In 1974, George Foreman reigned supreme. The previous year he had astonished the sports world with his terrifying demolition ofJoe Frazier, knocking Smokin’ Joe to the canvas six times in less than two rounds and instantly putting the fear of God into all other heavyweight contenders. His fir...
The Rumble in the Jungle: Ali vs. Foreman (1974) Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in HBO World Championship Boxing (1973) PeopleMuhammad Ali, George Foreman TitlesHBO World Championship Boxing, The Rumble in the Jungle: Ali vs. ForemanBack...
Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016): Directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon. With Wole Soyinka, Salim Muwakkil, Gerald Early, Todd Boyd. Muhammad shocks the world when he defeats George Foreman in Zaire, regaining the heavyweight title a
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 ...
IN DECAYING STADIUM, THE DISTANT RUMBLE OF FAME ALI-FOREMAN FIGHT IN 1974 WAS MEANT TO PUT ZAIRE ON THE MAPJohn Donnelly Globe Staff
Soul Power is a vérité documentary – compiled entirely from footage shot in 1974 – of the astonishing back-to-Africa 3-day music festival “Zaire ‘74”. It was held in Kinshasa ahead of the biggest boxing event of all time: the Muhammad Ali–George Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle”....
is "When We Were Kings," about Ali's 1974 comeback fight against George Foreman in Zaire. Ali's embrace of his African heritage is treated as the psychic fuel that enabled him to triumph over Foreman, an aloof-seeming fighter that
He was free to continue his boxing career, which he did to great effect, reclaiming the heavyweight crown from George Foreman—who had taken it from Frazier—in the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire in 1974. The year after, he and Frazier met again, in sweltering conditions in ...
In October 1974, Ali shocks the world by defeating George Foreman in Africa at the much-hyped “Rumble in the Jungle,” winning back the heavyweight title. Also covered is the third Ali-Frazier fight held in the Philippines in October 1975 — the “Thrilla in Manila” – which Ali wins,...
3. George Foreman:There is no doubt about the ring greatness ofBig George Foreman. Any sensible ranking of the greatest heavyweight champions of all-time has to put him in the top ten, and in 1974 he was regarded, like Sonny Liston before him, as unbeatable. Boxing ins...