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- George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
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- Ali-Frazier I - Joe Frazier (27-0) d. Muhammad Ali (31-0), Madison Square Garden; March 8, 1971. For the past 100 years, the "[blank] of the century" has been the lazy writer's crutch of describing a monumental event.
- Rumble in the Jungle - Muhammad Ali (44-2) d. George Foreman (40-0), Kinshasa, Zaire; October 30, 1974. "Ali bomaye!" The chant had echoed through Zaire for weeks in anticipation of the first, and only, fight between Ali and George Foreman, the powerful 25-year-old who took down Joe Frazier and had a stranglehold on the heavyweight division.
- Thrilla in Manila (Ali-Frazier III)- Muhammad Ali (43-2) d. Joe Frazier (32-2), Manila, Phillipines, October 1, 1975. "What you saw," Muhammad Ali said in the hours after his third, and final brawl with Joe Frazier, "was next to death."
- Cassius Clay (19-0) d. Sonny Liston (35-1), Miami Beach, Florida; February 25, 1965. At the tender age of 22, the 19-0 Clay earned his first title shot against the fierce, dominant champion Sonny Liston.
Muhammad Ali's Top 10 Fights. Muhammad Ali's boxing record include 61 fights, 37 KO wins, 14 KO wins in world-title fights, and winning 9 world titles at the heavyweight division. Here is a look at his 10 best performances — 9 of these are KO wins. #1. Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman.
- FIGHT: Ali vs. Sonny Liston. DATE: Feb. 25, 1964. WHERE: Convention Hall, Miami. STAKES: WBA/WBC Heavyweight Championship. Advertisement: THE HYPE: Liston was the heavyweight champion at the time of the fight.
- FIGHT: Ali vs. Liston. DATE: May 25, 1965. WHERE: Central Maine Youth Center, Lewiston, Maine. STAKES: WBC Heavyweight Championship. THE HYPE: Both fighters were involved in controversies following Clay’s upset in the first match.
- FIGHT: Ali vs. Cleveland Williams. DATE: Nov. 14, 1966. WHERE: Astrodome, Houston. THE HYPE: Williams, considered by many one of the hardest punchers, was in greatly diminished physical condition when he agreed to fight Ali at his peak.
- FIGHT: Ali vs. Joe Frazier. DATE: March 8, 1971. WHERE: Madison Square Garden, New York. STAKES: Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship; WBC/WBA Heavyweight Championship.
Muhammad Ali was a boxer who mastered the rope-a-dope fighting technique. He is widely regarded by many boxing commentators and historians as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Boxing magazine The Ring named him number one in a 1998 ranking of greatest heavyweights from all eras. [3] .
May 28, 2021 · In round three, Ali provided one of his most sensational moments in the boxing ring. After hurting London and pressuring him into a corner, Ali threw a barrage of punches all in a matter of seconds. It is a combination straight out of a movie.
