The legendary 1974 heavyweight fight between an aging Muhammad Ali and the unbeaten (and seemingly unbeatable) world champion George Foreman looked at the time like a dangerously one-sided affair. Bookies had pegged Ali as a 4:1 underdog, and his more ardent fans thought avoiding major injury — and even death — would be the real victory for the former champion. Instead, he turned Foreman’s ferocious strength into a weakness, and knocked him out cold in the eighth round.  Why am I bringing this up? Because as we wait for a seemingly imminent election call, there are some interesting parallels between that…