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5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

The Rumble in the Jungle at 50

5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

BBC

Sports, Sports News

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Fifty years after the Rumble in the Jungle, Buncey sits down with journalist Colin Hart for an eyewitness account of the iconic event. Colin is the sole surviving British journalist who witnessed Muhammad Ali's victory over George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 24, 1974. He shares his memories of that unforgettable night and explains why it continues to be one of the greatest spectacles in sports history.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

0:06.0

I'm Siddhartha Cesset, an assistant commissioner of Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:11.0

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of

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0:26.1

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0:31.5

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0:34.6

podcast check out some others on BBC sounds.

0:39.4

This is five live boxing.

0:43.0

If you think I'm sunny listening, you wait for

0:46.0

you get George Foreman.

0:47.0

He talks too much, he's ugly, he's pretending I'm the true champion

0:51.0

and they make me the underdog.

0:52.0

I'm gonna show them all their

0:53.4

own because I'm the champion I'm the real champion there'll never be one like me

0:58.0

and all of you people in Britain who rank me is the greatest I'm gonna prove

1:01.8

I'm the greatest I'm gonna prove to prove I'm the greatest. I'm going to prove

1:04.8

to the world I'm the greatest. This is my last fight. I don't want none of you to miss it.

1:08.4

So please come to the theaters. I'm going to eat some raw meat and I'm going to train. I'm going to get ready and chop some more trees.

1:15.0

So you know that voice? There's only one man for a voice like that.

1:19.0

The greatest fighter in Zaire 50 years ago?

1:33.0

Well I know one man who was there, the only surviving British journalist who was

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