Rumble in the Jungle

In this episode, we go back to Kinshasa, Zaire. October 30th, 1974. Muhammad Ali challenges George Foreman for the heavyweight championship of the world. Foreman is unbeaten, feared, and heavily favoured. Ali is thirty-two, past his physical peak, and given little chance by anyone who follows boxing. Over eight extraordinary rounds, Ali deploys a strategy nobody had seen before — absorbing everything the most feared heavyweight on the planet could throw at him, and waiting.This is the story of the Rumble in the Jungle. The night Muhammad Ali proved, once and for all, that the greatest weapon in boxing isn't always the hardest punch.