In which city was the boxing match documented in "When We Were Kings", by Leon Gast, held?
When We Were Kings When We Were Kings is a 1996 Academy Award winning documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The fight was held in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974.
Boxing from Jamaica Arena Boxing From Jamaica Arena was a TV sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from September 1948 to 1949. The program aired boxing from Jamaica Arena in Queens, New York. The program aired Tuesday nights at 9pm ET and was 90 to 120 minutes long. An earlier program of the same name had aired on June 30, 1941, as part of W2XBS's (now WNBC's) experimental program lineup.