Instead it was Barrett v Baker, with the Irishman not allowing Baker to bask for long in a famous win over Williams, thanks to a fusillade of punches that propelled Barret into the final.
Unfortunately, the same questions might well be posed today about another aerospace technology in which the United States currently enjoys a decisive competitive advantage -- thanks to a farsighted and ambitious Defense Department program and the congressional support it has long received: the V-22 "Osprey" tiltrotor aircraft.