Arizona Tribune - NFL Colts owner Irsay buys Ali "Rumble" boxing title belt

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NFL Colts owner Irsay buys Ali "Rumble" boxing title belt / Photo: Justin Casterline - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File

NFL Colts owner Irsay buys Ali "Rumble" boxing title belt

SPORTS 24.07.2022

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali's championship belt from his 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" victory over George Foreman has been purchase by NFL Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for $6.18 million.

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Noted memorabilia collector Irsay announced the purchase Sunday in a Twitter posting, saying he was "proud to be the steward" of the historic World Boxing Council belt.

Irsay hinted the item might be shown at an August show of his collection in Chicago as well as in September at Indianapolis.

The sale price early Sunday through Heritage Auctions, reported by Sports Collectors Daily, was called among the highest prices ever paid for a sports memorabilia item.

Ali upset previously undefeated Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) with an eighth-round knockout to reclaim the world heavyweight crown.

Ali, who died in 2016 at age 74, kept the WBC crown until losing to Leon Spinks in 1978.

O.Gutierrez--AT

Arizona Tribune - NFL Colts owner Irsay buys Ali "Rumble" boxing title belt

NFL Colts owner Irsay buys Ali "Rumble" boxing title belt

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