George Foreman

v.

Guido Trane

February 5, 1988

Bob (Arum) promoted my fight against Rocky Sckorski in a small banquet room at Bally's in Las Vegas. They brought in a lot of additional chairs to handle the crowd. With all the chairs filled and much of the aisle space, the fire marshall began turning people away.

I knocked Rocky out in the third round, Bob jumped into the ring as if I'd won the title. Later he told me that the TV rating set a record for boxing shows. He said he wanted me to sign a three-fight deal.

"No."

But I did agree to fight Guido Trane, an Italian champ, in February. "You do this one for twenty-four thousand, " he said. "I'm going to move you up each time. The one after will be for a hundred thousand."

...I fought Trane, who figured to be my best test yet. He lasted five rounds. When I could see he was hurt and get more hurt, I asked him, "Are you okay?" I told the ref to stop the match. I had to do that. I wasn't just George Foreman now; I was the living symbol of the George Foreman Youth and Community Center. I stood for something...(1)

-George Foreman

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(1) By George. The Autobiography of George Foreman by George Foreman and Joel Engel pp236