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The sound of blows echoed through a gym in the Congolese capital Kinshasa as Tshibanda Wata Judex trained a young boxer, both ducking and weaving in the same building where Muhammad Ali warmed up ...
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 ...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Judex Tshipanda, 71, sits on a wall outside this Kinshasa’s Tata Raphaël Stadium, recalling the day that has gone down as one of the most memorable in ...
Rumble in the Jungle: 50 years since the most famous fight in boxing history - The encounter between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali took place on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa.
Perspiration flies from the head of George Foreman as he takes a right from challenger Muhammad Ali in the seventh round in the match dubbed Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire on Oct. 30, 1974.
Alfred Mamba was just 12 when boxing great Muhammad Ali descended on Kinshasa, at that time the capital of Zaire, in October 1974 in a bid to regain his heavyweight ...
In many ways, Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle didn’t start on this day 50 years ago at 4:30am. In actual fact, the narrative that would come to define the fight began ...
But none have quite managed it like Rumble In the Jungle. ‘It is 50 years of influence,’ Nelson said. ‘They’ve made countless movies to try recreate what is was about.
EMMET LIVINGSTONE: I'm here in Kinshasa's Tata Raphael Stadium, where, 50 years ago, the legendary Rumble in the Jungle fight took place between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.