George Foreman
American heavyweight champion; his 30 October 1974 title defense against Muhammad Ali in Zaire - the 'Rumble in the Jungle,' which Ali won by knockout - is the subject of Mailer's The Fight (1975).
George Foreman, the American heavyweight champion, lost his title to Muhammad Ali by an eighth-round knockout at the “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasa, Zaire, on 30 October 1974 — the bout Mailer chronicled in The Fight (75.12) and in its Playboy serialization (75.8, 75.9).
Stub created during the 1975 ingest.
Related pages
- The Fight (75.12) | Muhammad Ali | 1975
- The Dead Are Dying of Thirst: The Fight, Part I (75.8) | All Night Long: The Fight, Part II (75.9)