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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The poster was withdrawn after a public outcry. 4. Don’t try this at home Ali’s ‘rope a dope’ tactic in the fight, which consisted of retreating to the ropes and inviting Foreman to come and try to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You’ve got to remember that Ali won the championship in 1964 and 10 years later he won it back. Now the remarkable thing about this is, at that time George Foreman, he had no humility.

“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 ...

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’ title bout ...