c1975
FORMAN VS ALI * ROY SHIRLEY * DIP 5052 * UK
Another boxing celebration song, this time the fight is between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. It's the celebrated 'Rumble in the Jungle' the fight where Ali knocked Foreman out in the 8th round on October 30, 1974, at Kinshasa, Zaire, in the first heavyweight championship fight ever held in Africa. On this Dee Jay tribute to Muhammad Ali, there is the immortal line "George Foreman is balling for Cornflakes"
See also Don't Get Weary and Cassius Clay