Johnny Wakelin on 30 October 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire, against George Foreman in a matchup known as The Rumble in the Jungle, gaining victory in the eighth round. The song was Wakelin's "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)" released in late 1974. In January 1975 the song reached number seven in singles charts of both UK and Australia. It also spent six months in the US "Billboard" Hot 100 in more than one chart run in 1975, eventually peaking at No. 21 in September of that year. 1975 brought a further single, "Cream Puff," backed by "Gotta Keep on Going"; it flopped, but both
Muhammad Ali Pancrase in 1993, which in turn inspired the foundation of Pride Fighting Championships in 1997. Pride was acquired by its rival, Ultimate Fighting Championship, in 2007. The Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act was introduced in 1999 and passed in 2000, to protect the rights and welfare of boxers in the United States. In May 2016, a bill was introduced to United States Congress by Markwayne Mullin, a politician and former MMA fighter, to extend the Ali Act to mixed martial arts. In June 2016, US senator Rand Paul proposed an amendment to the US draft laws named after Ali, a