This Day in History: br George Foreman Becomes br Oldest Heavyweight Champ.br November 5, 1994.br Foreman, 45, defeated br Michael Moorer, 26, in a 10 round, br Las Vegas bout at the MGM Grand Hotel.br Defending a 35-0 record, br Moorer lost the match in br front of a crowd of 12,000. .br Foreman dedicated the br heavyweight championship to br "all my buddies in the nursing br home and all the guys in jail.".br Foreman's boxing br comeback began br at the age of 38. .br He'd been out of boxing br since his loss to an older br Muhammad Ali during the br famous 1974, "Rumble in the Jungle.".