|
In December of
2007 he won the NABF Super Welterweight title by
out-pointing Andrey Tsurkan (25-2), a title he
defended in 2008 with decisions over Saul Roman
(28-4) and James More (16-1).
In June of 2010,
at Yankee Stadium in New York, he lost his WBA
world title to Miguel Cotto when an inured knee
prevented him from fighting at his best.
Foreman entered
the fight with a braced right knee, and when it
buckled in round seven he went down from a slip,
resulting in the injury getting worse. He gamely
continued, but went on to fall several times as
the knee gave out.
In round nine
referee Arthur Mercante had seen enough and called
it off after Foreman went down again, resulting in
a very unfortunate way for Foreman to lose his
world title.
After a string
of victories Foreman put himself in position to
challenge for his old
WBA
title, and the
IBO world title, in January of 2017, but was
stopped in four rounds by Cuban Erislandy Lara.
The UBO title
fight against Williams in 2021 was his second
fight after coming back almost four years after
the Lara-loss, with a dream to get one more chance
to become a two-time world champion.
It wasn't to be
for Foreman, but he had an excellent career never
the less.
|
PRINT
