The fight is famous for ali s introduction of the rope a dope tactic.
Ali rope a dope fight.
Ali would feign weakness allowing his opponents.
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At the height of his boxing career ali was famous for his patented rope a dope style.
Rope a dope is a risky boxing strategy famously used by muhammad ali against george foreman in the heavyweight championship match held on 30 october 1974 in kinsasha zaire.
This then gives the contender an.
An ali standard in those years the rope a dope usually didn t work because it needed a sucker an actual dope to be effective.
He was being introduced to the now famous rope a dope.
Rope a dope is a famous boxing strategy.
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.
But ali called it rope a dope the strategy was that instead of moving around the ring ali chose to fight for extended periods of time leaning back into the ropes in order to avoid many of foreman s heaviest blows.
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On fight night ali implemented the surprise tactic he d discussed before the fight the famed rope a dope in which he backed to the ropes and blocked or absorbed a slew of foreman.
It was in the run up to this same foreman fight that ali delivered his famous rhyme i ve done something new for this fight.
Joe frazier no dope hurt ali when he used the tactic.
The match is referred to as the rumble in the jungle because of the explosive action between the two great fighters.