Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao is now just nine days away . Sportsmail 's Jeff Powell has been counting down the greatest fights . In the eighth of a series of 12 fights that shaped boxing history , we have George Foreman v Muhammad Ali - the Rumble in the Jungle . It was a fight which astonished the satellite world on October 30 , 1974 . Foreman v Ali inspired movies and millions of words written about it .
Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao is now just nine days away . Sportsmail 's Jeff Powell has been counting down the greatest fights . In the fourth of a series of 12 fights that shaped boxing history , we have George Foreman v Muhammad Ali - the Rumble in the Jungle . It was a fight which astonished the satellite world on October 30 , 1974 . Foreman v Ali inspired movies and millions of words written about it .