George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz led to Schulz getting a third consecutive opportunity at the championship, this time against the former champion Michael Moorer. The two would meet on June 22, 1996 in Schulz' native Germany, but Schulz was again unable to capture the title, losing to Moorer by split decision. George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz, billed as "Celebration", was a professional boxing match contested on April 22, 1995 for Foreman's IBF and lineal heavyweight championships, as well as the vacant WBU heavyweight championship. In his previous fight, 45-year-old George Foreman made history by becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in
Lennox Lewis championship bout when the WBC awarded him their title in 1992. This was due to Riddick Bowe relinquishing the title after failing to agree to defend the title against Lewis, who had become the mandatory challenger by defeating Donovan Ruddock a few weeks earlier. In 2001, Lewis became the fourth boxer (after Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield and Michael Moorer) to have held the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions. BoxRec ranks Lewis as the twelfth-greatest heavyweight of all time, as well as the third-greatest British fighter. In 2018, Boxing News ranked Lewis as the third greatest heavyweight of all-time,