George Foreman
signed promissory note

 


a scanned view

  

A George Foreman promissory note dated December 2, 1969 is made out to Madison Square Garden... Foreman is guaranteeing his appearance in a fight the following month against Jack O'Halloran (MSG was concerned about Foreman getting injured as he had four fights between Dec. 2nd and his January 26th O'Halloran fight and would have forfeited his $2,500 had he pulled out)... Nicely signed in a black ballpoint ink... A nice example of a vintage Foreman signature!!
info provided by TCB Boxing

 
  
     
         GEORGE FOREMAN ON THE RECORDS

     Date            Opponent             Rds.     Result   Time   
June 23, 1969   Don Waldheim (debut)  6        KO 3    1:54
July 1, 1969    Fred Askew            6        KO 1    2:30
July 14, 1969   Sylvester Dullaire    6        KO 1    2:59
Aug. 18, 1969   Chuck Wepner          8       TKO 3    0:54
Sept. 18, 1969  John Carroll          8        KO 1    2:19
Sept. 23, 1969  Cookie Wallace        6        KO 2    0:19
Oct. 7, 1969    Vernon Clay           6       TKO 2    0:32
Oct. 31, 1969   Roberto Davila        8      W unan     --
Nov. 5, 1969    Leo Peterson          8        KO 4    1:00
Nov. 18, 1969   Max Martinez         10        KO 2    2:35
Dec. 6, 1969    Bob Hazelton          6        KO 1    1:22
Dec. 16, 1969   Levi Forte           10      W unan     --
Dec. 18, 1969   Gary Wiler           10       TKO 1

Jan. 6, 1970    Charley Polite       10        KO 4    0:34
Jan. 26, 1970   Jack O'Halloran      10        KO 5    1:10
  
 

condition: light vertical fold down middle, otherwise excellent
note: scan gave a color look to the lines of this item
but are actually black on a light green document
measures: 3.25 x 7.75"

sold!!

 
 


                        FROM THE BOOKS
    On June 23, 1969, in Madison Square Garden, I knocked out Don Waldheim in the third round. Before, I'd thought that I was entitled to press hoopla just because I was the Olympic gold medalist. But I guess professional boxing was littered with plenty of gold medal busts. That's where (Dick) Sadler really knew the game and earned his money. My Waldheim bout caught the spillover attention from the Frazier-Quarry fight. That made it easier for Sadler to find me other fights-a lot of them.
    As it turned out, though, Madison Square Garden was about the only arena offering a decent purse. Every time I fought there I made good money, while places like Scranton and Lake Geneva paid me four hundred dollars, six hundred dollars, two hundred. Even bigger cities like Seattle and Miami Beach wouldn't make me much more. Though Sadler was supposed to get only a third of my earnings, he took half. That seemed fair, and I didn't challenge him on it, because his expenses far outweighed my income. I fought several bouts that barely covered my hotel phone bill (calls to Mom). What mattered was winning-and that I did, almost always by knockout. I trained hard and with determination. Each step I took closer to the top made me want to go higher.
               
                 George Foreman-By George:The Autobiography
 

  
 

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