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Heavyweight boxing great George Foreman dead at 76: Family • Mar. 24, 2025, 5:28 AM ET (Straits Times)
George Foreman: Obituary of heavyweight great from Rumble in the Jungle to world champion at 45 • Mar. 22, 2025, 4:56 AM ET (BBC)
George Foreman: Heavyweight boxing legend dies aged 76 • Mar. 22, 2025, 1:57 AM ET (BBC)
'It was like I was mugged' - Foreman reflects on Rumble in the Jungle • Mar. 22, 2025, 1:57 AM ET (BBC)

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Date October 30, 1974
Location Democratic Republic of the Congo • Kinshasa
Participants Muhammad Ali • George Foreman

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Don King
Don King
American boxing promoter

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