"Ali boma ye!"


October 30, 1974 - "The Rumble in the Jungle"!



On the evening of this day, the boxer Muhammad Ali completely surprisingly defeated the heavyweight world champion George Foreman, who was considered by almost all experts to be far superior, in the "20th of May Stadium" in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, by KO in the 8th round... :







Ali is now world champion again, breaking the unwritten law of boxing: "They never come back".

The enthusiastic Zairians cheer on Ali during the fight with the now famous shout "Ali, boma ye!" ("Ali, kill him!")...:

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.. he was past his best before date..but never quite became the tv voice of cheap kitchen appliances Foreman did