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Ali foreman rope a dope.
In many competitive situations rope a dope is used to describe strategies in which one contender lets their opponent fatigue themself by drawing non injuring offensive punches.
This loss of energy was key to ali s rope a dope tactic.
Meanwhile ali took every opportunity to shoot straight punches to foreman s face which was soon visibly puffy.
When the two fighters were locked in clinches ali consistently out wrestled foreman using tactics such as leaning on foreman to make foreman support ali s weight and.
But ali was.
Skill courage and strategy the heroic things people associate with the rope a dope did not factor significantly into ali s decision to employ it against foreman.
Ali s long time supporters were all tipping him to be knocked out.
Ali went to the ropes simply.
The rope a dope is a boxing fighting technique commonly associated with muhammad ali in his 1974 rumble in the jungle match against world heavyweight champion george foreman.
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