George Foreman vs. Lou Savarese

George Foreman vs. Lou Savarese, billed as Power Brokers was a professional boxing match contested on April 26, 1997, for the WBU and lineal heavyweight titles.

[1] After successfully defending both his lineal world heavyweight title and the lightly regarded WBU heavyweight title in an uninspired win against little-known Crawford Grimsley in November 1996, it was announced in March 1997 that George Foreman would return to the ring face undefeated fringe contender Lou Savarese.

[2] The 31-year old Savarese was a perfect 36–0 and was coming off the biggest win of his career, having knocked out Buster Mathis Jr. in the seventh round the previous November, and came into the fight as a 7–5 favorite over the now 48-year old Foreman.

[3][4] Foreman once again reunited with legendary trainer Angelo Dundee, whom had been his corner since he had challenged Evander Holyfield for the undisputed heavyweight title in 1991.

The WBC supplied Foreman with a list of acceptable opponents, including future heavyweight champions Chris Byrd and Hasim Rahman and the recently returned former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion James "Buster" Douglas, though Foreman ultimately picked Shannon Briggs.