At the sound of Muhammad Ali's name Martino Kavuala, now a 63-year-old estate agent in Kinshasa, seems to light up as he recalls the "Rumble in the Jungle" back in 1974 which "held us spellbound". Ali ...

Alfred Mamba, who witnessed as a child the Ali-Foreman "rumble in the jungle" fight 50-years ago, poses for a photograph in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP ...

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TODAY is the 50th anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle, when Muhammad Ali confirmed his immortality by knocking out George Foreman to regain the world heavyweight championship. Th… ...

Rumble in the Jungle remembered after 50 years. Kinshasa (AFP) – Alfred Mamba was just 12 when boxing great Muhammad Ali descended on Kinshasa, at that time the capital of Zaire, in October 1974 ...

On October 30 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, two of the most powerful boxers in the history of the sport, squared up for the "Rumble in the Jungle" bout in the city of Kinshasa ...

At the sound of Muhammad Ali's name Martino Kavuala, now a 63-year-old estate agent in Kinshasa, seems to light up as he recalls the "Rumble in the Jungle" back in 1974 which "held us spellbound".

Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo.