The Heavyweight Championship of the World
By satellite from Kinshasa, Zaire, earlier today, an exclusive BBC Sportsnight recording of the multi-million dollar Super Showdown: George Foreman , the reigning World Heavyweight Champion v Muhammad Ali, former World Heavyweight Champion.
Foreman's record: 40 fights: won 40 (37 KO victories); his three World fights with Frazier, Roman and Norton totalled less than five rounds.
Ali's record: 46 fights: won 44 (31 KO victories); Ali has never been beaten inside the distance. He says this is his last fight.