[Gloves] Muhammad Ali wore these gloves during his 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" fight against George Foreman in Zaire.

In 1964 Ali won the world heavyweight title for the first time. He regained it from Foreman in 1970, only the second man ever to recover the title. Although he lost the title again in 1978 to Leon Spinks, Ali managed to win it back for a third and final time.

Courtesy of the National Museum of American History, gift of Muhammad Ali, 1976

Boxing gloves owned by Muhammad Ali (b. 1942)


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