What do you think about "Rope a Dope"?

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  1. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali took a beating from Foreman which most likely led to his physical demise.
     
  2. Jamzy ⭐

    Jamzy ⭐ Active Member Full Member

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    The state of you calling Mayweather a sissy, you're the type of person who also labels fighters ''bums''. If Floyd is a sissy I don't know what that makes 90%+ of fighters.
     
  3. Max Thunder

    Max Thunder Proud member of the Cult of Vikings Full Member

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    Sugar Robert Helenius used this in very successful fashion against Dillian Whyte. The only opponent Whyte has not managed to down since 2017.
     
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    Holler Doesn't appear to be a paid matchroom PR shill Full Member

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    See also sugar Christian hammer vs Povetkin
     
  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    The rope a dope is apart of lexicon of boxing. Ali may or may not have invented it but he made it known. Greats have used it since, Mayweather most notably.
     
  6. reckless

    reckless Active Member Full Member

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    Given how early referees stop fights these days it's probably not that effective and if it does work it will most likely lead to brain damage if done extensively.
     
  7. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Floyd is a sissy but not because of his profession. Floyd says a lot of phony garbage about legendary fighters to boost his own ego without causation. He only bags on Ali to try to make himself #1 but Ali was a man of the people and a great fighter. Plus, he only talks cash **** about black fighters for all the irony of black people defending him outside of his boxing resume like he is Malcolm X or something. I respect his hard work and his heart that he put into boxing, outside of that Floyd Mayweather Jr. acts like a punk ass, sissified, self hating maggot.
     
  8. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali was the one who made Rope a Dope well known. He had taken a lot of big punches before he knocked out Jorge in round 8. What a Ring IQ !
     
  9. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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