In boxing, what was "the Rumble in the Jungle"?
by 
wickedwillie
ANSWERS: 2
-
The Rumble in The Jungle was a historic boxing event that took place on October 30, 1974, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then known as Zaire. It pitted then world Heavyweight champion George Foreman against former world champion and that time challenger Muhammad Ali, who was looking to become the second fighter ever, after Floyd Patterson, to recover the world's Heavyweight crown. Ali won. The event was Don King's first venture as a professional boxing promoter. He looked for an outside country to stage this large event, and Zaire was in need of a positive image in the eyes of the world, so Zaire's president asked for the fight to be held there.
-
The famous fight between Muhammad Ali (Ali bombaye! Ali bombaye!) and George Foreman.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC