Saturday, 4 June 2016

Kinshasa, Manila and beyond, Ali enraptured fans everywhere (The Associated Press)

FILE - This is a Oct. 30, 1974, file photo showing George Foreman taking a right to the head from challenger Muhammad Ali in the seventh round in the match dubbed Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire. Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, has died according to a statement released by his family Friday, June 3, 2016. He was 74. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky, File)

Muhammad Ali rumbled in the African jungle, put on a thriller in Manila, charmed them in London and taunted them in Tokyo. Like no other boxer before or since, Ali took the big bouts to the furthest corners of the globe, away from the bright lights of Las Vegas and New York. Ali didn't need those lights.



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