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COPYRIGHT 2004 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
Thirty years ago this very day took place what some sages nominate as the greatest single happening in the whole history of sports. Which I reckon is stretching it a bit. Just consider a few hundred other back-page occurrences--from Genesis Kid Cain v. Sugar Boy Abel to, well, last week's Boston Red Sox resurrection which turned 0-3 to 4-3 in the Yankee Stadium. Nevertheless, it sure was some showstopper on 30 October 1974 when big, bad 'unbeatable' boxer George Foreman was rumbled in the jungle by...
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