Boxing

In 1974 in Kinshasa, Muhammad Ali beat the younger, stronger George Foreman by deliberately leaning into the ropes in the early rounds and letting Foreman exhaust himself on him — the “rope-a-dope” strategy.

The first punch is the distance, not the hand. Whoever judges the range better wins — the jab hand measures, the rear-hand punch decides.

“What surprised you in your first sparring — getting hit or your own breathing?”