It's when you stay against the ropes, covering your upper body with your arms and gloves while your opponent wears himself out punching on your arms. Then when his arms feel like lead, you go on the offense and punch his light out..
In 1974, Muhammed Ali fought heavily-favored George Foreman in Zaire in "The Rumble in the Jungle". Though Foreman was considered the hardest puncher in heavyweight history, Ali won. How?
Ali covered himself up against the ropes and let Foreman punch until tiring himself out. Ali called this his "rope-a-dope" technique.
that's the real rope a dope
Eagler