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50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in the Jungle'

People look at a billboard in Kinshasa on Oct. 30, 1974, announcing the fight between U.S. boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. That day, Ali knocked out Foreman in a clash of titans known as the "Rumble in the Jungle," watched by 60,000 people in the stadium in Kinshasa and millions elsewhere.

The historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is still revered as a cherished moment in the central African country's troubled history and has spurred an enduring love of boxing.

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