George Foreman, Muhammad Ali inspire celebration. Former boxing champions George Foreman, left, and Muhammad Ali on stage at the 69th annual Academy Awards, in 1997.

Aside from being a four-time world champion at heavyweight, Holyfield was also the first fighter in the sport’s history to ...

Shannon Briggs is a veteran heavyweight who has spanned different eras and thinks there is only one man who comes close to ...

Bob Arum, having promoted legends like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and George Foreman, names the greatest heavyweight of all time, highlighting his unparalleled skill and profound cultural impact inside ...

Forty years ago, Muhammad Ali — as much as a 10-1 underdog — shocked the world by winning the heavyweight title from George Foreman. In all of sports, there had never been anything like it.

Even on the airplanes, they announced Muhammad Ali had beaten George Foreman. Everyone here in America, older people, remembers where they were when Kennedy was assassinated and when Ali beat Foreman.

Muhammad Ali shows off his new horse at the opening of his training camp on July 17, 1974 in Deer Lake, Pa. in preparation for his championship fight with George Foreman in September in Zaire, Africa.

George Foreman, the sleek, surly boxer who tangled with Muhammad Ali in the epic "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship fight before embarking on a lifetime of reinventions as a minister ...

MUHAMMAD ALI would still tease George Foreman about their Rumble in the Jungle 40 years on – after the once great rivals became inseparable. Ali famously defeated Foreman in Zaire – now… ...

Referee Zack Clayton, right, steps in after Muhammad Ali knocked down defending heavyweight champion George Foreman in the eighth round of their championship bout on Oct. 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire.

George Foreman, Muhammad Ali inspire celebration. Former boxing champions George Foreman, left, and Muhammad Ali on stage at the 69th annual Academy Awards, in 1997.

LOS ANGELES — George Foreman, the sleek, surly boxer who tangled with Muhammad Ali in the epic “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight championship fight before embarking on a lifetime of ...