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RE: Today in History: The "Rumble in the Jungle" is watched by 1 billion people
I really need to go back and watch some of these classic fights some time. I wasn't born when this one happened and too young to probably remember any of the other ones. I would also like to see some of the old Tyson fights because I was never really into boxing and we didn't have cable TV when he was big. That is pretty crazy to imagine that 1 billion people were all watching the same thing when you consider the time period. These days it doesn't seem like much, but back in 1974... Wow!
it's crazy to me that a lot of the footage is in B&W in this one. I wasn't alive during most of Ali's career and even when i was alive for it, I don't recall it ever being mentioned when i was growing up. I should have a chat with my parents some day to see if everyone was nutso about it back then.
I remember the Tyson craze in the 80's but was too young to really know much about Ali.