Landry Matete Kankonde, who represented Congo in the men’s heavyweight division, lost to Senegal’s Karamba Kebe but said he ...

Alfred Mamba remembers the frenzy that gripped the soccer stadium in Zaire, now known as Congo, as the fierce heavyweight title bout unfolded through eight rounds between the underdog Muhammad Ali and ...

crediting the 1974 bout with putting Congo on the map. “The next superstar will be me,” the 24-year-old Kankonde said, a wide grin flashing across his face. But in this impoverished country of ...

crediting the 1974 bout with putting Congo on the map. “The next superstar will be me,” the 24-year-old Kankonde said, a wide grin flashing across his face. Related: ‘Fighting for Albina ...