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George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. The event ...
When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
Fifty years ago this week, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman met in a boxing ring in Africa. Ali’s stunning knockout victory still echoes today. “The Rumble in the Jungle,” as Ali dubbed the ...
In many ways, Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle didn’t start on this day 50 years ago at 4:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. ET). Nor did it start seven weeks prior when ...
In many ways, Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle didn’t start on this day 50 years ago at 4:30am. In actual fact, the narrative that would come to define the fight began ...
Foreman was considered by many observers to be the favorite to win the fight due to his superior punching power. Ali purposely angered Foreman during the match, provoking Foreman to attack and force him back on the ropes. Some observers at the time thought that Ali was being horribly beaten and worried that they might see him get killed in the ...
For 50 years, Congo has continued to rumble, producing boxing greats like Sumbu Kalambay, who held the World Boxing Association […]
The Greatest is a 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself.It was directed by Tom Gries. [2] The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Summer Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974.