50 Years After Ali Fought Foreman in Congo, the 'Jungle' Hasn’t Stopped Rumbling KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Judex Tshipanda, 71, sits on a wall outside this Kinshasa’s Tata Raphaël Stadium, recalling the day that has gone down as one of the most memorable in ...

Senegal's Karamba Kebe, right, wins the African boxing championship final against Congo's Landry Matete Kankonde in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.

For 50 years, Congo has continued to rumble, producing boxing greats like Sumbu Kalambay, who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) world middleweight title in the 1980s and Junior Ilunga Makabu ...

Boxing Rumble in the Jungle Anniversary 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 ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) ... George Foreman as he takes a right from challenger Muhammad Ali in the seventh round in the match dubbed Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire on Oct. 30, 1974.

KINSHASA, Congo — Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between the ...

Perspiration flies from the head of George Foreman as he takes a right from challenger Muhammad Ali in the seventh round in the match dubbed Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire on Oct. 30, 1974.

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Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

“It was a big party,” Mamba said as he recalled his father, one of the co-founders of the boxing federation in Congo, taking him to the fight as a 15-year-old.

Fifty years after Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Zaire, the fight still has lasting legacy in the country now known as Congo. The bout created a new generation of fighters and fans that ...