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George Edward "Monk" Foreman III (born January 23, 1983) is an entrepreneur, professional boxer, trainer/coach, founder of EverybodyFights and son of businessman and former two-time heavyweight champion George Foreman.

Early life

As a child, Foreman watched his father train and sat ringside when his father was doing color commentary. He always loved boxing, but never got involved with the sport until his early teens. Foreman attended Fay School in Southborough, Massachusetts. He graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, in 2001 with a high school diploma, where he played lacrosse.

When he was 19, he went to the gym to do some sparring, but never went back because he did not want his father to find out. His mother, Andrea Skeete-Foreman, never thought that he would ever become a boxer because he was so calm and would never lose his temper.^[1]^[2]

Foreman earned his BA from Rice University where he studied Business and Sports Management,^[3] and went on to serve as the business manager of his father's empire^[4] and executive vice president of George Foreman Enterprises, Inc.^[5]^[6]

Boxing career

George III spent his entire youth absorbing the history and art form that is boxing and boxing training. He went on to pursue his own professional boxing career in 2009 and finished with a perfect 16-0 record.

Foreman started training for boxing in July 2009,^[8] with very similar training methods to his father{{snd}} the "torture chamber", in which he dragged a Jeep as far as he could, dug holes, chopped wood and ran to the point of exhaustion.^[2]

He made his professional debut stopping Clyde Weaver at 1:16 of the first round. He floored Weaver twice: first with a left to the chin, then with a left to the body, before the referee called a halt to the match.^[9] He won his third pro fight on September 26, 2009, at the Coushatta Casino in Kinder, Louisiana, against Marvin Ray Jones by TKO in the first round.^[10] He is currently 16–0 in professional boxing as of December 2012. His last bout was on December 6, 2012, in Cancún, Mexico. Analysts have mentioned that Foreman possesses similarities to his father's boxing traits, such as his stamina and power. Other analysts have commented that Foreman has a great combination of strength, speed, and agility. Foreman's power is also evident when looking at his boxing records: he is 16–0 with 15 of his wins having been a KO or TKO and 1 win ending in a unanimous decision.^[11]

Business

In 2013, George Foreman III opened a boxing fitness gym in Boston called "The Club by George Foreman III". In an effort to further promote the core beliefs of the gyms culture George eventually changed the name of the gym to EverybodyFights.

In 2016, the company received a series-A investment from Breakaway in the form of $4 million and soon after announced the opening of another location in Boston. Since then, Everybodyfights has opened 5 locations and plans to open over 20 new locations by 2020 for growth in other major cities across the U.S.

Professional boxing record

See also

References

1. ^¹{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= His Father in His Corner, George Foreman III Is Set for Boxing Debut |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/sports/05foreman.html |work= The New York Times |publisher= |date= June 4, 2009 | page= B15 |accessdate=June 18, 2009}}
2. ^¹{{cite news |first= Steve |last= Campbell |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= George 'Monk' Foreman III set for boxing debut|url= http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/6457179.html |agency= |work= |publisher= Houston Chronicle |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= June 3, 2009 |accessdate=June 16, 2009 |language= |quote= }}
3. ^{{cite news |first= Nando |last= Di Fino |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= Georges I, II, IV and V Get Ringside Seats |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124451123591096625 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160310045907/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124451123591096625 |dead-url= yes |archive-date= March 10, 2016 |agency= |work= The Wall Street Journal |publisher= |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= June 9, 2009 |accessdate= June 16, 2009 |language= |quote= Holding a business degree from Rice University and helping run his father's grill empire apparently wasn't enough for George 'Monk' Foreman III. }}
4. ^George Foreman III aims to make his own name in the ring
5. ^{{cite press release |title= Company to Harness and Leverage Power of George Foreman Brand |url= http://cohesion.rice.edu/Humanities/sportmanagement/emplibrary/GF%20press%20release.pdf |publisher= Industry Pro News |date= August 17, 2004 |accessdate= 2009-06-18 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20051212064056/http://cohesion.rice.edu/Humanities/sportmanagement/emplibrary/GF%20press%20release.pdf |archivedate= December 12, 2005 |df= }}
6. ^{{cite news |first= Naomi R. |last= Kooker |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Foreman throws weight behind healthy dining concept |url= http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2007/06/18/story8.html |work= Boston Business Journal |publisher= |date= June 15, 2007 |accessdate=June 18, 2009}}
7. ^{{cite press release|title=Billionaire brats on the range |url=http://www.etonline.com/tv/2005/07/35306/index.html |publisher=E! Entertainment Television |date=2005-07-19 |accessdate=2009-06-18 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
8. ^{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/06/foremans-son-ready-to-rumble.html|title=Foreman's son ready to rumble|last=Pugmire|first=Lance|date=June 5, 2009|work=|publisher=Los Angeles Times|location=|agency=|page=|pages=|language=|id=|quote=|authorlink=|author=|coauthors=|accessdate=June 16, 2009}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2009-06-07-george-foreman-son-pro-debut_N.htm|title=George Foreman III stops Weaver in first round of pro debut|last=|first=|date=June 7, 2009|work=|publisher=USA Today|authorlink=|coauthors=|accessdate=June 18, 2009}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=498261&cat=boxer|title=BoxRec - George Foreman|publisher=}}
11. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=498261&cat=boxer|title=BoxRec - George Foreman|publisher=}}

Early life

Boxing career

Business

Professional boxing record

See also

References

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