It is 50 years since boxing's iconic "Rumble in the Jungle" fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire—now the Democratic Republic of the Congo—and which ended in spectacular ...

The fight was known as the "Rumble in the Jungle." George Foreman put his heavyweight championships on the line against Muhammad Ali at Stade Tata Raphaël, a stadium in Africa, and the fight was ...

An event of high drama, Ali, then 32 and carrying two professional losses, was seen as the underdog going into the heavyweight championship fight against 25-year-old Foreman, a notoriously ...

The fight was pitched as a return for Ali and Foreman to their African roots and was even due to be tagged “From the Slave Ship to the Championship!” before Mobutu realized and had all the ...

A total fabrication, according to Foreman, although he said he accepts responsibility for provoking fears that he would not fight Ali. During negotiations before the fight, Foreman said ...

As Mamba flipped through a pile of photos he said were taken at the fight, he remembered the stadium erupting as Ali and Foreman stepped out for the much-anticipated “ Rumble in the Jungle ...

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Ali vs. Foreman fight, boxers and fans from across Africa have been in Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, for the just-concluded 21st African Amateur Boxing ...

As Mamba flipped through a pile of photos he said were taken at the fight, he remembered the stadium erupting as Ali and Foreman stepped out for the much-anticipated “ Rumble in the Jungle ...