Rumble in the City
Kinshasa, DRC
June 2012 - June 2014
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40 years after the "fight of the century", the Kinshasa ghetto still remembers the battle between Mohammad Ali and George Foreman on 30 October 1974. But although the "Rumble in the Jungle" is engraved in people's memories, the boxers who continue to train in the legendary but dilapidated Tata Raphael Stadium now have to combat general indifference to their sport. It will take more than that to discourage the opponents who come to train every evening after school or work in the hope of a better future.
On 28 June 2014, the former French world champion, Christophe Tiozzo, organized a boxing gala in homage to the famous fight, giving the top Congolese boxers their first international break.