Our consignor's mother was neighbors with George Foreman when he lived in Houston, TX during the middle of his career around the late 1970s, and allowed him to use her garage as storage. When it came time to clean her house out in recent years, her family uncovered numerous items of George's including his two passports and drivers license we sold in 2025 Winter Classic and Spring Pop Up Auctions. According to our consignor, this medal was found in a box with several of Foreman's trophies and an identification card of one his former wives in the 1970s. 

George Foreman won the gold medal for heavyweight boxing at 1968 Mexico City Olympics

Medal is gilt silver (solid silver coated with a thin layer of gold)

Since the medal was stored in a box in a garage for decades, it was not in pristine condition, so it was cleaned to for it to be seen in its original state. This resulted in some of the thin layer of gold to come off on front and back. (if you want to reword this to make it sound less direct, plz do)

Front reads "XIX Olympia Mexico 1968"

We can see the top ring has been detached from the small plaque with ribbon that can be seen on other gold medals from the 1968 Mexico Olympics

Previous 1968 Mexico gold medals with plaque and ribbon that sold in auctions were listed as weighing 125-128 grams

This medal alone, without plaque and ribbon, weighs 112 grams

Given the provenance, the medal being gilt silver like other 1968 gold medals, and clear evidence of a plaque being detached, we believe it is highly likely that this is George Foreman's 1968 Mexico City Olympics gold medal.  However, we cannot say for certain without a photo-match or the original plaque.