I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
Muhammad Ali’s comment after the match with Jimmy Ellis was stopped by the referee in the twelfth round (July 1971)
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In this photo taken on October 27, 1974 U.S. boxing heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali gestures during a press conference three days before the heavyweight world championship in Kinshasa. On October 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in a clash of titans known as the “Rumble in the Jungle”, watched by 60,000 people in the stadium in Kinshasa and millions elsewhere. Photo: AFP.
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