A FREE exhibition of photographs of Muhammad Ali training is being held in the North-East.

They were taken in 1974 by young Philadelphia photographer Bill Peronneau.

Ali was pictured in his cabin at his training camp in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, preparing for his legendary world heavyweight contest with George Foreman - the Rumble in the Jungle.

The pictures are on display at the University Gallery and Baring Wing, Northumbria University, Sandyford Road, Newcastle, May 13.

The gallery is open Monday to Thursday, 10am to 5pm, Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 4pm, and closed Sundays and Bank Holiday Monday.

Published: 19/04/2005