In which city was the boxing match documented in "When We Were Kings", by Leon Gast, held?
The Rumble in the Jungle The Rumble in the Jungle was a historic boxing event in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974 (at 4:00 am). Held at the 20th of May Stadium (now the Stade Tata Raphaël), it pitted the undefeated world heavyweight champion George Foreman against challenger Muhammad Ali, a former heavyweight champion; the attendance was 60,000. Ali won by knockout, putting Foreman down just before the end of the eighth round. It has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century". The event was one of Don King's first ventures as a professional boxing promoter.
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.