Could Ali Have Rope-A-Doped Liston?

I would not recomend that he tried it.

I would suggest that the rope a dope tactic is of no value against a fighter that does not suffer from stamina issues.

 

A younger Ali could have done it to Earnie Shavers.

 

No, not in '64...... Ali hadn't developed that skill as of yet... In '64, Ali was still young and full of **** and vinegar with great legs, etc... Ali began working on the rope-a-dope bit once he slowed down a tad and found his legs wouldn't move all fight long as they did when he was south of age 25......

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Liston had more boxing finesse than Foreman and more stamina...Foreman was a wide swinging amateur with serious power...I think it would be a mistake with Liston

 

Well Ali wouldn't have and didn't need to use it in '64

 

Absolutely Not.

Sonny was 'well schooled' in that manner. He would have paced himself, as
Sonny (in his prime) was 'A Steady Eddie'.

 

in a not rigged fight Ali could not have rope-a-doped Foreman . Fact d fight was rigged .
In n unfixed fight I guess Ali could not rope-a-dope Liston either .

 

The real question is: when is Ali_ going to get here? And is he beginning the Batman.

 

Don't know about that although Foreman did not seem sharp during d fight really . What I do know about 4 sure is that Angelo Dundee himself or with d help of others put ropes that were meant 4 a bigger ring and hence were loose in d ring d way it was . Those ropes helped him @ all of d below :
1) avoiding punches by being able 2 stretch backwards without having 2 overcome fully toned ropes .
2) absorbing punches better since loose ropes absorb more energy than tight ropes
3) remaining upright when hurt after all
4) getting leverage on counters but i think that this is d least important 1 although [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCNBObnj5QI[/ame]

then d heat was another crucial/critical element in favor of Ali since Foreman was d 1 Xpending more energy .
Combine it all 2gether with d publicly known fact that Ali trained 2 employ d rope-a-dope tactic which is just another sign of how deliberate (fixt) it all was .

Foreman vs Ali never happened



(under reasonable conditions)


and another fact is that there was no rematch under any conditions (must have been n immediate 1) , not that whatever such a rematch's outcome was , it is already proven that Dundee , Ali & others cheated BIG TIME because they knew that Ali could not withstand Foreman's assault .

 

Did Sadler work with Foreman post-Zaire?