"Rumble in the Jungle": US heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali (right) in a historic exchange of blows with his opponent George Foreman in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa in 1974
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A famous world champion belt owned by boxing legend Muhammad Ali has sold at auction for $6.18 million.
It's the belt Ali received in the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman in 1974.
The new owner of the historic trophy is the owner of the NFL Indianapolis Colts, Jim Irsay.
Irsay wrote on Twitter on Sunday that he was "proud to be the keeper" of the memorabilia.
Well-known collector Irsay has hinted the belt could be on display at an exhibition of his collection in Chicago in August.
The price of Ali's world championship belt at auction by Heritage Auctions is one of the highest ever paid for a sports memorabilia, according to Sports Collectors Daily.
Ali won the "Brawl in the Jungle" against the previously undefeated Foreman in Kinshasa, then the capital of Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
With the knockout in the eighth round, Ali secured the heavyweight boxing crown.
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