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The fight is famous for Ali's introduction of the rope-a-dope tactic. [5] Some sources estimate that the fight was watched by as many as one billion television viewers around the world, [6] [7] becoming the world's most-watched live television broadcast at the time. [8]
The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting ... Ali in his October 1974 Rumble in the Jungle ... in their November 2009 fight. Pacquiao followed the rope-a-dope with a ...
Angelo Dundee (born Angelo Mirena; August 30, 1921 – February 1, 2012) was an American boxing trainer and cornerman.Internationally known for his work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981), he also worked with 15 other world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, Sean Mannion, José Nápoles, George Foreman, George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez, and Willie ...
We take time to celebrate and remember every important bout in the career of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali.
The legendary battle, which featured Ali’s “rope-a-dope” strategy that exhausted Foreman by the eighth round, took place on Oct. 30, 1974, in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
When We Were Kings is regarded as one of the best boxing documentaries ever made. It maintains a 98% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes, with the website's critics consensus calling it "an engrossing documentary that's as much about a time and a place as it is about a fight" [3] and received strong reviews from critics such as Roger Ebert [6] and Edward Guthmann. [7]
The move, which would later become known as the "Rope-a-dope", so violated conventional boxing wisdom—letting one of the hardest hitters in boxing strike at will—that at ringside writer George Plimpton thought the fight had to be fixed. [39] Foreman, increasingly angered, threw punches that were deflected and did not land squarely.
Warning: This post contains some spoilers for Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist.. On Oct. 26, 1970, Muhammad Ali made a historic return to the boxing ring after being sidelined for three and a ...