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Prior to the match, Ali had predicted that round 9 would be the final round of this bout. As it turned out, both fighters kept punching each other throughout this round. The round began with Ali landing a strong punch on Bonavena's jaw, but as Ali moved in purposefully, the bout became a slugging contest with Bonavena hitting back.
The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting technique in which one contender leans against the ropes of the boxing ring to draw non-injuring offensive punches in an effort to tire their opponent out and, while they are on the ropes, try to execute devastating offensive punches.
What was scheduled to be a 15-round bout ended in the middle of the eighth, with Ali doing what no other boxer had ever done -- knocking out Foreman.
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 ...
Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Fight of the Century or simply The Fight, [2] was an undisputed heavyweight championship boxing match between WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and Lineal champion Muhammad Ali, on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [3] [4] [5]
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.
For 50 years, Congo has continued to rumble, producing boxing greats like Sumbu Kalambay, who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) world middleweight title in the 1980s and Junior Ilunga Makabu ...
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 ...