By Ange Kasongo and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) - The sound of blows echoed through a gym in the Congolese capital Kinshasa as Tshibanda Wata Judex trained a young boxer, both ducking and ...

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 ...

"The Rumble in the Jungle" was a historic heavyweight boxing match that took place on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire. It featured Muhammad Ali , the former heavyweight champion, and George ...

50 years after Ali fought Foreman in the ‘Rumble in the Jungle,’ the Congo is still fighting. For 50 years, Congo has continued to rumble, producing boxing greats like Sumbu Kalambay, who held ...

It was Oct. 30, 1974, when Ali knocked out Foreman in the eighth round in Zaire — now the Democratic Republic of the Congo — in one of the biggest sporting events ever, "The Rumble in the Jungle." ...

What was 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 billed as the ...

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 ...

The historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is still revered as a cherished moment in the central African country's troubled history and has spurred an enduring love of boxing.

Muhammad Ali (far left) knocks George Foreman (far right) onto his back during the eighth round of their world heavyweight title boxing match on October 30, 1974, known as the "Rumble in the Jungle".

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 ...