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George Foreman marks 40-year anniversary of Rumble in the Jungle in a very classy way

Published 13:23 3 Nov 2014 GMT

Updated 13:29 5 Nov 2014 GMT

Ben Kiely
George Foreman marks 40-year anniversary of Rumble in the Jungle in a very classy way

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40 years after the famous world title fight between Ali and Foreman in Zaire, George Foreman took to social media to commemorate the historic bout.

Foreman showed he was an absolute class act with this tweet about Muhammad Ali, four decades after he lost his belt to the Greatest in an epic match up. Ali was victorious in the fighting spectacle that was dubbed "the Rumble in the Jungle". The World's Greatest knocked Foreman out in spectacular fashion just before the end of the eighth round. The fight always pops up in countdowns of the greatest sporting events of all time and Foreman appears to look back on it with rose-tinted glasses, despite having lost to Ali on that occasion. Ali, a trash-talking master, famously taunted Foreman throughout the bout. Foreman referenced Ali's loquaciousness in his tweet. https://twitter.com/GeorgeForeman/status/527167718634840064 What a beautiful tribute from one sporting icon to another. That's why we love sport.

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