The Rumble in the Jungle was a historic boxing event that took place in December 1991, at the Lang Chifley Stadium in Canberra, Australia (currently in receivership). It pitted then world heavyweight champion, Bob Hawke, the Border Town Bomber, against aspiring world champion and challenger Paul Keating. Undefeated for eight years and with one of the best records in the game, Hawke was compact, powerful and hugely popular. He was admired by the business elite and the American President was a personal friend. Keating was quick, elegant and thought well on his feet. He had a killer punch and if he got close enough he could be deadly. He had flattened bigger men, outmanoeuvred opponents with greater reach and had won his last seven fights within twenty seconds. In the event, Hawke came out ready to rumble and Keating took all sorts of punishment in round one before returning to his corner like a man who’d walked into a windmill the wrong way. In round two he hung on the ropes and allowed Hawke to run him around and in the third round, when Hawke seemed to tire slightly, Keating moved in and began to pepper the face and body. With seconds of the round remaining, Keating gave himself room and hit the champ with a punch which travelled no more than nine inches but would have felled an ox. It was all over. The people left. An era had ended.