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Location in Africa. 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 ...
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] The fight is widely ...
The Fight of the Century or the Johnson–Jeffries Prize Fight was a boxing match between the first African American world heavyweight champion of boxing Jack Johnson and the previously undefeated world heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries on July 4, 1910, U.S. Independence Day.
In the episode Mike Tyson says Trevor Berbick wanted to call their 1986 fight 'Ultimate Judgment Day', but then the ghost of Berbick appears to correct Tyson, saying that actually Tyson was the boxer that wanted to call it 'Ultimate Judgment Day. He then says, "Rest in Peace, Trevor Berbick!" while waving his hand to make the ghost of Trevor ...
Muhammad Ali vs. Bob Foster, billed as The Sound and the Fury, was a professional boxing match contested on November 21, 1972, for the NABF heavyweight championship. [1] Ali knocked Foster down seven times and this was the only fight in which Ali ever suffered a cut. The bout was notable because it was one of the first boxing matches refereed ...
Style. Orthodox. Orthodox. Recognition. Former undisputed heavyweight champion. Former WBA heavyweight champion. Result. Ali won via 12th round TKO (2:10) Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Ellis, billed as The Inevitable Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on July 26, 1971, for the NABF heavyweight championship.
Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks, billed as Once and For All, [1] was a professional boxing match which took place on June 27, 1988. [2] Both fighters were undefeated and each had a claim to being the legitimate heavyweight champion. At the time, Tyson held the belts of all three of the major sanctioning organizations (WBA, WBC, and IBF) while ...
IBF. No. 3 Ranked Heavyweight. 2-division undisputed world champion. Result. Holyfield wins via 12-round majority decision (114-114, 115-114, 115-113) Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II, billed as Repeat or Revenge, was a professional boxing match that took place on November 6, 1993, for the WBA and IBF heavyweight championships.