Here Is George Foreman vs Muhammed Ali, "The Rumble In The Jungle", In Full On It's 44th Anniversary

Today, ladies and gentlemen, marks forty-four years since one of the most monumental sporting events of all time – The Rumble In The Jungle.

An estimated one BILLION people were tuned into the broadcast, and got to see one of the greatest upsets in boxing history when 4-1 underdog Muhammed Ali knocked George Foreman out in the eighth round, making it the most watched broadcast in the history of television at the time, and because of that, I feel like it’s a piece of history that should be watched by you, the reader of this blog, if you’ve never seen it.

If you’d rather NOT watch two of the greatest ever dish it out in the squared circle, which, jeez, I don’t know how that’d be somebody’s stance but whatever (or if you just watched the fight and need more ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ content to consume) – one of my favorite documentaries of all time, ‘When We Were Kings’ covers this fight and its build extensively, and if you’ve got nothing going on tonight, I really would urge you to give it a watch. I mean…if for nothing else but to see George Foreman put bowling ball sized dents into heavy bags…

For me, the craziest part of the whole ordeal – and this is a big part of ‘When We Were Kings’ – is that the fight was initially supposed to take place on September 25, but just days beforehand, Foreman got cut really badly above his eyebrow in training and the fight was pushed back over a month to the 30th of October. So not only did George Foreman and Muhammed Ali have to spend an extra 35 days in Zaire, which didn’t have the best living situation, even for them…but entertainers slated to perform during the “Rumble In The Jungle” had to stay as well…including James Brown, Celia Cruz and the Fania All-Stars, and B.B. King.

Pretty crazy.

Enjoy the fight!