George Foreman vs. Jack O'Halloran

George Foreman 214 lbs beat Jack O'Halloran 235 lbs by KO at 1:10 in round 5 of 10

• Date: 1970-01-26
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Foreman floored O'Halloran late in the fourth round and put him down for the count in the fifth round.


"For two rounds Jack O'Halloran took the play away from the 21 year old George Foreman, but in the 4th Foreman knocked down O'Halloran just before the bell for a seven count. O'Halloran seemed to have recovered and landed a hard left at the start of the 5th round to bring the crowd to its feet, but Foreman staggered O'Halloran with the first punch he landed in the round and followed with a series of lefts for the knockout." -San Antonio Light

• Also on this card was a scheduled 10 rounder between Donato Paduano and Irish Pat Murphy and another scheduled 10 rounder between Chuck Wepner and Manuel Ramos.
• Attendance - 9,946
• Gate - $56,000

Post fight comment

• "People are going to have to consider Foreman a contender if he beats Gregorio Peralta. After all, Peralta was supposed to fight Ellis for the title in December." -Teddy Brenner, Garden Matchmaker, on announcing Foreman-Peralta to the undercard of the Joe Frazier vs. Jimmy Ellis unification match on February 16th.