Holyfield was on a 25-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 25 days.
Evander Holyfield defeated George Foreman via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles. Holyfield improves his record to 26-0, while Foreman adds a loss to his record at 69-3.
On March 17, 1977, a 28-year-old George Foreman (45-1, 42 KOs) and a 28-year-old Jimmy Young (20-5-2, 7 KOs) met in the ring.
Foreman came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 23 days. Young was on a 3-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 11 days.
Jimmy Young defeated George Foreman via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Young improves his record to 21-5-2, while Foreman adds a loss to his record at 45-2.
On October 30, 1974, the 25-year-old undisputed heavyweight world champion, George Foreman (40-0, 37 KOs), faced a 32-year-old Muhammad Ali (44-2, 31 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Foreman came in to the fight on a 40-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 4 days. Ali was on a 3-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 2 days.
Muhammad Ali stopped the champion via KO in the 8th round, and wins the WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles — and is crowned the new undisputed heavyweight world champion. Ali improves his record to 45-2 (32 KOs), while Foreman adds a loss to his record at 40-1.