ies were now happy, he was not ready to quit. Ali was ready to go on a comeback trail to avenge his loss and to reclaim his Heavyweight title. However there was talk still going on about the ex-Cassius Clay belonging in jail for refusing to enter the Vietnam War (Tyers,33). But after Ali's side strongly debated this, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed his conviction, and all criminal charges were dismissed. On March 13 of that same year, Ken Norton gave Ali his second professional loss, but Ali won the rematch with a close but unanimous decision (Hauser,30). Ali-Frazier II eventually took place the next year, and although neither man was champ, the fight was still a legendary one, with Ali coming out as winner. Frazier demanded a rematch, but first, Ali had to travel to Kinshasa, Zaire to get his title back from the current undisputed World Champ, the indestructible George Foreman. "The Rumble In The Jungle" was to take place in Africa because Ali's camp wanted five million dollars for the fight against the new world champ (which was a very large amount back then.) Don King, an ex-con and up-and-coming boxing promoter, suggested that he could give both fighters five million each if the fight was held in a foreign country (Ebony). Also, Zaire's president Mobuto Sese Seto was willing to give up the money in order to get his name known all over the world, and he figured that a championship bout featuring Muhammad Ali would do it (Ebony). The American press did not hesitate to criticize the choice of location, but Ali was excited about being in a place operated entirely by Black people (Jet). Ali strongly believed that since he was a strong believer in Allah, he would win his heavyweight championship back. The original game plan discussed by Dundee was to dance around and attack Foreman from long range. Muhammad Ali shook up the world once again when he regained the heavyweight crown by defeating George Foreman in Zaire. His victo...
