Foreman Is Impatient Only When in the Ring : Boxing: He knocks out Anderson in the first round, says he will wait as long as necessary to fight for the title again.

George Foreman says he’s in no hurry for his chance to regain the heavyweight title.

“I’m not going away. I’m not going to leave until I am heavyweight champion of the world again,” he said Tuesday after knocking out Terry Anderson in the first round for the 24th consecutive victory of his comeback.

“Even in my 40s, I have got all the time in the world. I can afford to bide my time.”

Foreman, 42, wasted little time disposing of Anderson (19-4).

The former champion, who weighed in at 259 pounds, hit Anderson with a left jab, then clubbed him with a right with six seconds left in Round 1. Anderson was counted out and stayed on the canvas for about a minute, then got up to hug Foreman.

The knockout in the scheduled 10-rounder at the London Arena was Foreman’s 65th and improved his record to 69-2. He has won all 24 of his fights since beginning his comeback three years ago.

Foreman said he hopes to challenge the winner of next month’s world title fight between champion Buster Douglas and Evander Holyfield.

He came into the fight six pounds lighter than expected, but said he’s hitting harder than ever.

“I thought it would go a couple of rounds, but as I jabbed him he walked straight into my right hand,” Foreman said. “It was one of the strongest punches I have ever thrown.

“My power is back. I thought I had lost it to Muhammad Ali, and now I feel as strong as I did as a teen-ager,” said Foreman, who lost his title to Ali in Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1974.

Anderson, a 30-year-old Floridian, attacked Foreman’s midsection with little effect.

Some of the estimated 4,000 British fans laughed when Anderson tried to wrap his hands around the huge frame of Foreman, who outweighed him by 22 pounds.