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Hawaii-based Marine carries on his great-grandfather’s Iwo Jima legacy

Stars and Stripes 25 Mar 2025
His unit provided security for the town after the fight in 2010 to win it ... But I couldn’t imagine having to fight through the jungle, through the rocks while being shot at with no cover, hiding enemy everywhere.
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George Foreman, Legendary Boxer, Dies At 76

Vibe Magazine 24 Mar 2025
The following year, he engaged in one of the biggest fights of all-time against Muhammad Ali dubbed the “Rumble In The Jungle,” though it ended with him taking a loss and handing over the title.
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George Foreman vowed to kill Muhammad Ali in the ring before a friendship bloomed

Usatoday 23 Mar 2025
But the relationship got off to a rocky start in 1974 leading up to "The Rumble in the Jungle,'' their fight in Zaire ... Three years after “The Rumble in the Jungle,’’ Foreman said, he was hit by something more powerful than Ali.
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Commentary: From polarizing to beloved, George Foreman sold us on his authentic self

The Spokesman-Review 23 Mar 2025
It was the final day of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and after he destroyed Soviet Union boxer Ionas Chepulis in a gold medal heavyweight fight billed the “Cold War clash,” he circled the ring holding a small U.S.
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The Foreman-Ali Rumble That Changed Their Careers, and Congo

New York Times 23 Mar 2025
Half a century ago, the “Rumble in the Jungle” became not just a fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, but a cultural touchstone ... .
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‘It happened!’: Las Vegas was big part of George Foreman’s career

Las Vegas Review-Journal 23 Mar 2025
It was named Fight of the Year by Ring Magazine ... I had some big fights ... He first became champion in his 20s by beating Frazier in 1973, a belt he lost to Ali a year later in the famed “Rumble in the Jungle” fight in Zaire.
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Heavyweight Boxing Champion George Foreman Dead at 76

New York Magazine 23 Mar 2025
Foreman famously lost to Muhammad Ali in “the Rumble in the Jungle,” the 1974 fight chronicled in the Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings.
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George Foreman obituary

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
... of their heavyweight championship fight in Las Vegas, 1994 ... Foreman had lost the title to Ali in 1974 in perhaps the most talked about fight of all time, the Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire.
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George Foreman’s Passing Rekindles “Rumble in the Jungle” Legacy

Greek Reporter 22 Mar 2025
The fight was attended by 60,000 people and watched on television by as many as one billion worldwide ... The fight was attended by 60,000 people and watched on television by as many as one billion worldwide.
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Donald Trump pays emotional tribute to George Foreman after boxing great dies at 76: 'I ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
He fought in two of the most iconic boxing events of all time, taking on Joe Frazier in 'The Fight of the Century' in 1971 and then Muhammad Ali in 'The Rumble in the Jungle' in 1974.
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George Foreman Dies at 76: Boxing world pays last tribute to heavyweight legend

The Times of India 22 Mar 2025
His brutal knockout of Joe Frazier in 1973 made him the world champion, and his unforgettable clash with Muhammad Ali in the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle remains one of the most iconic fights in history.
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What was 'Rumble in the Jungle'? Remembering epic George Foreman-Muhammad Ali fight

Usatoday 22 Mar 2025
The fight was known as the "Rumble in the Jungle."What was the Rumble in the Jungle? ... "I remember watching the (Rumble in the Jungle) fight and it was like a Super Bowl," Lewis told Box Nation.
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George Foreman: A life in pictures

The Irish Times 22 Mar 2025
George Foreman during the weigh-in before his Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali in October 1974 ... The October 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, known as the Rumble in the Jungle.
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GEORGE FOREMAN OBITUARY: An Olympic gold medal and twice world heavyweight champion... but Big George ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
Hundreds of millions around the world will be clinking zillions of beer cans as they remember the most famous fight of all time. The Rumble In The Jungle ... Foreman regularly beat opponents into a pulp, lost only five of his 81 fights as a professional.
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