Muhammad Ali in media and popular culture Ali has appeared in numerous video boxing games, some of which feature him as the title character. Examples include "Foes of Ali", "Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing" and the "Knockout Kings" series and its follow-up, the "Fight Night" series. Muhammad Ali in media and popular culture This article covers the boxer Muhammad Ali's appearances in media and popular culture. Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ—One of the world's largest dedicated Parkinson's Centers "When We Were Kings" is a 1996 Academy Award-winning documentary film about the "Rumble in the Jungle", Ali's 1974 fight against George Foreman
Muhammad Ali corner, Ali retreated to the ropes and invited Foreman to hit him while covering up, clinching and counter-punching, all while verbally taunting Foreman. The move, which would later become known as the "Rope-a-dope", so violated conventional boxing wisdom—letting one of the hardest hitters in boxing strike at will—that at ringside writer George Plimpton thought the fight had to be fixed. Foreman, increasingly angered, threw punches that were deflected and did not land squarely. Midway through the fight, as Foreman began tiring, Ali countered more frequently and effectively with punches and flurries, which electrified the pro-Ali crowd. In the eighth round,