On October 30, 1974, boxer Muhammad Ali, nicknamed "The Greatest," reclaimed the word heavyweight title by winning the "Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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In 1967, the year this photo was taken, boxing great Muhammad Ali refused to join the United States Army and fight in the Vietnam War. In response, boxing authorities stripped Ali of his world heavyweight title and state boxing licenses. Ali did not return to the ring until 1970.
Photograph by Ira Rosenberg, courtesy Library of Congress
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