October 1974

Muhammad Ali defeats heavily favored George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, using his rope-a-dope strategy to reclaim the heavyweight championship. The fight becomes one of the most celebrated sporting events of the twentieth century.

Muhammad Ali defeats heavily favored George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, using his rope-a-dope strategy to reclaim the heavyweight championship in one of the most celebrated sporting events of the twentieth century.

Muhammad Ali regained the world heavyweight title by knocking out the heavily favored George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, using his famous rope-a-dope strategy. The fight, watched by an estimated one billion people worldwide, cemented Ali's legendary status and became a defining cultural moment of the 1970s.