Maybe don't throw the punch?
A fight and a friendship, and why it matters. Also, 7 other things worth knowing today.
In 1974, Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for the heavyweight championship of the world.
Sixty thousand people were in the stands. Nearly 1 billion people tuned in worldwide, largely on pay-per-view. The fight was at 4:30 a.m. local time, so people could watch during prime time in the Unite…