George Foreman Shares Thoughts On Muhammad Ali’s Death. Foreman faced off against Ali in 1974 — a boxing match known as “The Rumble in the Jungle.” ...

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.

Muhammad Ali, left, and George Foreman arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Los Angeles on March 24, 1997. (E.J. Flynn / Associated Press) 17 / 20.

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.

Boxing titan George Foreman remembers Muhammad Ali, a dear friend and one-time rival in a historic fight in 1974. Ali died Friday at age 74.

A day after the passing of his close friend Muhammad Ali, fellow boxing great George Foreman said he was focusing on the good memories and the legacy he left behind. Ali died Friday night in ...

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.

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.

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 ...

George Foreman III, the son of George Foreman, owns a gym in Boston and spoke of Muhammad Ali with great admiration.