George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison with a sudden right hand in the 10th round that dropped Moorer for the count and made Foreman the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history. George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison George Foreman vs. Tommy Morrison, billed as the "Star-Spangled Battle", was a professional boxing match contested on June 7, 1993 for the vacant WBO Heavyweight Championship. After WBO Heavyweight champion Michael Moorer opted to vacate the title in February 1993, the WBO sanctioned a match between popular 44-year-old ex-WBC and WBA heavyweight champion George Foreman and then up-and-coming 24-year-old prospect Tommy Morrison to determine who would be the next WBO
Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman going the distance with the much younger champion. The fight was a huge success financially, becoming for a time the highest-grossing boxing match of all time. The bout brought in approximately $55 million from pay-per-view buys, with 1.45 million American homes purchasing the fight. Also, an additional $8 million was made from the live gate, with an estimated 19,000 fans attending the fight live. Many thought this would be Foreman's last chance at the Heavyweight championship. Foreman, however, would shock the boxing world over three years later by defeating Michael Moorer to become the oldest Heavyweight champion at age 45.