Even on the airplanes, they announced Muhammad Ali had beaten George Foreman. Everyone here in America, older people, remembers where they were when Kennedy was assassinated and when Ali beat Foreman.

Referee Zack Clayton, right, steps in after Muhammad Ali knocked down defending heavyweight champion George Foreman in the eighth round of their championship bout on Oct. 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire.

George Foreman, the sleek, surly boxer who tangled with Muhammad Ali in the epic "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship fight before embarking on a lifetime of reinventions as a minister ...

Boxing titan George Foreman remembers Muhammad Ali, a dear friend and one-time rival in a historic fight in 1974. Ali died Friday at age 74.

George Foreman, Muhammad Ali inspire celebration. Former boxing champions George Foreman, left, and Muhammad Ali on stage at the 69th annual Academy Awards, in 1997.

George Foreman remembered his legendary stint in the ring with Muhammad Ali in one of his final social media posts before his death.. The two-time heavyweight boxing champion and famed pitchman ...

(CNN) — George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist whose legendary rivalry with Muhammad Ali culminated in the famous ‘Rumble in the Jungle ...

George Foreman, Muhammad Ali inspire celebration. Former boxing champions George Foreman, left, and Muhammad Ali on stage at the 69th annual Academy Awards, in 1997.

By David Close and Becky Gamester-Newton, CNN (CNN) — George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist whose legendary rivalry with Muhammad Ali ...

By David Close and Becky Gamester-Newton, CNN (CNN) — George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist whose legendary rivalry with Muhammad Ali ...