When Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fought the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ – in pictures

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  In this photo taken on October 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali and George Foreman shown boxing in Kinshasa in the fight known as the "Rumble in the Jungle". AFP Photo

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  In this photo taken on October 19, 1974 Muhammad Ali, centre, is escorted at his training centre 11 days before the "Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman. AFP Photo

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  In this photo taken on October 19, 1974 George Foreman works the crowd at the Kinshasa stadium 11 days before the heavyweight title fight against Muhammad Ali. AFP Photo

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  In this photo taken on October 19, 1974 Muhammad Ali is shown during his preparations ahead of the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight against George Foreman in Kinshasa, part of what was then Zaire. AFP Photo

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  In this photo taken on October 25, 1974 George Foreman trains five days before the "Rumble in the Jungle" against Muhammad Ali. AFP Photo

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  In this photo taken on October 19, 1974 Muhammad Ali addresses a press conference in anticipation of his world heavyweight fight against George Foreman 11 days later in Kinshasa. AFP Photo

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  In this photo taken on October 27, 1974 Muhammad Ali stands with his mother Odetta Lee Clay during a training session three days before the heavyweight world championship bout in Kinshasa. AFP Photo

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  TO GO WITH AFP STORIESIn this photo taken on October 30, 1974 shows the fight between US boxing heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali (L) (born Cassius Clay) and George Foreman in Kinshasa. On October 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in a clash of titans known as the "Rumble in the Jungle", watched by 60 000 people in the stadium in Kinshasa and millions elsewhere. AFP PHOTO

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  This photo taken on October 30, 1974 shows US boxing promoter Don King and US boxing heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali during a press conference after the heavyweight world championship in Kinshasa. On that night Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle", one of boxing's most legendary bouts. AFP Photo

Images from the days leading to the legendary 1974 boxing match and from the fight itself, in which Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in front of 60,000 people in Kinshasa, part of what was then known as Zaire, in the bout known as the “Rumble in the Jungle”.