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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Staniforth

Rumble in the Jungle: 50 years since the most famous fight in boxing history

Muhammad Ali, pictured, beat George Foreman in the most famous boxing contest of all time, on this day in 1974 (PA) - (PA Archive)

Over the last half century, the world heavyweight title has beaten an increasingly erratic and sadly inconsequential course.

It has traipsed its gaudy cloak through bust casino towns and dead-end leisure centres, pitching up most recently in the Saudi desert, and been contested in one spurious form or another on all five major continents.

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