Seven months later, Foreman rode his rising wave into Zaire, looking quite as invincible as Moby Dick. An international press corps followed him, fully expecting Foreman to crush Ali as decisively as he had Fra
He did not fight again for three and a half years. Thriller in Manila Ali regained his title in 1974 by knocking out George Foreman in a fight staged in the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo, (formerly Zaire) known as “the Rumble in the Jungle”. In 1975 he beat Joe Frazier ...
Muhammad Ali AP Photo/Ron Frehm Boxer Muhammad Ali makes a face during a press luncheon in New York, to promote the sale of tickets to Madison Square Garden where the battle against George Foreman in Zaire was shown on closed-circuit television, Aug. 29, 1974. ...
On October 30 of that same year, an underdog Ali bested George Foreman and reclaimed his heavyweight champion belt at the hugely hyped “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa, Zaire, with a knockout in the eighth round. On October 1, 1975, Ali met Joe Frazier for a third time at the ...
festival designed as a counterpart to Ali’s legendaryRumble in the Junglebout with George Foreman, in Kinshasa, Zaire. But right now Ali is just focusing on pouring at least five spoonfuls of sugar into his coffee. He radiates so much energy, you wonder why he needs the ...
Ali would box many, many more seminal matches in his career. A partial list: His 1965 rematch with Liston, which produced the iconic shot of Ali standing over his vanquished foe in victory; his three clashes with Joe Frazier; and his 1974 fight with George Foreman in Zaire, better known...
fight, Ali was set to go head to head against George Foreman in Zaire (now Congo) 10 months later. Ali won the "Rumble in the Jungle," knocking out Foreman in the eighth round and reclaiming the world heavyweight title. The bout was chronicled in the 1996 documentary "When We...
One of Muhammad Ali's greatest boxing matches was 1974's "Rumble in the Jungle" against heavyweight champion George Foreman. Foreman was undefeated and a heavy favorite to win at the Kinshasa, Zaire championship event, but Ali shook up the world yet again with an eight...
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In 1974, Ali took part in one of the most famous world championship fights in the history of boxing. He took on reigning champion George Foreman in Zaire, in a fight which was dubbed the "Rumble in the Jungle." Ali emerged victorious after flooring Foreman in the eighth round. Let the ...