Tony Tucker vs Bruce Seldon

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On November 5, 1994, 45-year-old George Foreman knocked out Michael Moorer in 10 rounds to win the WBA and IBF heavyweight titles. On January 27, 1995, the WBA Championship Committee unanimously denied Foreman's request to fight Axel Schulz on April 22 and threatened to strip him of the title if he didn't make his first title defense against the top available contender. Foreman appealed the decision, but his appeal was unanimously rejected by the WBA Executive Committee on March 4. Foreman chose to go ahead with the fight against Schulz and was stripped of the title.A teleconference was held on March 14 to announce that Tony Tucker, the No. 1 contender, would fight Bruce Seldon, the No. 2 contender, for the vacant WBA heavyweight title on April 8 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.The card included four other world title fights: Felix Trinidad vs. Roger Turner for the IBF welterweight title, Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Giovanni Parisi for the WBC super lightweight title, Terry Norris vs. Luis Santana for the WBC super welterweight title and Oliver McCall vs. Larry Holmesfor the WBC heavyweight title. Bernard Fernandez of the Philadelphia Daily News reported: