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‘Hilarious, Mesmerizing, Spellbinding’: Class of 1975 Recalls Muhammad Ali’s Sold-Out Speech Before speaking at Harvard in 1975, Muhammad Ali drew 800 to a Boston University gym in 1971.

Defining the ring: Ali’s boxing style and greatest fights Muhammad Ali is one of the most famous Black athletes who redefined heavyweight boxing. He broke every rule about how big men should fight.

The famous Lingala language cheer was used to support his grandfather, Muhammad Ali, when he knocked out George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle.

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea —In what is the biggest fight in this part of Africa since the Rumble in the Jungle, Equatorial Guinea hosted a WBC Silver welterweight title bout and a card packed ...

Before the Rumble in the Jungle, Ali was already a global icon. He was famously swarmed in the streets of Kinshasa and elsewhere in Africa.

Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, 1974 In what is now known as the Rumble in the Jungle, Muhammad Ali utilized the rope-a-dope strategy against George Foreman to wear him down and win the ...

He won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics and his first heavyweight title in 1973 against Joe Frazier, before losing to Muhammad Ali in the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire, in 1974.

‘Big’ George Foreman once revealed why he turned down a huge rematch against Muhammad Ali. The heavyweight greats locked horns in one of the biggest fights in boxing history back in 1974, in what was ...

Ali regained the title from Foreman in the heavily-promoted “Rumble in the Jungle” in 1974, one of the most watched televised events at the time, immortalized in the Academy Award-winning ...

He defended the title twice before his first professional loss to Muhammad Ali in a spectacular fight tagged “Rumble in the Jungle,” in former Zaire, in October 1974.