Officials in Kinshasa have revealed the ring used for
"The Rumble in the Jungle" has been stolen as boxing fans Thursday
marked 40 years since one of the most famous and brutal bouts in the sport's
history.
As the sporting world remembers Muhammad Ali's epic showdown
with George Foreman the search is on for the ring which the two boxers climbed
into at dawn on October 30, 1974.
The ring "was stolen a few years ago," Barthelemy
Bosongo, manager of the Tata Raphael stadium which staged the fight, told AFP.
"We don't know where it's gone, but it's no longer in Kinshasa," he added.
"We're in the process of setting up a judicial investigation." A leading sports official in the Democratic Republic of
Congo who wished to remain anonymous believes the bulky piece of sporting
memorabilia "is in South
Africa".
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