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Boxing dreams live on in Congo’s grassroots clubs 50 years after the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’

Posted: October 29, 2024 at 10:22 pm   /   by   /   comments (0)

It is the 20-year-old Muleketsi’s first professional fight and it's in her hometown of Goma in eastern Congo. This tournament was held over the weekend by the Nyama Boxing Club to remember perhaps the greatest fight ever. Muhammad Ali came to the central African country and beat then-undefeated George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle” on Oct. 30, 1974, to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion again.

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