Best rope-a-dope skills among active fighters?

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  1. Wildcat

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    Who has the best rope-a-dope skills among "active fighters"? Who makes their opponents look the most foolish when defending on the ropes?
     
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    A fantastic era-defining example of the sweet science which categorically answers the OP's question...
     
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    We looking for a doper who's good on the ropes?
     
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  5. Mighty

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    Canelo.

    He made fighters like Trout, Golovkin 1, Jacobs, Liam Smith look foolish and trolled them.
     
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    The obvious answer for me regarding who can do the Rope a Dope best among active fighters gotta be Tyson Fury.
     
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    You reckon he made Golovkin look foolish.. Eh?
     
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  10. Col Mortimer

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    Yeah I think Fury could could implement this to a degree. Certainly with lesser fighters like he did against Schwarz.

    The only other active heavyweight fighter I can think of, off the top of my head in relatively recent times that implemented it and won big, ALA Ali/Foreman, is probably Del Boy against Takham.

    Or maybe that was more corner-a-dope.
     
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    Not Deontay Wilder
     
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