Question about the Michael Moorer vs George Foreman heavyweight title fight..?

my question is why/how was this fight even made? how was this a good fight for Moorer? Moorer had just won the championship (WBA & IBF) from Holyfield and didn't look good doing it, i scored it a draw on my card, and he chooses a 45 year old George Foreman for his first title defense? Foreman's prior bout was a loss to Tommy Morrison. even if Moorer had won the fight, who would really care? he would have beaten up an old man, which is what he was doing until the 10th round. why didn't he go after Lennox Lewis (WBC champ) for a unification bout? in all these years i still don't see why Moorer and Teddy Atlas gave George a shot at the title, he had little to gain and everyhing to lose.