Amateur Accomplishments
- Won his first amateur fight on January 26, 1967 by a first-round knockout in the Parks Diamond Belt Tournament.
- Won the San Francisco Examiner's Golden Gloves Tournament in the Junior Division in February 1967.
- February 1967: Knocked out Thomas Cook to win the Las Vegas Golden Gloves in the Senior Division.
- February 1968: Knocked out L.C. Brown to win the San Francisco Examiner's Senior Title in San Francisco.
- March 1968: Won the National AAU Heavyweight title in Toledo, Ohio vs. Henry Crump of Philadelphia, PA in the final.
- July 1968: Sparred 5 rounds on two different occasions with former World Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston.
- September 21, 1968: Won his second decision over Otis Evans to make the U.S. boxing team for the Mexico City Olympic Games.
- Foreman had a 16-4 amateur boxing record going into the Olympics. He knocked out Russia's Ionas Chepulis to win the Olympic Games Heavyweight Gold Medal. He was trained for the Olympic Games by Robert (Pappy) Gault.
- Amateur Record: 22-4
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