Colts Owner Jim Irsay Wins Record Breaking $6.18 Million Auction For Muhammad Ali’s 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Belt (TWEETS + PIC)

Whatever Jim Irsay wants, he can get because his bank account can allow him to do so.

The Colts owner is making waves this week after he posted on Twitter that he has purchased Muhammad Ali’s WBC championship belt from the famed “Rumble in the Jungle” bout.

BREAKING—-Muhammad Ali’s
championship belt from 1974 ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ just added to @IrsayCollection Just in time for the Aug. 2 show at Chicago’s Navy Pier (and Sept. 9 at Indy). Proud to be the steward!? pic.twitter.com/7wwTetIzYt

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) July 24, 2022

Bought by Colts owner and noted collector @JimIrsay, who is touring the country with his memorabilia. https://t.co/xfoL9r1Ust

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 24, 2022

The purchase was made for $6.18 million, according to Sports Collectors Daily, one of the highest prices ever paid for a piece of athletic memorabilia.

Ali won the belt by defeating George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, on Oct. 30, 1974, and he retained it until losing to Leon Spinks on Feb. 15, 1978.

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Heritage Auctions wrote in the listing that this is one of two WBC championships from Ali that’s known to exist. The other is in a private museum and “unlikely to ever see the hobby’s auction block.”

Back in February, Irsay spent $438,000 on the robe Ali wore for his 1965 rematch with Liston. The next month he purchased the pair of gloves the heavyweight wore for a 1966 fight against Karl Mildenberger.