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Story by Brock Ormond Photo: Wellington Dukes/OJHL Images It wasn’t the Wellington Dukes night on Saturday in the ‘Jungle.’ Despite the Dukes outshooting the Aurora Tigers 43-25, the hosts rolled to a 6-3 victory thanks to a fast start and continued to stay upstream against Wellington.
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Oct 31, 2024 · Quinn McNamara pulled the Dukes within one, banking a puck that came out the other side of the Markham cage after Ryan Schaap split his stick in two on a failed one-timer. Logan Sitlani added the second assist on the London product’s first goal as a Duke.
Sep 28, 2023 · The Dukes tightened up defensively, yet Caledon was able to bury another marker in the third. But no further. The Dukes won 4-2. Wellington outshot Caledon 44-25. UP NEXT: GOVERNOR’S SHOWCASE, MARKHAM AND MILTON
Oct 30, 2024 · Around 20 years ago, in a Channel 4 poll the British public voted the Rumble in the Jungle No.7 in the chart of 100 Greatest Sporting Moments. You must be joking.
- How Don King Planned The Rumble in The Jungle
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- Muhammad Ali’s Politically-Charged Arrival in Zaire
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The Rumble in the Jungle was the brainchild of now-infamous promoter Don King. In 1974, King was only a few years out of prison after stomping a man to death in a dispute over money. He quickly got into boxing as a promoter, and mere months after his release, he met Muhammad Ali and convinced him to appearat a charity fight in Cleveland, Ohio. It w...
The man who solved King’s problem to find a location for what would become the Rumble in the Jungle was called Fred Weymar, a former American Nazi and member of the German American Bund who had been banned from the United States. He was involved in several dubious ventures but, more importantly, personally managed the Swiss bank accounts of the Pre...
Since converting to Islam, Muhammad Ali had become a vocal advocate of civil rights and Black power. And Ali vs. Foreman would be no different. During one of many trips to Africa and the Middle East, he’d met Zaire’s President Mobutu in Abu Dhabi and told him, “My ancestors lived in Zaire… I want to regain the title that was stolen from me. This wi...
When a training accident left Foreman with a severe cut over his right eye, doubts arose over whether the fight would go ahead and whether Mobutu’s regime could pull off an event of the size planned. Mobutu prevented Foremanfrom leaving the country for medical attention, and his soldiers harassed journalists eager to get the story out. Zaire 74 wen...
Foreman struggled to accept his loss and entered a period of depression. Retiring in 1977, he became a Christian minister before making an unprecedented comeback in 1994, becoming the oldest man ever to win the heavyweight championship at age 46. Ali went on to participate in the equally legendary Thrilla in Manila in 1975, once again defeating Joe...
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Oct 30, 2014 · To mark the 40th anniversary of 'The Rumble in the Jungle', BBC Sport spoke to some of the men who witnessed the before, during and after of this modern fairytale.
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Sep 7, 2024 · On the 40th anniversary of the epic heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, look back at boxing’s “Rumble in the Jungle.”
