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King had pulled together a consortium that included Risnelia Investment from Panama; the Hemdale Film Corporation, a British company founded by film producer John Daly and the actor David Hemmings; Video Techniques Incorporated of New York; and Don King Productions. Although King is most closely associated with the fight, Hemdale and Video Techniques Inc., with whom King was a director, were the bout's official co-promoters. The fight was broadcast on closed-circuit television in theaters in the United States and on over-the-air television throughout the world. The play-by-play commentary was done by "Colonel" Bob Sheridan. Color commentary was done by Jim Brown, David Frost, and Joe Frazier. [13] [14] Build-up and delay due to injury [ edit ]

When We Were Kings (1996) is an Academy Award-winning documentary film that depicts the events before and during this bout. (The film's editor directed a separate documentary about the concurrent Zaire 74 music festival; Soul Power was released in 2009.)

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It has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century" [2] and was a major upset, [3] with Ali coming in as a 4–1 underdog against the unbeaten, heavy-hitting Foreman. [4] The fight is famous for Ali's introduction of the rope-a-dope tactic. [5] Dixon, Tris (January 8, 2012). "Muhammad Ali: 'The Greatest' at 70". CNN . Retrieved March 31, 2012. When We Were Kings" winning Best Documentary Feature". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Sincere good wishes to Wills and Kate, but a 2bn TV audience? Garbage. Only the Olympics and the World Cup are truly global events, and half as big as that at best' | Sporting Intelligence" . Retrieved 2023-08-14.

George Plimpton was part of the press corps, covering the fight for Sports Illustrated, and later featured it in detail in the book Shadow Box (1993). Foreman was unable to connect with the people of Zaire the way Ali did. When arriving in Zaire, Foreman exited the plane walking his two German Shepherds, the same dogs used by the Belgians during the colonization, as described in the film When We Were Kings. Don King: Only in America (1997) is an HBO made-for-TV movie that depicts the buildup to the fight and the maneuvers that King had to perform to set it up, as well as numerous scenes that show the way Ali gained the favor of the people of Zaire.In total, including closed-circuit and free television, the fight was reported to have been watched by a record estimated television audience of one billion viewers worldwide, [6] [28] about a quarter of the world's four billion population in 1974, [29] as the world's most-watched live television broadcast at the time. [8] However, caution should be exercised here, as the only officially confirmed event with a billion viewers before 2011 was the 2008 Summer Olympics, with most such claims otherwise being highly exaggerated. [30] Legacy [ edit ] Kang, Jay Caspian (2013-04-04). "The End and Don King". Grantland. ESPN . Retrieved 2013-04-04. McDougall, Christopher, ed. (2014). The Best American Sports Writing 2014. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p.149. ISBN 9780544147003.