Aerial view of George Foreman on his back as referee Zach Clayton makes his count during the round eight knockdown by Muhammad Ali at the WBC/ WBA World Heavyweight Title fight at Stade du 20 Mai. The Rumble in the Jungle fight. Kinshasa, Zaire 10/30/197
Profiles former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, a native of Houston, and discusses his comeback attempt, his controversial 1974 title fight with Muhammed Ali, which many observers feel was fixed. His religious salvation and his retirement from boxing, to devote time to preaching and ...
Those who called him a coward for refusing to fight in the war will learn here that he had been offered a sweetheart deal by the Army; all he had to do was go along, be inducted, not play the angry black rebel, and he’d be entertaining the troops and defending his title and getti...
Foreman began to wilt visibly in the fourth, when Ali truly took control of the fight, and by the fifth round, Ali was snapping rights and lefts off Foreman's face and winking at his friend, football great Jim Brown, who was commentating on the fight at ringside. Ali kept retreating to...
He returned to boxing in 1971 to fight the new heavyweight champion, Joe Frazier. Ali lost the bout, which was called the "Fight of the Century". But Ali reclaimed his title in 1974, from the new champion, George Foreman. Ali would ultimately win the title a record three times. Ali re...
View of the press during their interview with Muhammad Ali while training before the WBC/ WBA World Heavyweight Title fight versus George Foreman at the Salle de Congres in the presidential complex. N'Sele, Zaire. October 1974. Hand-signed by Neil Leifer Unframed and shipped flat Archival pigmen...
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur
At age 22 in February 1964, he surprised the surly 7-to-1 favorite Sonny Liston in Miami (he clowned around with The Beatles on their first trip to the States before the fight, and George Harrison would later call him “quite cute”) to take the heavyweight title for the first time. ...
While training before his fight with George Foreman, Ali kisses his mother, Odessa Clay, while his father, Cassius Clay Sr., looks on. Ali's superior strategy and ability to take a punch led him to his upset victory as he absorbed body blows from Foreman before he responded with powerful...
Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Centur