SANDY, Utah (ABC4) — Decades ago, a Sandy woman got a ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ fight poster signed by both George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. She did it for her son after he lost his father.

Ali famously called Foreman "a Belgian" in Zaire ... He wanted to have this little Muslim (marriage) ceremony." One of four "poster girls" helping to promote the fight, Porche said she first ...

Africa. The Congo River. It’s still alive in me.” A promotional poster for the Foreman vs Ali fight - News Scan Back at the hotel, there was no sparring. “I played ping pong every day with ...

The ‘Rumble in the Jungle’: Ali (right) v Foreman - Alamy Then came Zaire ... ve ever delivered to any opponent,” he remembered. Poster for the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ - Popperfoto ...

Upon learning Friday night George Foreman had died at 76, Muhammad Ali’s daughter Rasheda Ali-Walsh said she sent a text message to George Foreman Jr., the oldest son of the former heavyweight ...

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 ...

In many ways, Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle didn’t start on this day 50 years ago at 4:30 a.m. local time (10:30 p.m. ET). Nor did it start seven weeks prior when ...

Over the previous 13 months, he’d avenged the Frazier and Norton defeats, but the marauding Foreman was expected to be a bridge too far. As always, Ali talked a good game, but few gave him a ...

Half a century ago, the “Rumble in the Jungle” became not just a fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, but a cultural touchstone. By John Eligon Reporting from Johannesburg The ...

After an easy first title defense against Jose Roman, Foreman was paired with a much tougher task in the form of Norton. Coming off back-to-back fights with Ali, with Norton winning the first by ...

“The Rumble in the Jungle”, pitting heavyweight champion George Foreman against Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974 – 50 years ago today – remains arguably the most watched and discussed ...