Angelo Dundee was pleading with him not to quit, and then he saw that Futch was stopping the fight. That was an unbelievable fight, but March 8, 1971, 50 years ago today, was the fight of the century.
Nas takes you ringside and back in time to a fight that changed the world forever.
Billed as “The Rumble in the Jungle,’ it was the first fight of such global scale hosted on the African continent. Fifty years on, young boxers continue to draw inspiration from the event.
A year like no other shocks America to the core. Ep1: 1967 - Public Enemy No.1 Ali is fighting opponents in and out of the ring.