How did Rumble in the Jungle change the world?

10/21/24 • 14 min

This year it’s the 50-year anniversary of what many say was the greatest sporting event the world has ever seen. And it happened in Africa.

Rumble in the Jungle, the boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, was held on 30 October 1974 in Zaire, now the DRC.

Muhammad Ali’s victory cemented his legacy and showed the world he was the ultimate Greatest of All Time.

We speak to Muhammad Ali's biographer Jonathan Eig, the Pulitzer-winning author of Ali: A Life.

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This year it’s the 50-year anniversary of what many say was the greatest sporting event the world has ever seen. And it happened in Africa.

Rumble in the Jungle, the boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, was held on 30 October 1974 in Zaire, now the DRC.

Muhammad Ali’s victory cemented his legacy and showed the world he was the ultimate Greatest of All Time.

We speak to Muhammad Ali's biographer Jonathan Eig, the Pulitzer-winning author of Ali: A Life.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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"He's going to prove that he is the greatest of all time."

Extended interview with Jonathan Eig, a Pulitzer-winning author, who's written the most recent biography of Muhammad Ali. It's our chance to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of Rumble in the Jungle, the legendary fight that took place in Kinshasa, then Zaire, now the DRC where Muhammad Ali became the greatest boxer of all time.

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